Leeds City Council election, 1996
The Leeds City Council elections were held on Thursday, 2 May 1996, with a third of the council up for election.
The Conservatives suffered another routing, although with a less impressive Labour vote and a slight recovery in their own vote, were able to hold on to three seats. Labour furthered their stranglehold on the council with an additional eight gains, with all but Burmantofts (Liberal Democrat) and Pudsey South (Independent) from the Tories. As a result of the gains, those two wards - along with the Tory losses of Aireborough, Halton, Morley North and Weetwood wards - were now represented entirely by Labour (a first for most). The other two Labour gains were snatching the remaining Tory seats in the former Tory-Liberal battlegrounds of Horsforth and Otley & Wharfedale.
The Lib Dems offset their loss to Labour in Burmantofts with a gain from the Tories in the newly three-way marginal North. The results, however, were a disappointment to the Lib Dems - evidenced by their poor performances in Horsforth and Otley & Wharfedale, and a vote sunk to their 1992 level. Another parallel to the 1992 election was the slump in overall turnout to a record low.
Peter Kersting's decision to forgo defending his seat for Pudsey South seen the absence of Independents from the council for the first time since 1983. The Greens advanced further into a respectable second place in Wortley, in contrast to the stagnant fortunes of the Liberals and the weakened support for the sole Militant Labour candidate.[1]
Election result
Leeds Local Election Result 1996 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 28 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 84.8 | 56.2 | 89,806 | -2.8% | ||
Conservative | 3 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 9.1 | 23.9 | 38,229 | +4.5% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.1 | 17.3 | 27,662 | -1.1% | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 3,026 | -0.4% | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 677 | +0.0% | ||
Militant Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 232 | -0.1% | ||
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 98 | +0.1% | ||
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Labour | 75 | 83 | |||
Conservative | 15 | 8 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 8 | 8 | |||
Independent | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 99 | 99 | |||
Working majority | 51 | 67 |
Ward results
Aireborough[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Tony Addison | 3,405 | 46.1 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | R. Hughes-Rowlands | 2,512 | 34.0 | -4.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Janet Brown | 1,476 | 20.0 | +8.5 | |
Majority | 893 | 12.1 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,393 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -0.1 | |||
Armley[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | James McKenna | 2,568 | 68.0 | -2.3 | |
Conservative | Glenn Broadbent | 457 | 12.1 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | G. Lawson | 334 | 8.8 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Davies | 274 | 7.3 | +0.8 | |
Green | Q. Cooper | 145 | 3.8 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 2,111 | 55.9 | -4.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,778 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.3 | |||
Barwick & Kippax[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Keith Wakefield | 4,481 | 70.2 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | C. Ward | 1,320 | 20.7 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Lindley | 580 | 9.1 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 3,161 | 49.5 | -2.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,381 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.3 | |||
Beeston[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | David Congreve | 2,165 | 73.2 | -3.9 | |
Conservative | W. Wild | 427 | 14.4 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Sadler | 257 | 8.7 | -0.8 | |
Green | Tania Jackson | 110 | 3.7 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 1,738 | 58.7 | -6.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,959 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.2 | |||
Bramley[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Cherril Cliff | 2,788 | 78.4 | -0.7 | |
Conservative | J. Bird | 285 | 8.0 | -0.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nigel Amor | 252 | 7.1 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | E. Bee | 232 | 6.5 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 2,503 | 70.4 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,557 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.3 | |||
Burmantofts[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Ronald Grahame | 2,441 | 73.7 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sadie Fisher | 680 | 20.5 | -10.9 | |
Conservative | Graham Castle | 190 | 5.7 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 1,761 | 53.2 | +19.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,311 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +9.8 | |||
Chapel Allerton[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Garth Frankland | 3,215 | 72.8 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | Valerie Kendall | 630 | 14.3 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | I. Findlay | 374 | 8.5 | -0.6 | |
Green | Alexander Peg | 195 | 4.4 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 2,585 | 58.6 | -1.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,414 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.0 | |||
City & Holbeck[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Elizabeth Nash | 2,435 | 79.3 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Pauline Bardon | 342 | 11.1 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | David Boynton | 292 | 9.5 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 2,093 | 68.2 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,069 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Cookridge[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Keith Loudon | 3,120 | 48.6 | +8.9 | |
