Blackpool Council election, 2003

Elections to Blackpool Council were held on 1st May, 2003. The Labour Party kept its overall majority and continued to run the council. Boundary changes had taken place since the last election in 2000 which reduced the number of seats by two. Overall turnout was 50.43%.

Election Result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 25
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 59.5
votes % = 42.7
votes = 42,624
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 13
gain =
loss =
net = -2
seats % = 31.0
votes % = 38.6
votes = 38,535
plus/minus =Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 4
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 9.5
votes % = 16.8
votes = 16,834
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.7
votes = 1,739
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.2
votes = 200
plus/minus =

Ward Results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jonathon Bamborough
votes = 1,360
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Steven Bate
votes = 1,196
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Donald MacNaughton
votes = 886
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bryan Anandappa
votes = 852
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Haynes
votes = 759
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alice Lilley
votes = 700
percentage =
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votes = 5,753
percentage = 54.1
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Donald Clapham
votes = 1,553
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Mitchell
votes = 1,502
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Boughton
votes = 805
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Ryan
votes = 739
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Morry Hart
votes = 399
percentage =
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votes = 5,001
percentage = 53.6
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frances Smith
votes = 822
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Blackburn
votes = 793
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Doreen Holt
votes = 779
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barrie Hall
votes = 675
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Coleman
votes = 662
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Chappell
votes = 657
percentage =
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votes = 4,388
percentage = 43.5
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Cresswell
votes = 1,233
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Cresswell
votes = 1,214
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Cartwright
votes = 538
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Hartley Turnbull
votes = 502
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Grainger
votes = 320
percentage =
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party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Robert McDowell
votes = 200
percentage =
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votes = 4,007
percentage = 41
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ivan Taylor
votes = 1,245
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sylvia Taylor
votes = 1,177
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Linda Cole
votes = 744
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Houghton
votes = 703
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lesley Owens
votes = 290
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Porter
votes = 161
percentage =
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votes = 4,320
percentage = 42
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Greenhalgh
votes = 1,268
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Carr
votes = 1,120
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Perry
votes = 796
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John McIntosh
votes = 680
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stuart Mackie
votes = 356
percentage =
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votes = 4,220
percentage = 45.4
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kathryn Benson
votes = 1,209
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Harrison
votes = 1,146
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Dodd
votes = 1,012
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Molly Laye
votes = 1,008
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Barbara Bamborough
votes = 445
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,820
percentage = 47.9
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Norman Hardy
votes = 1,352
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Valerie Haynes
votes = 1,274
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Linda Richman
votes = 831
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Baker
votes = 815
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Wendy Smalley
votes = 432
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,704
percentage = 47.4
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lily Henderson
votes = 1,230
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Fowler
votes = 1,200
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Jackson
votes = 989
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gary Coleman
votes = 936
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Watkins
votes = 673
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 5,028
percentage = 52
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kathleen Rowson
votes = 1,459
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Bradley-Wilcox
votes = 1,251
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Steven James
votes = 825
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Dyke
votes = 767
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Carole Bate
votes = 454
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,756
percentage = 49.1
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Wright
votes = 1,423
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roy Fisher
votes = 1,375
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Flanigan
votes = 628
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marlene McGuirk
votes = 598
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Terence Woodings
votes = 482
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alma Rollinson
votes = 323
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,829
percentage = 47.1
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Burgess
votes = 1,357
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Houldsworth
votes = 1,263
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Elmes
votes = 1,010
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Sorah
votes = 854
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Hazel Williams
votes = 331
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,815
percentage = 49.5
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Callow
votes = 1,835
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Maxine Callow
votes = 1,804
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Cooke
votes = 851
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Wright
votes = 726
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Donna Bamborough
votes = 378
percentage =
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votes = 5,594
percentage = 56.1
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Doherty
votes = 1,071
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Kersh
votes = 1,055
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Gough
votes = 573
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Jones
votes = 536
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tania Dundavon
votes = 411
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Thomas Johnston
votes = 275
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,921
percentage = 43
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Wynne
votes = 1,413
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Douglas Green
votes = 1,158
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Price
votes = 793
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Harris
votes = 676
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gillian Campbell
votes = 647
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Gradwell
votes = 526
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 5,213
percentage = 52.5
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Evans
votes = 1,215
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Granville Heap
votes = 1,128
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Finlay
votes = 821
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carol Gradwell
votes = 747
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gaynor Wynne
votes = 665
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Beverley Harvey
votes = 570
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 5,146
percentage = 53
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Dunne
votes = 1,004
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Hutchinson
votes = 936
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Mancini
votes = 699
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Watson
votes = 670
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Duxbury-Campbell
votes = 482
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mark Sponder
votes = 424
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,215
percentage = 41.3
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Allan Matthews
votes = 1,387
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edward Collett
votes = 1,294
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Aubery Horne
votes = 872
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mohamed Hameed
votes = 740
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rodney Holt
votes = 435
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,728
percentage = 48
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Jackson
votes = 1,100
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Owen
votes = 998
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jacqueline Jackson
votes = 732
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Wood
votes = 652
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Horne
votes = 549
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jean Kenrick
votes = 522
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,553
percentage = 46.7
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joyce Delves
votes = 1,210
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Brown
votes = 1,166
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Desmond Harvey
votes = 848
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Waugh
votes = 813
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anne Heyworth
votes = 477
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kevan Benfold
votes = 450
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,964
percentage = 47.9
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Fowler
votes = 1,027
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carol Radcliffe
votes = 1,011
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Bell
votes = 895
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Rigby
votes = 887
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Hodkinson
votes = 592
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Justin Allitt
votes = 545
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,957
percentage = 47.9
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