1934 Liverpool City Council election

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1934. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

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1934 Liverpool City Council election
← 1933
1 November 1934 (1934-11-01)
1935 â†’
40 councillors' seats were up for election
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Eight of the forty seats up for election were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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PartyCouncillors  Â±  AldermenTotal
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Election result

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Liverpool local election result 1934
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 17 42.5% 50% 54,893
  Labour 19 47.5% 47% 51,216
  Liberal 1 2.5% 3.4% 3,749
  Independent 2 2.5% 0.88% 970
  Protestant 1 2.5% 6.2% 6,786
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Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1931 election results.

Abercromby

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No. 9 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Lumb 1,535 51%
Conservative Alexander Maver Finlason * 1,496 49%
Majority 39
Registered electors 9,633
Turnout 3,031 31%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Aigburth

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No. 17 Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Errington 2,001 59%
Liberal Arthur Donald Dennis 1,418 41%
Majority 583
Registered electors 9,653
Turnout 3,419 35%
Conservative hold Swing
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Allerton

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No. 35 Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson * 1,181 66%
Labour Cedrick Ernest Hargreaves 612 34%
Majority 569
Registered electors 4,639
Turnout 1,793 39%
Conservative hold Swing
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Anfield

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No. 29 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Young Williamson * 2,244 65%
Labour Robert Hugh Williams 1,227 35%
Majority 1,017
Registered electors 10,696
Turnout 3,471 32%
Conservative hold Swing
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Breckfield

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No. 30 Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry James Pearson jun. * 1,880 52%
Labour Alfred Walker Boothman 1,365 38%
Protestant George Edward Lewis 389 11%
Majority 515
Registered electors 10,353
Turnout 3,634 35%
Conservative hold Swing
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Brunswick

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No. 11 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Moorhead * unopposed
Registered electors 8,580
Labour hold Swing
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Castle Street

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No. 7 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert Neville Bewley 565 66%
Ind. Conservative William Edward MacLachlan 295 34%
Majority 270
Registered electors 2,203
Turnout 860 39%
Conservative hold Swing
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Childwall

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No. 38 Childwall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mrs. Christine Maud Boyle 907 51%
Conservative Gifford Cameron Ollason * 866 49%
Majority 41
Registered electors 3,854
Turnout 1,773 46%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
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Croxteth

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No. 40 Croxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Hargreaves 3,617 64%
Conservative John Loughlin 1,602 29%
Protestant Francis Kenny 392 7%
Majority 2,015
Registered electors 17,330
Turnout 5,611 32%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Dingle

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No. 12 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John David Towers 3,915 59%
Conservative Mrs.Nancy Proctor * 2,691 41%
Majority 1,224
Registered electors 15,330
Turnout 6,606 43%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Edge Hill

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No. 18 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mrs.Agnes Mitton 2,499 53%
Conservative Stabley Ronald Williams * 2,212 47%
Majority 287
Registered electors 12,827
Turnout 4,711 37%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Everton

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No. 21 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Nickson 3,296 75%
Conservative Murray Rowland Fletcher Rogers 1,086 25%
Majority 2,210
Registered electors 12,827
Turnout 4,382 34%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Exchange

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No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Peter Kavanagh * unopposed
Registered electors 2,383
Independent hold Swing
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Fairfield

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No. 31 Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon * 1,776 58%
Labour Richard Thomas Hughes 1,292 42%
Majority 484
Registered electors 10,385
Turnout 3,068 30%
Conservative hold Swing
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Fazakerley

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No. 27 Fazakerley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Francis Lavery 2,203 50%
Conservative William Edward Backhouse 1,898 43%
Protestant Ronald Frederick Henderson 271 6%
Majority 305
Registered electors 11,422
Turnout 4,372 38%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Garston

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No. 37 Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Herbert Webster 2,436 57%
Conservative Joseph Williams * 1,302 32%
Protestant James Moore 524 12%
Majority 1,134
Registered electors 7,395
Turnout 4,262 58%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Granby