Labour | N. Cummings | 2,250 | 35.1 | -5.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Janet Bates | 1,045 | 16.3 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 870 | 13.6 | +12.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,415 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.3 | |||
Garforth & Swillington[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Thomas Murray | 4,326 | 71.8 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Jack Stott | 1,000 | 16.6 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Dowling | 699 | 11.6 | -2.6 | |
Majority | 3,326 | 55.2 | -3.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,025 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.4 | |||
Halton[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Randolph Haggerty | 2,946 | 54.3 | -3.5 | |
Conservative | David Schofield | 1,779 | 32.8 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | A. Appleyard | 537 | 9.9 | +1.1 | |
Green | D. Harbud | 159 | 2.9 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,167 | 21.5 | -5.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,421 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -2.7 | |||
Harehills[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Mohammed Khan | 2,259 | 72.4 | -8.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ann Norman | 439 | 14.1 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | W. Buckland | 421 | 13.5 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 1,820 | 58.4 | -14.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,119 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.5 | |||
Headingley[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Sarah Perrigo | 2,667 | 62.9 | -6.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Barbara Thompson | 675 | 15.9 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | M. Gledhill | 552 | 13.0 | +2.6 | |
Green | Peggy Alexander | 348 | 8.2 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 1,992 | 47.0 | -7.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,242 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 | |||
Horsforth[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Roger Harris | 2,530 | 41.4 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | M. Addison | 1,823 | 29.8 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | R. Cross | 1,759 | 28.8 | -14.8 | |
Majority | 707 | 11.6 | -1.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,112 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.5 | |||
Hunslet[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Geoffrey Driver | 2,295 | 85.4 | -0.3 | |
Conservative | Anthony Larvin | 202 | 7.5 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | S. Buckingham | 191 | 7.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 2,093 | 77.9 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,688 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.2 | |||
Kirkstall[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Elizabeth Minkin | 3,060 | 76.2 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Steven Welsh | 364 | 9.1 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | M. Pattenden | 241 | 6.0 | +0.2 | |
Green | A. Mander | 240 | 6.0 | -3.5 | |
Liberal | N. Nowosielski | 111 | 2.8 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 2,696 | 67.1 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,016 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.2 | |||
Middleton[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Jack Dunn | 2,630 | 81.6 | -1.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Shaun Dolan | 360 | 11.2 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Stephen McBarron | 235 | 7.3 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 2,270 | 70.4 | -4.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,225 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 | |||
Moortown[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Mark Harris | 3,014 | 53.6 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Malcolm Hardy | 1,705 | 30.3 | -1.3 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Dibble | 908 | 16.1 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 1,309 | 23.3 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,627 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Morley North[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Michael Dawson | 3,026 | 58.3 | -8.0 | |
Conservative | Alan Barraclough | 1,696 | 32.7 | +12.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Quentin Brown | 465 | 9.0 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 1,330 | 25.6 | -20.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,187 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -10.3 | |||
Morley South[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bryan North | 3,103 | 62.1 | -1.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Thomas Leadley | 1,163 | 23.3 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | J. Galek | 731 | 14.6 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 1,940 | 38.8 | -1.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,997 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.7 | |||
North[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Jonathan Brown | 2,221 | 36.8 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Peter Harrand | 1,936 | 32.1 | -1.6 | |
Labour | Brian Selby | 1,883 | 31.2 | -4.0 | |
Majority | 285 | 4.7 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,040 | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Otley & Wharfedale[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Eveleigh | 2,648 | 37.0 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | C. Hindle | 2,574 | 35.9 | +10.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | D. Merrick | 1,943 | 27.1 | -13.7 | |
Majority | 74 | 1.0 | -5.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,165 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -4.0 | |||
Pudsey North[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Andrew Carter | 3,566 | 50.8 | +16.8 | |
Labour | Sandra Womack | 2,717 | 38.7 | -12.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | R. Cam | 731 | 10.4 | -4.2 | |
