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5 LEJGHTON'S DEATH LEAVES SEAT FREE j
5 Ron Ljighton, Labour MP for Newham j
5 North East, diid on 28 Fjbruary of j
5 natural causjs. He was 64. j
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5 Hi jntirid thj commons in 1979 as j
5 MP fot njighbouring Newham NW, j
5 havjng unsuccissfully contested j
5 Horsham and Crawliy in 1974 and j
5 Middliton and Pristwich in 1964. j
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5 Niwham NE was briifly a Tory sjat j
5 whjn Rjg Printice switchjd to thj j
$5 Consjtvativj bjnchjs in 1977. j
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5 But Mr Ljighton easily won it back j
5 in 1979 and hjld a 9,986 majority j
5 at thj last gjnjral jliction. j
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