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No. 14 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Miss Mary Agnes Cumella 1,922 57%
Liberal Henry Humphreys Jones 1,424 43%
Majority 498
Registered electors 9,914
Turnout 3,346 34%
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
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Great George

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No. 10 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Hamilton 1,121 66%
Democratic Labour Walter Oscar Stein 569 34%
Majority 552
Registered electors 4,916
Turnout 1,690 34%
Labour gain from Democratic Labour
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Kensington

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No. 19 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Case 2,233 58%
Labour Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain 1,587 42%
Majority 646
Registered electors 11,041
Turnout 3,820 35%
Conservative hold Swing
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Kirkdale

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No. 24 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William James Riddick 3,204 42%
Conservative Francis Samuel Henwood Ashcroft * 3,171 42%
Protestant George Henry Dunbar 1,222 16%
Majority 33
Registered electors 16,985
Turnout 7,597 45%
Labour hold Swing
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Little Woolton

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No. 39 Little Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rupert Henry Bremner * unopposed
Registered electors 744
Conservative hold Swing
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Low Hill

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No. 20 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frederick Charles Pasco 2,235 54%
Conservative George William Prout 1,934 46%
Majority 301
Registered electors 11,171
Turnout 4,169 37%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Much Woolton

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No. 36 Much Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ernest Whitley 731 40%
Conservative Isaac Robinson 724 40%
Ratepayers Charles Frederick Hind 227 12%
Labour Andre John Holman 140 8%
Majority 7
Registered electors 2,591
Turnout 1,822 70%
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
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Netherfield

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No. 22 Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dr. Joseph Sytner 2,344 38%
Protestant Richard Bradley 1,912 31%
Conservative William John Matthew Clark * 1,855 30%
Majority 432
Registered electors 11,544
Turnout 6,111 53%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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North Scotland

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No. 2 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Fay unopposed
Registered electors 8,561
Labour hold Swing
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Old Swan

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No. 32 Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Waterworth * 3,145 53%
Labour Thomas Ernest Martin 2,792 47%
Majority 353
Registered electors 17,065
Turnout 5,937 35%
Conservative hold Swing
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Prince's Park

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No. 13 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Demain 1,985 51%
Conservative James Burrows Noble 1,912 49%
Majority 73
Registered electors 9,860
Turnout 3,897 40%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Sandhills

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No. 1 Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Henry Dunford * unopposed
Registered electors 9,194
Labour hold Swing
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St. Anne's

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No. 6 St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John David Mack * unopposed
Registered electors 8,228
Labour hold Swing
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St. Domingo

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No. 23 St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protestant William Reuben Price 1,452 33%
Conservative Charles Harold Leftwich * 1,411 32%
Labour Frederick Stapleton 1,379 31%
Protestant Henry Smith Revill 193 4%
Majority 41
Registered electors
Turnout 4,435
Protestant gain from Conservative Swing
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St. Peter's

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No. 8 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney James Hill 623 58%
Labour Stanley Part 445 42%
Majority 178
Registered electors 2,761
Turnout 1,068 39%
Conservative hold Swing
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Sefton Park East

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No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Webster Green Armour unopposed
Registered electors 8,892
Conservative hold Swing
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Sefton Park West

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No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Graham Reece * unopposed
Registered electors 6,575
Conservative hold Swing
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South Scotland

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No. 3 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Harrington * unopposed
Registered electors 8,428
Labour hold Swing
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Vauxhall

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No. 4 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Leo Carney 1,016 81%
Democratic Labour Mrs. Martha Veronica Fernie 239 19%
Majority 777
Registered electors 3,715
Turnout 1,255 34%
Labour gain from Democratic Labour
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Walton

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No. 25 Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Richard Bailey * 3,080 51%
Labour John Thomas Kenny 2,527 42%
Protestant Robert Bradley 431 7%
Majority 553
Registered electors 16,305
Turnout 6,038 37%
Conservative hold Swing
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Warbreck

