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, but finished fourth behind the Liberal candidate.

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* 1914 births 1986 deaths Amalgamated Engineering Union-sponsored MPs Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub