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1983 general election

England: 1983 general election results

How England voted at the 1983 general election: the Conservatives won 362 of 523 seats with 46.0% of the vote. Every constituency result.

England: results by party
PartySeatsChangeVotesShareChangeShare barCandidates
Conservative362+5611,711,97046.0%−1.2523
Labour148−556,862,61626.9%−9.7523
SDP–Liberal Alliance13new6,714,91026.4%—523
Others00183,4100.7%−0.5272

Change compared with the 1979 general election in England.

Constituencies

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ConstituencyWinnerMajority%TurnoutResult
AldershotCon12,21821.771.7%
Aldridge-BrownhillsCon12,28425.877.1%
Altrincham and SaleCon10,91122.672.1%
Amber ValleyCon3,3186.476.4%
ArundelCon15,70530.169.0%
AshfieldLab6,08711.872.8%
AshfordCon13,91129.072.2%
Ashton under LyneLab7,69718.270.9%
AylesburyCon14,92028.770.5%
BanburyCon13,02526.574.2%
BarkingLab4,02611.864.7%
Barnsley CentralLab14,17338.865.5%
Barnsley EastLab17,49248.566.5%
Barnsley West and PenistoneLab10,34223.372.3%
Barrow and FurnessCon4,5779.074.2%
BasildonCon1,3793.168.0%
BasingstokeCon12,45022.575.7%
BassetlawLab3,8317.973.2%
BathCon5,30411.173.5%
Batley and SpenCon8701.672.5%
BatterseaLab3,2767.566.0%
BeaconsfieldCon18,30038.271.4%
BeckenhamCon12,67030.869.3%
Bedfordshire MidCon17,38129.975.9%
Bedfordshire NorthCon13,84925.874.1%
Bedfordshire South WestCon15,73127.374.6%
Berkshire EastCon16,09926.972.5%
Berwick-upon-TweedAlliance8,21519.776.9%
Bethnal Green and StepneyLab6,35820.655.4%
BeverleyCon13,86925.072.3%
Bexhill and BattleCon19,74643.872.2%
BexleyheathCon10,25823.373.5%
BillericayCon14,61526.572.7%
BirkenheadLab9,71420.768.9%
Birmingham EdgbastonCon11,41831.365.7%
Birmingham ErdingtonLab2310.666.4%
Birmingham Hall GreenCon9,37321.869.8%
Birmingham Hodge HillLab5,09212.366.9%
Birmingham LadywoodLab9,03023.962.0%
Birmingham NorthfieldCon2,7605.270.4%
Birmingham Perry BarrLab7,40214.468.5%
Birmingham Selly OakCon5,39610.570.8%
Birmingham Small HeathLab15,25242.160.4%
Birmingham SparkbrookLab10,54832.060.9%
Birmingham YardleyCon2,8656.971.4%
Bishop AucklandLab4,3068.471.1%
BlabyCon17,11630.876.3%
BlackburnLab3,0555.473.9%
Blackpool NorthCon10,15225.269.2%
Blackpool SouthCon10,13825.869.1%
BlaydonLab7,22215.172.4%
Blyth ValleyLab3,2437.772.0%
BolsoverLab13,84829.471.7%
Bolton North EastCon2,4435.476.1%
Bolton South EastLab8,75317.672.6%
Bolton WestCon7,15213.677.1%
BoothferryCon17,42032.972.2%
BootleLab15,13929.467.4%
BosworthCon17,29430.377.2%
Bournemouth EastCon11,41624.265.9%
Bournemouth WestCon13,33126.768.4%
Bow and PoplarLab5,86118.355.0%
Bradford NorthCon1,6023.470.0%
Bradford SouthLab1100.270.2%
Bradford WestLab3,3376.868.2%
BraintreeCon13,44124.075.2%
Brent EastLab4,83412.463.1%
Brent NorthCon14,65133.269.6%
Brent SouthLab10,51926.462.9%
Brentford and IsleworthCon9,38718.274.0%
