Reigate (UK Parliament constituency)
Reigate | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Reigate in Surrey. | |
Location of Surrey within England. | |
County | Surrey |
Electorate | 72,043 (December 2010) |
Major settlements | Reigate, Redhill |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1295, 1885 |
Member of parliament | Crispin Blunt (Conservative) |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Reigate /ˈraɪɡeɪt/ is a constituency[lower-alpha 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Crispin Blunt of the Conservative Party.[lower-alpha 2]
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Reigate, the Sessional Division of Reigate, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Dorking and Godstone.
1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Reigate, the Urban District of Dorking, and the Rural Districts of Dorking and Reigate.
1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Reigate, and the Rural District of Godstone.
1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of Reigate, and the Urban District of Banstead.
1983-1997: The Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Chipstead Hooley and Woodmansterne, Horley East, Horley West, Kingswood with Burgh Heath, Reigate Central, Reigate East, Reigate North, Reigate North Central, Reigate North East, Reigate South Central, Reigate South East, Reigate South West, Salfords and Sidlow, and Tadworth and Walton.
1997-2010: The Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Banstead Village, Chipstead Hooley and Woodmansterne, Kingswood with Burgh Heath, Reigate Central, Reigate East, Reigate North, Reigate North Central, Reigate North East, Reigate South Central, Reigate South East, Reigate South West, Salfords and Sidlow, and Tadworth and Walton.
2010-present: The Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Banstead Village, Chipstead Hooley and Woodmansterne, Earlswood and Whitebushes, Kingswood with Burgh Heath, Meadvale and St John’s, Merstham, Preston, Redhill East, Redhill West, Reigate Central, Reigate Hill, Salfords and Sidlow, South Park and Woodhatch, and Tadworth and Walton.
The constituency is in Surrey bordering Greater London and is centered on the town of Reigate from which it takes its name. As shown by the map the constituency excludes most of the post town of Horley in the East Surrey seat and parts of Walton-on-the-Hill in the Epsom and Ewell seat but contains the remainder of the Reigate and Banstead district.[1]
History
This constituency was first created with the first election of Burgesses to Parliament in 1295, electing two members. It continued to elect two members until 1832 when its representation was reduced to one member by the Great Reform Act.
In 1868 the constituency was disenfranchised for corruption, but was revived in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 when the East Surrey constituency was abolished. Since 1918 the seat has been held by a candidate in the Conservative Party with the exception of four months during which the anti-EU MP in 1997 before the election of that year joined the Referendum Party (UK). The Liberal Democrats including their two predecessor parties amassed their largest share of the vote in 2010. The largest opposition party has changed to the Liberal Democrats since the 2005 election.
In 1974, the seat saw major boundary changes which removed some of Eastern Surrey which was in the seat into the radically redesigned East Surrey seat and added the Banstead area to the seat. One of the three Green local councillors stood as the Green Party candidate for the first time the party has stood in 23 years at the 2010 general election.[2]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1295–1660
Parliament | First member | Second member |
---|---|---|
1386 | John Aubyn | Richard atte Mere[3] |
1388 (Feb) | John Chaunce I | Thomas Ballard[3] |
1388 (Sep) | John Aubyn | William Bone[3] |
1390 (Jan) | John Aubyn | William Bone[3] |
1390 (Nov) | ||
1391 | Roger Chaunce I | William Bone[3] |
1393 | John Aubyn | John Bavell[3] |
1394 | ||
1395 | John Skinner | John Bavell[3] |
1397 (Jan) | John Skinner | John Bavell[3] |
1397 (Sep) | John Skinner | Richard atte Mere[3] |
