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Further , a candidate , even if he is in general agreement with one or other of these two parties , will stand little chance of success unless he is acceptable to Abbey House on the one hand or to Transport House on the other .
Further , a candidate , even if he is in general agreement with one or other of these two parties , will stand little chance of success unless he is acceptable to Abbey House on the one hand or to Transport House on the other .
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The ' old ' members - i.e . those who had sat in the House at any time before October 1951 - were , of course , far more numerous . Their average ages at this election come out as follows : Conservatives , 48 years 11 months ; Labour ...
The ' old ' members - i.e . those who had sat in the House at any time before October 1951 - were , of course , far more numerous . Their average ages at this election come out as follows : Conservatives , 48 years 11 months ; Labour ...
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So it is not surprising to find that the average length of previous service of its members is , with that of the 1935 House , the highest on record for a new House ( at least within the last forty years ) , viz . 8 years 1 month .
So it is not surprising to find that the average length of previous service of its members is , with that of the 1935 House , the highest on record for a new House ( at least within the last forty years ) , viz . 8 years 1 month .
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 290 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1952 |
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