Brentwood and OngarCon14,20228.175.4%
BridgwaterCon10,69722.373.8%
BridlingtonCon16,60930.769.7%
Brigg and CleethorpesCon12,18921.472.6%
Brighton KemptownCon9,37821.570.7%
Brighton PavilionCon11,13226.968.7%
Bristol EastCon1,7893.773.1%
Bristol North WestCon6,32711.375.9%
Bristol SouthLab4,4198.968.0%
Bristol WestCon10,17819.770.1%
BromsgroveCon17,17534.674.0%
BroxbourneCon17,46635.073.0%
BroxtoweCon15,07828.375.5%
BuckinghamCon13,96828.976.0%
BurnleyLab7701.575.4%
BurtonCon11,64721.474.9%
Bury NorthCon2,7925.378.6%
Bury SouthCon3,7207.575.2%
Bury St EdmundsCon16,12230.671.4%
Calder ValleyCon7,99914.377.5%
CambridgeCon5,96811.874.6%
Cambridgeshire North EastAlliance5,1959.875.4%
Cambridgeshire South EastCon13,76427.873.3%
Cambridgeshire South WestCon13,86724.074.9%
Cannock and BurntwoodCon2,0454.076.3%
CanterburyCon15,74230.669.1%
CarlisleLab710.275.4%
Carshalton and WallingtonCon10,75521.771.1%
Castle PointCon15,41733.870.3%
CheadleCon9,38018.475.9%
ChelmsfordCon3780.678.3%
ChelseaCon12,02139.855.9%
CheltenhamCon5,5189.674.8%
Chertsy and WaltonCon15,69930.971.6%
Chesham and AmershamCon15,86929.974.8%
Chester City ofCon9,09918.9—
ChesterfieldLab7,76315.671.7%
ChichesterCon20,11736.171.2%
ChingfordCon12,41430.471.9%
Chipping BarnetCon12,39330.069.9%
ChislehurstCon12,06130.471.8%
ChorleyCon10,27517.878.2%
ChristchurchCon19,73841.771.5%
Cirencester and TewkesburyCon13,82723.174.0%
City of London and Westminster SouthCon13,38738.151.6%
Colchester NorthCon15,04826.672.2%
Colchester South and MaldonCon12,16520.972.4%
Colne ValleyAlliance3,1465.975.3%
CongletonCon8,45917.275.9%
CopelandLab1,8374.377.1%
CorbyCon3,1686.576.3%
Cornwall NorthCon5,0599.479.4%
Cornwall South EastCon8,35416.377.8%
Coventry North EastLab8,77518.968.6%
Coventry North WestLab3,0387.874.1%
Coventry South EastLab2,6827.270.3%
Coventry South WestCon6,44713.175.1%
CrawleyCon11,81421.975.4%
Crewe and NantwichLab2900.573.7%
CrosbyCon3,4015.376.7%
Croydon CentralCon11,82130.567.9%
Croydon North EastCon11,62727.466.9%
Croydon North WestCon4,09210.467.1%
Croydon SouthCon17,44038.170.2%
DagenhamLab2,9977.562.6%
DarlingtonCon3,4386.876.1%
DartfordCon13,56924.875.4%
DaventryCon13,13626.675.8%
DavyhulmeCon9,01418.872.9%
Denton and ReddishLab5,12510.372.0%
Derby NorthCon3,5066.971.5%
Derby SouthLab4210.966.5%
Derbyshire North EastLab2,0063.974.8%
Derbyshire SouthCon8,61314.677.5%
Derbyshire WestCon15,32528.976.4%
DevizesCon15,62425.173.9%
Devon NorthCon8,72717.179.1%
Devon West and TorridgeCon12,35123.075.2%
DewsburyCon2,0864.073.0%
Don ValleyLab6,46612.768.9%
Doncaster CentralLab2,5085.070.0%
Doncaster NorthLab12,71125.268.9%
Dorset NorthCon11,38022.075.6%
Dorset SouthCon15,09830.171.9%
Dorset WestCon13,95230.873.3%
DoverCon9,22017.576.6%
Dudley EastLab5,81610.970.4%
Dudley WestCon8,72314.874.8%
DulwichCon1,8594.966.7%
Durham City ofLab1,9734.073.5%
Durham NorthLab13,43726.071.8%
Durham North WestLab6,35614.869.9%