1399 | John Skinner | Roger Chaunce I[3] |
1401 | ||
1402 | Richard Turner | Thomas Barber[3] |
1404 (Jan) | ||
1404 (Oct) | ||
1406 | John Chaunce II | John Taylor[3] |
1407 | John Chaunce II | Thomas Barber[3] |
1410 | ||
1411 | ||
1413 (Feb) | ||
1413 (May) | ||
1414 (Apr) | ||
1414 (Nov) | John Skinner | Roger Chaunce II[3] |
1415 | John Skinner | Walter Wrigge[3] |
1416 (Mar) | ||
1416 (Oct) | ||
1417 | John Knight | John Chaunce II[3] |
1419 | John Pope | John Chaunce II[3] |
1420 | John Pope | John Skinner[3] |
1421 (May) | John Pope | Walter Urry[3] |
1421 (Dec) | Robert Wanford | Roger Chaunce II[3] |
1432 | Thomas Russell[4] | |
1510–1523 | No names known[5] | |
1529 | John Skinner I | Thomas Michell[5] |
1536 | ? | |
1539 | ? | |
1542 | James Skinner | John Skinner II[5] |
1545 | ? | |
1547 | Robert Richers | William More[5] |
1553 (Mar) | Robert Robotham | Henry Fisher[5] |
1553 (Oct) | Sir Thomas Saunders | Thomas Ingler[5] |
1554 (Apr) | Henry White | Robert Richers[5] |
1554 (Nov) | Robert Richers | James Skinner[5] |
1555 | Thomas Windsor | Walter Haddon[5] |
1558 | George Elsden | Thomas Banester[5] |
1559 | William Howard | John Skinner[6] |
1562/3 | Sir George Howard | William Howard[6] |
1571 | William Howard | John Agmondesham I[6] |
1572 | William Howard | John Skinner[6] |
1584 | William Howard | Edmund Sanders[6] |
1586 | William Howard | Edmund Sanders[6] |
1588 | Julius Caesar | Thomas Lyfield[6] |
1593 | William Howard | John Trevor[6] |
1597 | Sir William Howard | Edward Howard[6] |
1601 | Edward Howard | John Trevor |
1604 | Sir Edward Howard | Herbert Pelham |
1614 | Sir Edward Howard | John Suckling |
1621 | Thomas Glemham | Robert Lewis |
1624 | Sir Thomas Bludder | Robert Lewis |
1625 | Sir Thomas Bludder | Sir Roger James |
1626 | Sir Thomas Bludder | Sir William Monson |
1628 | Charles Cockayne | Sir Thomas Bludder |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
1640 (Apr) | Edward Thurland | Sir Thomas Bludder |
1640 (Nov) | William Lord Monson | George Evelyn |
1645 | ||
1648 | ||
1653 | Reigate not represented in Barebones Parliament | |
1654 | Edward Bysshe | (one seat only) |
1656 | ?John Goodwin | (one seat only) |
1659 | John Hele | Edward Thurland |
MPs 1660–1832
Year | 1st Member[7] | 1st Party | 2nd Member[7] | 2nd Party | ||
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1660 | John Hele | Edward Thurland | ||||
1661 | Roger James | |||||
1673 | Sir John Werden | |||||
February 1679 | Deane Goodwin | |||||
October 1679 | Ralph Freeman | |||||
1680 | Deane Goodwin | |||||
1681 | Ralph Freeman | |||||
1685 | Sir John Werden | Sir John Parsons | ||||
January 1689 | Roger James | |||||
March 1689 | Thomas Vincent | |||||
1690 | Sir John Parsons | John Parsons | ||||
1698 | Stephen Hervey | Edward Thurland | ||||
1701 | Sir John Parsons | |||||
1707 | James Cocks | |||||
1710 | John Ward | |||||
1713 | James Cocks | |||||
1717 | William Jordan | |||||
1720 | Thomas Jordan | |||||
1722 | Sir Joseph Jekyll | Whig | ||||
1739 | John Hervey | |||||
1741 | Philip Yorke | Whig | ||||
June 1747 | Charles Cocks[8] | |||||
December 1747 | Charles Yorke | Whig | ||||
1768 | John Yorke | |||||
1784 | William Bellingham | Edward Leeds | ||||
1787 | Reginald Pole-Carew | |||||
1789 | The Lord Hood | |||||
1790 | John Somers Cocks | Joseph Sydney Yorke | Tory | |||
February 1806 | Philip James Cocks | |||||
November 1806 | Edward Charles Cocks | Viscount Royston | ||||
1808 | James Cocks | |||||
1812 | John Somers-Cocks | Tory | ||||
1818 | Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke | Tory | James Somers Cocks | |||
1823 | James Cocks | |||||
April 1831 | Joseph Yorke | |||||
July 1831 | Charles Philip Yorke | Tory |
MPs 1832–1868
- Representation reduced to one (1832)
Election | Member[7] | Party | |
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1832 | Viscount Eastnor I | Conservative | |
1841 by-election | Viscount Eastnor II | Conservative | |
1847 | Thomas Somers-Cocks | Conservative | |
1857 | William Hackblock[lower-alpha 3] | Liberal | |
Feb. 1858 by-election | Henry Creswicke Rawlinson | Liberal | |
Oct 1858 by-election | William John Monson | Liberal | |
1863 by-election | Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower | Liberal | |
