Batley and Spen by-election: Why Hartlepool comparisons are incorrect

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Batley and Spen by-election: Why Hartlepool comparisons are incorrect

First off, not like Hartlepool, Batley and Spen, a set of cities and villages near Leeds and Bradford, has had a Conservative MP earlier than. When the seat was created in 1983 it returned Elizabeth Peacock, who held it till the 90s caught up with the Conservatives and Tony Blair’s 1997 landslide occurred. www.bbc.co.uk


First off, not like Hartlepool, Batley and Spen, a set of cities and villages near Leeds and Bradford, has had a Conservative MP earlier than. When the seat was created in 1983 it returned Elizabeth Peacock, who held it till the 90s caught up with the Conservatives and Tony Blair’s 1997 landslide occurred.



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