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The 2010 Elections
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The 2010 Elections
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Well, what a roller-coaster ride!
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Well, what a roller-coaster ride!
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The Parliamentary Election...
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The Parliamentary Election...
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The agreement between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives is full of policies that
we have campaigned on for years - and now have the opportunity to put into practice.
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Local triumphs were that Greg Mulholland held his seat in Leeds West (next door to Ilkley)
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The local elections...
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The local elections...
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The Keighley results for Bradford Council were totally different to the national results for Westminster:
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The tory share of the vote went
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Our share went up by 4.6%
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(up by 7.5% in Ilkley and 10.5% in Worth Valley!)
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Our share went up by 4.6%
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We still, unfortunately, came third in all six wards, but in Ilkley we're less than 2% from second
and close in two more). And we got lots of offers of help from new people, so we'll be able to
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"The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a free, fair
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