Ealing ActonCon10,09222.571.5%
Ealing NorthCon6,29112.374.0%
Ealing SouthallLab11,11621.870.6%
EasingtonLab14,79233.366.7%
EastbourneCon13,48625.372.4%
EastleighCon13,00820.576.0%
EcclesLab6,00512.769.3%
EddisburyCon14,84627.973.2%
EdmontonCon1,1932.768.1%
Ellesmere Port and NestonCon7,08713.474.7%
ElmetCon7,85615.574.4%
ElthamCon7,59218.673.0%
Enfield NorthCon11,71623.871.5%
Enfield SouthgateCon15,81934.768.8%
Epping ForestCon15,37831.871.8%
Epsom and EwellCon17,19533.871.2%
ErewashCon11,31920.474.7%
Erith and CrayfordCon9202.272.5%
EsherCon15,91235.272.2%
ExeterCon9,88017.277.1%
Falmouth and CamborneCon11,02522.474.1%
FarehamCon16,31630.872.7%
FavershamCon14,59726.072.5%
Feltham and HestonCon2,1483.968.9%
FinchleyCon9,31424.268.4%
Folkestone and HytheCon11,67024.469.8%
FulhamCon4,78912.275.5%
FyldeCon17,10238.670.4%
Gainsborough and HorncastleCon5,06710.174.0%
Gateshead EastLab10,32221.768.7%
GedlingCon14,66429.274.5%
GillinghamCon10,84321.372.7%
Glanford and ScunthorpeCon6371.272.5%
GloucesterCon12,53722.374.6%
Gloucestershire WestCon9,65216.378.5%
GosportCon14,45131.170.7%
GranthamCon18,91134.372.6%
GraveshamCon8,46315.475.9%
Great GrimsbyLab7311.572.8%
Great YarmouthCon11,20025.270.0%
GreenwichLab1,2113.567.1%
GuildfordCon11,82421.771.6%
Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLab8,54523.454.4%
Hackney South and ShoreditchLab7,69120.153.5%
Halesowen and StourbridgeCon13,31622.875.4%
HalifaxCon1,8693.474.2%
HaltonLab6,82912.872.2%
HammersmithLab1,9545.970.7%
Hampshire EastCon18,32731.173.1%
Hampshire North WestCon12,12224.873.3%
Hampstead and HighgateCon3,3707.666.5%
HarboroughCon18,48533.774.8%
HarlowCon3,6746.975.4%
HarrogateCon15,88831.668.1%
Harrow EastCon12,66821.971.7%
Harrow WestCon11,02120.871.5%
HartlepoolLab3,0906.468.8%
HarwichCon12,50224.769.5%
Hastings and RyeCon10,98022.868.2%
HavantCon11,95622.771.0%
Hayes and HarlingtonCon4,23410.470.0%
Hazel GroveCon2,0224.176.3%
HemsworthLab14,19038.167.7%
Hendon NorthCon9,02524.467.2%
Hendon SouthCon6,43318.364.7%
HenleyCon13,78130.471.9%
HerefordCon2,2774.774.9%
Hertford and StortfordCon12,92924.974.5%
Hertfordshire NorthCon9,94316.678.2%
Hertfordshire South WestCon12,19421.674.8%
Hertfordshire WestCon9,57615.778.4%
HertsmereCon14,87027.672.8%
HexhamCon8,30820.075.3%
Heywood and MiddletonLab3,9749.569.3%
High PeakCon9,94018.877.6%
Holborn and St PancrasLab7,25916.859.9%
Holland With BostonCon11,73626.070.2%
HonitonCon14,76927.573.8%
HornchurchCon9,18420.272.7%
Hornsey and Wood GreenCon3,8997.470.6%
HorshamCon21,78536.473.6%
Houghton and WashingtonLab13,82127.366.2%
HoveCon17,21936.465.2%
HuddersfieldLab3,9558.270.3%
Hull EastLab10,07421.366.7%
Hull NorthLab6,02812.066.6%
Hull WestLab3,65410.062.7%
HuntingdonCon20,34837.170.7%
HyndburnCon210.176.8%
Ilford NorthCon11,20126.170.6%
Ilford SouthCon4,56611.170.0%
IpswichLab1,0772.174.5%
Isle of WightAlliance3,5034.779.0%
Islington NorthLab5,60715.261.2%
