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In the end each side was relieved not to have done worse. The Conservatives had a clear margin of victory in votes and in seats. The Labour party had beaten Mr Kinnock’s early announced target of thirty seats and confirmed itself as a close challenger to the Conservatives. The Alliance, despite the initial polls, had received a fifth of the vote and a new demonstration of the unfairness of the British electoral system; they had also won the Portsmouth by-election.
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Butler, D., Jowett, P. (1985). Retrospect and Prospect. In: Party Strategies in Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17816-2_11
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