1868 | Constituency disenfranchised for corruption |
MPs since 1885
- Constituency revived (1885)
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Crispin Blunt | 29,151 | 56.8 | +3.4 | |
UKIP | Joe Fox | 6,817 | 13.3 | +9.1 | |
Labour | Ali Aklakul | 6,578 | 12.8 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Anna Tarrant | 5,369 | 10.5 | −15.7 | |
Green | Jonathan Essex | 3,434 | 6.7 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 22,334 | 43.5 | |||
Turnout | 51,349 | 69.9 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Crispin Blunt | 26,688 | 53.4 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jane Kulka | 13,097 | 26.2 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Robert Hull | 5,672 | 11.3 | −10.2 | |
UKIP | Joseph Fox | 2,089 | 4.2 | −0.3 | |
BNP | Keith Brown | 1,345 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Green | Jonathan Essex | 1,087 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,591 | 27.2 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 49,978 | 69.8 | +5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Crispin Blunt | 20,884 | 49.0 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jane Kulka | 9,896 | 23.2 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Samuel Townend | 8,896 | 20.9 | −6.6 | |
UKIP | Jeremy Wraith | 1,921 | 4.5 | +1.8 | |
English Democrat | Harold Green | 600 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Michael Selby | 408 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,988 | 25.8 | |||
Turnout | 42,605 | 64.8 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Crispin Blunt | 18,875 | 47.8 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Simon Charleton | 10,850 | 27.5 | −0.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jane Kulka | 8,330 | 21.1 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Stephen Smith | 1,062 | 2.7 | +2.1 | |
Reform UK | Harold Green | 357 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,025 | 20.3 | |||
Turnout | 39,474 | 60.2 | −14.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Crispin Blunt | 21,123 | 43.8 | −13.7 | |
Labour | Andrew Howard | 13,382 | 27.8 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Samuel | 9,615 | 20.0 | -4.1 | |
Referendum | Sir George Arthur Gardiner | 3,352 | 7.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Richard Higgs | 412 | 0.9 | N/A | |
UKIP | Stephen Smith | 290 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,741 | 16.0 | |||
Turnout | 48,174 | 74.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −12.0 | |||
This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation. George Gardiner changed party from the Conservative Party to the Referendum following his deselection by the local Conservative association.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir George Arthur Gardiner | 32,220 | 57.1 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | B Newsome | 14,566 | 25.8 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Mrs H Young | 9,150 | 16.2 | +1.9 | |
Social Democratic | M. Bilcliff | 513 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 17,654 | 31.3 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 56,449 | 78.5 | +6.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.8 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Arthur Gardiner | 30,925 | 59.3 | +0.3 | |
Social Democratic | Elizabeth Pamplin | 12,752 | 24.4 | -2.5 | |
Labour | Robin Paul Spencer | 7,460 | 14.3 | +2.2 | |
Green | Graham Frederick Brand | 1,026 | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 18,173 | 34.9 | |||
Turnout | 52,163 | 72.5 | -0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Gardiner | 29,932 | 59.0 | ||
Social Democratic | Elizabeth Pamplin | 13,625 | 26.9 | ||
Labour | Bryan A. Symons | 6,114 | 12.1 | ||
Ecology | David R. Newell | 1,029 | 2.0 | ||
Majority | 16,307 | 32.1 | |||
Turnout | 50,700 | 72.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Gardiner | 33,767 | 59.8 | ||
Labour | N. Grant | 12,454 | 22.1 | ||
Liberal | J. Speyer | 10,257 | 18.2 | ||
Majority | 21,313 | 37.7 | |||
Turnout | 56,478 | 78.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Gardiner | 27,769 | 50.70 | ||