Islington South and FinsburyLab3631.061.7%
JarrowLab13,87730.570.4%
KeighleyCon2,7745.578.0%
KensingtonCon5,10116.462.0%
Kent MidCon12,54326.470.6%
KetteringCon8,58617.975.4%
Kingston upon ThamesCon8,87221.771.1%
KingswoodCon1,7973.276.5%
Knowsley NorthLab17,19144.568.5%
Knowsley SouthLab11,76924.669.3%
Lancashire WestCon6,85812.573.2%
LancasterCon10,63625.473.8%
LangbaurghCon6,02410.473.9%
Leeds CentralLab8,22221.161.1%
Leeds EastLab6,09514.565.5%
Leeds North EastCon8,99519.569.9%
Leeds North WestCon8,53717.670.6%
Leeds South and MorleyLab5,85414.267.2%
Leeds WestAlliance2,0484.468.2%
Leicester EastCon9331.972.3%
Leicester SouthCon70.071.4%
Leicester WestLab1,7123.767.9%
Leicestershire North WestCon6,66212.080.0%
LeighLab12,31425.171.4%
LeominsterCon9,78619.176.5%
LewesCon13,90427.873.5%
Lewisham DeptfordLab6,03216.860.7%
Lewisham EastCon1,9094.568.8%
Lewisham WestCon2,5065.769.7%
LeytonLab4,51611.965.0%
LincolnCon10,28618.973.6%
Lindsey EastCon7,51714.772.3%
Littleborough and SaddleworthCon5,65011.874.0%
Liverpool BroadgreenLab3,8008.371.4%
Liverpool GarstonLab4,0028.770.9%
Liverpool Mossley HillAlliance4,1959.172.6%
Liverpool RiversideLab17,37845.261.8%
Liverpool WaltonLab14,11527.668.9%
Liverpool West DerbyLab11,84327.068.8%
LoughboroughCon16,18029.576.7%
LudlowCon11,30324.073.7%
Luton NorthCon11,98122.276.1%
Luton SouthCon4,6218.674.9%
MacclesfieldCon20,67937.773.9%
MaidstoneCon7,22613.972.7%
MakerfieldLab10,87621.372.9%
Manchester BlackleyLab6,45615.468.8%
Manchester CentralLab18,48544.159.8%
Manchester GortonLab9,96522.767.1%
Manchester WithingtonCon2,3735.171.5%
Manchester WythenshaweLab10,68425.268.6%
MansfieldLab2,2164.869.8%
MedwayCon8,65618.871.7%
MeridenCon15,01828.370.6%
MiddlesbroughLab9,66923.165.6%
Milton KeynesCon11,52219.673.1%
Mitcham and MordenCon6,45113.972.3%
Mole ValleyCon14,71830.274.0%
Morecambe and LunesdaleCon12,19431.472.2%
New ForestCon20,92540.772.7%
NewarkCon14,28329.275.4%
NewburyCon13,03824.374.1%
Newcastle under LymeLab2,8045.676.3%
Newcastle upon Tyne CentralCon2,2285.070.3%
Newcastle upon Tyne EastLab7,49217.770.3%
Newcastle upon Tyne NorthLab2,5565.171.9%
Newham North EastLab8,50921.961.5%
Newham North WestLab6,91824.755.6%
Newham SouthLab7,31127.153.1%
Norfolk MidCon15,51529.974.4%
Norfolk NorthCon13,22327.273.8%
Norfolk North WestCon3,1475.976.7%
Norfolk SouthCon12,13521.476.2%
Norfolk South WestCon14,91029.072.1%
NormantonLab4,1839.769.5%
Northampton NorthCon9,86020.071.1%
Northampton SouthCon15,12630.271.8%
NorthavonCon12,98322.676.7%
Norwich NorthCon5,87912.375.2%
Norwich SouthCon1,7123.575.5%
NorwoodLab2,8837.965.2%
Nottingham EastCon1,4643.462.9%
Nottingham NorthCon3620.865.2%
Nottingham SouthCon5,71511.869.4%
NuneatonCon5,0619.976.1%
Old Bexley and SidcupCon12,71834.273.1%
Oldham Central and RoytonLab3,3127.466.3%
Oldham WestLab3,1807.969.1%
OrpingtonCon10,15122.774.9%
Oxford EastCon1,2672.773.0%
