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| | The Westmorland Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | At the beginning of what is being widely touted as a General Election year, the Liberal Democrats have once again set their targets on the Westmorland and Lonsdale seat. |
 | | The results in Westmorland and Lonsdale in 2001 were; Tim Collins 22,486; Tim Farron 19,339; John Bateson, Labour 5,234; Robert Gibson, UK Independence Party, 552; and Tim Bell, Independent 292. |
 | | Mr Collins said that there were only two dozen constituencies out of 659 where the sitting MP increased his or her vote in 2001 by more than 1,000 votes. |
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