Labour | MG Ormerod | 14,185 | 25.90 | ||
Liberal | AC Bryan | 12,554 | 22.92 | ||
People Power | Mervyn Taggart | 266 | 0.49 | ||
Majority | 13,584 | 24.80 | |||
Turnout | 75.30 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Gardiner | 30,131 | 50.22 | ||
Liberal | AC Bryan | 16,071 | 26.78 | ||
Labour | MG Ormerod | 13,547 | 22.58 | ||
Independent Democrat | Mervyn Taggart | 254 | 0.42 | ||
Majority | 14,060 | 23.43 | |||
Turnout | 83.34 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe | 28,462 | 53.86 | ||
Labour | Michael P Farley | 15,433 | 29.20 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth S Vaus | 8,952 | 16.94 | ||
Majority | 13,029 | 24.65 | |||
Turnout | 52,847 | 73.88 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan | 24,163 | 47.37 | ||
Labour | John Edward Anthony Samuels | 16,649 | 32.64 | ||
Liberal | Anthony A Stowell | 10,197 | 19.99 | ||
Majority | 7,514 | 14.73 | |||
Turnout | 51,009 | 80.09 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan | 24,380 | 48.35 | ||
Labour | Charles James Garnsworthy | 14,991 | 29.73 | ||
Liberal | Anthony A Stowell | 11,058 | 21.93 | ||
Majority | 9,389 | 18.62 | |||
Turnout | 50,429 | 79.74 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan | 26,966 | 54.34 | ||
Labour | Charles James Garnsworthy | 14,465 | 29.14 | ||
Liberal | Mrs. Agnes H Scott | 8,205 | 16.53 | ||
Majority | 12,501 | 25.19 | |||
Turnout | 49,636 | 82.36 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan | 27,210 | 61.68 | ||
Labour | Charles James Garnsworthy | 16,903 | 38.32 | ||
Majority | 10,307 | 23.36 | |||
Turnout | 44,113 | 78.75 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan | 24,137 | 55.92 | ||
Labour | Charles James Garnsworthy | 14,287 | 33.10 | ||
Liberal | Allan Stanley Batham | 4,740 | 10.98 | ||
Majority | 9,850 | 22.82 | |||
Turnout | 83.34 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan | 23,027 | 53.66 | ||
Labour | Charles James Garnsworthy | 13,931 | 32.46 | ||
Liberal | Allan Stanley Batham | 5,953 | 13.87 | ||
Majority | 9,096 | 21.20 | |||
Turnout | 85.12 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Cosmo Touche | 27,419 | 57.07 | ||
Labour | Charles James Garnsworthy | 20,623 | 42.93 | ||
Majority | 6,796 | 14.15 | |||
Turnout | 72.92 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Cosmo Touche | 30,341 | 73.84 | ||
Labour | Leonard Lewis | 10,748 | 26.16 | ||
Majority | 19,593 | 47.68 | |||
Turnout | 69.90 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Cosmo Touche | 33,934 | 82.75 | ||
Labour | Percy Henry Collick | 7,076 | 17.25 | ||
Majority | 26,858 | 65.49 | |||
Turnout | 41,010 | 75.14 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir George Kynaston Cockerill | 20,851 | 54.3 | -22.3 | |
Liberal | Harold James Hamblen | 9,532 | 24.8 | n/a | |
Labour | Percy Henry Collick | 8,012 | 20.9 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 11,319 | 29.5 | -23.7 | ||
Turnout | 38,395 | 74.8 | +0.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Kynaston Cockerill | 19,877 | n/a | ||
Labour | William Graham | 6,061 | n/a | ||
Majority | n/a | ||||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Kynaston Cockerill | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Kynaston Cockerill | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Brig-Gen. George Kynaston Cockerill | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hamilton Rawson | 7,710 | 59.7 | ||
Liberal | Herbert Walter Goldberg | 5,194 | 40.3 | ||
Majority | 2,516 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 82.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ↑ Hackblock died either 1 or 8 January 1858.[9]
- References
- ↑ Open Street Map
- ↑ Reigate and Banstead
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/russell-thomas-ii
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- 1 2 3 4 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
- ↑ Created a baronet in 1772.
- ↑ "General News". Bury Times. 9 January 1858. p. 4 – via British Newspapers Online.
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000893
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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