Oxford West and AbingdonCon7,15114.373.0%
PeckhamLab8,82427.454.0%
PendleCon6,13511.978.8%
Penrith and the BorderCon15,42131.072.2%
PeterboroughCon10,43918.072.5%
Plymouth DevonportAlliance4,93610.575.0%
Plymouth DrakeCon8,58522.173.6%
Plymouth SuttonCon11,68725.675.3%
Pontefract and CastlefordLab13,69131.366.5%
PooleCon14,42927.772.7%
Portsmouth NorthCon17,99931.772.0%
Portsmouth SouthCon12,33524.666.8%
PrestonLab6,97815.071.0%
PudseyCon5,3149.974.9%
PutneyCon5,01910.772.9%
RavensbourneCon15,51236.072.2%
Reading EastCon11,50824.269.5%
Reading WestCon11,39923.871.6%
RedcarLab3,1046.970.2%
ReigateCon16,30732.271.2%
Ribble ValleyCon18,59140.475.7%
Richmond (Yorks)Con18,06635.0—
Richmond and BarnesCon740.278.9%
RochdaleAlliance7,58716.070.3%
RochfordCon13,10225.772.5%
RomfordCon10,57427.268.9%
Romsey and WatersideCon13,69025.574.7%
Rossendale and DarwenCon8,82115.376.9%
Rother ValleyLab8,62518.470.9%
RotherhamLab11,70928.666.1%
Rugby and KenilworthCon14,24124.577.0%
Ruislip NorthwoodCon12,98231.672.1%
RushcliffeCon20,22037.475.8%
Rutland and MeltonCon18,35333.372.3%
RyedaleCon16,14228.770.9%
Saffron WaldenCon15,24928.675.9%
Salford EastLab9,54124.061.6%
SalisburyCon7,17413.372.0%
ScarboroughCon13,92927.070.4%
SedgefieldLab8,28118.472.1%
SelbyCon15,96533.971.2%
SevenoaksCon15,70629.972.7%
Sheffield AttercliffeLab11,61225.968.9%
Sheffield BrightsideLab15,20934.564.7%
Sheffield CentralLab16,79040.861.1%
Sheffield HallamCon11,77422.272.0%
Sheffield HeeleyLab8,36815.969.8%
Sheffield HillsboroughLab1,5462.874.5%
SherwoodCon6581.375.3%
ShipleyCon11,44522.076.1%
ShorehamCon15,76630.772.9%
Shrewsbury and AtchamCon8,62417.573.0%
Shropshire NorthCon11,66721.971.7%
Skipton and RiponCon15,04628.974.0%
SloughCon3,1066.070.7%
SolihullCon17,39433.170.5%
Somerton and FromeCon9,22718.675.7%
South HamsCon12,40122.374.2%
South RibbleCon12,65922.576.7%
South ShieldsLab6,40215.665.4%
Southampton ItchenCon5,29010.072.4%
Southampton TestCon9,34617.172.2%
Southend EastCon10,69127.466.9%
Southend WestCon8,03316.670.9%
SouthportCon5,0399.971.7%
Southwark and BermondseyAlliance5,16415.061.3%
SpelthorneCon13,50626.370.1%
St AlbansCon8,56115.077.2%
St Helens NorthLab9,25917.573.5%
St Helens SouthLab9,66219.869.7%
St IvesCon7,85916.673.1%
StaffordCon14,27726.475.5%
Staffordshire MidCon13,88026.676.3%
Staffordshire MoorlandsCon16,56629.676.2%
Staffordshire SouthCon19,76035.774.7%
Staffordshire South EastCon10,89822.575.4%
Stalybridge and HydeLab4,3629.169.7%
Stamford and SpaldingCon11,75624.073.4%
StevenageCon1,7553.376.8%
StockportCon5,78613.274.0%
Stockton NorthLab1,8703.869.4%
Stockton SouthAlliance1020.271.2%
Stoke-on-Trent CentralLab8,25018.765.2%
Stoke-on-Trent NorthLab8,20315.470.2%
Stoke-on-Trent SouthLab7,10514.568.9%
Stratford-on-AvonCon17,91732.172.0%
StreathamCon5,90215.065.0%
StretfordLab4,34210.869.2%
StroudCon11,71419.576.7%
Suffolk CentralCon14,73126.273.5%
Suffolk CoastalCon15,62229.174.1%