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No. 26 Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Critchley * 2,585 69%
Labour Albert Smitton 1,140 31%
Majority 1,445
Registered electors 12,539
Turnout 3,725 30%
Conservative hold Swing
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Wavertree

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No. 34 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Village * 3,232 73%
Ind. Labour Party Donald Henry James 1,184 27%
Majority 2,048
Registered electors 15,209
Turnout 4,416 29%
Conservative hold Swing
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Wavertree West

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No. 33 Wavertree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Naphtali Julius Price * 1,766 56%
Labour Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd 1,376 44%
Majority 390
Registered electors 8,813
Turnout 3,142 36%
Conservative hold Swing
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West Derby

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No. 28 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Duncan-French * 3,853 66%
Labour Laurence William Kennan 2,006 34%
Majority 1,847
Registered electors 18,854
Turnout 5,859 31%
Conservative hold Swing
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[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 6 February 1935

Following the death on 8 January 1935 of Alderman Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Conservative, elected as an alderman possibly following the death on 29 October 1932 of Alderman Joseph Dalton Flood.[8] In his place, Councillor Alfred Gates JP (Liberal, elected for Anfield on 1 November 1932)[9] of 15 Childwall Priory Road, Liverpool, was elected as an alderman on 6 February 1935.

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Aldermanic Election 6 February 1935
PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward
LiberalCouncillor Alfred Gates6158%No. 1 Sandhills
LabourCouncillor Lawrence King4442%Not elected
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[10] [11] [12]

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1938.

Aldermanic Election 6 March 1935

Following the death on 23 January 1935 of Alderman John Clancy (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),[13][10] Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Castle Street ward at a by election on 29 November 1932 ),[14] Managing Director of Red Rocks, Stanley Road, Hoylake, was elected as an alderman on 6 March 1935.

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Aldermanic Election 6 March 1935
PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward
ConservativeCouncillor James Bennett O.B.E.5658%No. 10 Great George
LabourCouncillor Lawrence King4042%Not elected
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[15] [16]

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1935.

By-elections

No. 1 Sandhills, 29 November 1934

Caused by the death of Councillor James William Joseph Baker (Labour, elected for the Sandhills ward on 1 November 1932)[17]

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No. 1 Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stanley Part unopposed
Registered electors 9,194
Labour hold Swing
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[18]

No. 19 Kensington, 26 February 1935

Caused by the resignation of Councillor John Moores (Conservative, elected to the Kensington ward on 1 November 1933).[19]

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No. 19 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jack Cresswell 2,018 57%
Labour Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain 1,500 43%
Majority 518
Registered electors 11,041
Turnout 3,518 32%
Conservative hold Swing
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[20]

No. 5 Exchange, 28 February 1935

Caused by the death on 20 December 1934 of Councillor Miss Alice McCormick (Centre, elected 1 November 1932).[21][22]

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No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Thomas Patrick Staunton 640 61%
Centre Joseph Gorman 417 39%
Majority 223
Registered electors 2,383
Turnout 1,057 44%
Independent gain from Centre
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[23] [24]

No. 29 Anfield, 26 March 1935

Following the death on 8 January 1935 of Alderman Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Conservative, elected as an alderman possibly following the death on 29 October 1932 of Alderman Joseph Dalton Flood.[8] In his place, Councillor Alfred Gates JP (Liberal, elected for Anfield on 1 November 1932)[9] of 15 Childwall Priory Road, Liverpool, was elected as an alderman on 6 February 1935.[10][11][12]

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No. 29 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Rennick Gates unopposed
Registered electors 10,696
Liberal hold Swing
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[25]

No. 7 Castle Street

Following the death on 23 January 1935 of Alderman John Clancy (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),[13][10] Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Castle Street ward at a by election on 29 November 1932 )[14] was elected as an alderman on 6 March 1935.[15][16]

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No. 7 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Majority
Registered electors 2,203
Turnout
Swing
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