Majority | 849 | 12.1 | -5.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,014 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +14.7 | |||
Pudsey South[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Eugene Coulson | 2,748 | 55.7 | -0.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | R. Keighley | 1,154 | 23.4 | -6.9 | |
Conservative | Sheila Jackson | 896 | 18.2 | +4.9 | |
Green | Graham Illingworth | 138 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 1,594 | 32.3 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,936 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | +3.0 | |||
Richmond Hill[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Michael Lyons | 2,453 | 84.4 | -0.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith Norman | 304 | 10.5 | -0.1 | |
Conservative | William Birch | 149 | 5.1 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 2,149 | 74.0 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,906 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.0 | |||
Rothwell[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Lorna Cohen | 2,736 | 64.7 | -8.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mitchell Galdas | 908 | 21.5 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Anne Heeson | 582 | 13.8 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 1,828 | 43.3 | -13.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,226 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.6 | |||
Roundhay[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Jean White | 2,712 | 44.8 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | M. Burnell | 2,173 | 35.9 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | W. Pickard | 1,031 | 17.0 | -1.4 | |
Green | A. Ketchin | 138 | 2.3 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 539 | 8.9 | -1.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,054 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 | |||
Seacroft[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Graham Hyde | 3,050 | 87.3 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Roy Jones | 227 | 6.5 | -0.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Betteridge | 218 | 6.2 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 2,823 | 80.8 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,495 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
University[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Maggie Giles-Hill | 2,264 | 73.9 | +4.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | D. Freeman | 290 | 9.5 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Robert Winfield | 279 | 9.1 | +2.4 | |
Militant Labour | Chris Hill | 232 | 7.6 | -2.6 | |
Majority | 1,974 | 64.4 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,065 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Weetwood[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Judith Blake | 2,569 | 40.2 | -2.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Ewens | 2,455 | 38.4 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Ann Castle | 1,195 | 18.7 | +1.6 | |
Green | Claire Nash | 171 | 2.7 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 114 | 1.8 | -3.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,390 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -1.6 | |||
Wetherby[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | David Clark | 4,451 | 56.6 | +10.2 | |
Labour | Reginald Steel | 2,523 | 32.1 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | G. Melnick | 892 | 11.3 | -10.6 | |
Majority | 1,928 | 24.5 | +9.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,866 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Whinmoor[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Suzanne Armitage | 2,568 | 68.3 | -2.7 | |
Conservative | Richard Williams | 767 | 20.4 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Graham Roberts | 326 | 8.7 | -0.5 | |
Independent Labour | Anthony Thorpe | 98 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 1,801 | 47.9 | -6.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,759 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.3 | |||
Wortley[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Philip Towler | 2,640 | 54.1 | -7.5 | |
Green | David Blackburn | 1,382 | 28.3 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Michael Best | 490 | 10.0 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Brayshaw | 366 | 7.5 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 1,258 | 25.8 | -13.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,878 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.0 | |||
By-elections between 1996 and 1998
Beeston by-election 14 November 1996[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Angela Gabriel | 1,025 | 47.4 | -25.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | 864 | 40.0 | +31.3 | ||
Conservative | 187 | 8.7 | -5.7 | ||
Militant Labour | 44 | 2.0 | +2.0 | ||
Green | 42 | 1.9 | -1.8 | ||
Majority | 161 | 7.4 | -51.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,162 | 17.0 | -6.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -28.5 | |||
Headingley by-election 10 July 1997[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | David Black | 919 | 51.0 | -11.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | 647 | 35.9 | +20.0 | ||
Conservative | 235 | 13.0 | +0.0 | ||
Majority | 272 | 15.1 | -31.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,801 | 9.1 | -12.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -15.9 | |||
Whinmoor by-election 21 August 1997[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Peter Gruen | 1,569 | 54.1 | -14.2 | |
Conservative | 1,077 | 37.1 | +16.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 225 | 7.8 | -0.9 | ||
Independent | 28 | 1.0 | +1.0 | ||
Majority | 492 | 17.0 | -30.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,899 | 21.1 | -6.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -15.4 | |||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 "District results: Leeds". The Yorkshire Post. 3 May 1996.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Local Authority Byelection Results". gwydir.demon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
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