Suffolk SouthCon11,26919.475.3%
Sunderland NorthLab7,19613.865.8%
Sunderland SouthLab5,54811.165.9%
SurbitonCon8,74926.170.6%
Surrey EastCon15,43635.673.2%
Surrey North WestCon21,01838.269.2%
Surrey South WestCon14,35127.673.4%
Sussex MidCon16,74429.173.7%
Sutton and CheamCon10,26421.973.4%
Sutton ColdfieldCon18,98439.170.8%
SwindonCon1,3952.573.2%
TattonCon13,96027.373.4%
TauntonCon12,56723.674.6%
TeignbridgeCon8,21815.776.7%
Thanet NorthCon14,54531.768.1%
Thanet SouthCon14,05132.469.2%
ThurrockLab1,7223.866.9%
TivertonCon7,88615.976.6%
Tonbridge and MallingCon13,52024.973.5%
TootingLab2,6595.866.8%
TorbayCon6,55513.471.8%
TottenhamLab9,39621.862.8%
TruroAlliance10,48019.278.7%
Tunbridge WellsCon15,12628.371.7%
TwickenhamCon4,7929.676.9%
Tyne BridgeLab11,69331.361.0%
TynemouthCon9,60917.373.8%
UpminsterCon12,81426.871.1%
UxbridgeCon12,83728.871.4%
VauxhallLab7,78019.860.1%
WakefieldLab3600.868.4%
WallaseyCon6,70813.571.7%
WallsendLab12,51423.170.4%
Walsall NorthLab2,8245.870.0%
Walsall SouthLab7021.473.4%
WalthamstowLab1,3053.968.1%
WansbeckLab7,83117.072.1%
WansdykeCon13,06623.377.9%
Wanstead and WoodfodCon14,35436.467.7%
WantageCon10,12520.675.7%
Warley EastLab3,3918.668.0%
Warley WestLab5,26813.666.9%
Warrington NorthLab5,27710.471.7%
Warrington SouthCon6,46511.973.4%
Warwick and LeamingtonCon13,03225.072.6%
Warwickshire NorthCon2,5854.876.9%
WatfordCon12,00621.975.1%
WaveneyCon14,29824.474.4%
WealdenCon17,18534.670.9%
WellingboroughCon12,05622.976.7%
WellsCon6,57513.676.5%
Welwyn HatfieldCon12,24621.278.3%
WentworthLab15,93536.968.7%
West Bromwich EastLab2980.769.2%
West Bromwich WestLab6,63917.863.0%
WestburyCon8,50614.174.5%
Westminster NorthCon1,7103.963.9%
Westmorland and LonsdaleCon16,58734.271.4%
Weston Super MareCon9,49118.272.1%
WiganLab17,30531.674.9%
Wiltshire NorthCon7,23212.475.6%
WimbledonCon11,54624.971.7%
WinchesterCon13,04723.575.1%
Windsor and MaidenheadCon18,20332.969.3%
Wirral SouthCon13,83830.074.7%
Wirral WestCon15,15133.572.5%
WitneyCon12,71224.573.7%
WokingCon16,23728.970.8%
WokinghamCon15,69828.874.8%
Wolverhampton North EastLab2140.569.4%
Wolverhampton South EastLab5,01212.968.3%
Wolverhampton South WestCon11,52023.171.6%
WoodspringCon15,13227.376.7%
WoolwichAlliance2,7257.167.2%
WorcesterCon10,87122.173.1%
Worcestershire MidCon14,20525.773.6%
Worcestershire SouthCon11,38921.172.7%
WorkingtonLab7,12816.078.6%
WorsleyLab4,1397.773.7%
WorthingCon15,25328.370.5%
Wrekin TheCon1,3312.374.3%
WycombeCon13,19726.370.6%
WyreCon14,81131.570.6%
Wyre ForestCon8,17715.974.2%
YeovilAlliance3,4066.578.9%
YorkCon3,6476.274.3%

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Questions and answers

Who won in England at the 1983 general election?

The Conservatives won 362 of the 523 seats in England, with 46.0% of the vote.

How many seats were there in England in 1983?

523 constituencies.

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