The 2022 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect one third of councillors to the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across the United Kingdom.
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In the previous council election in 2021, Labour maintained its control of the council, holding 51 seats after the election. The Conservatives formed the main opposition with twenty-five seats, with the remaining seats held by the Liberal Democrats, Green Party and independent councillors. Labour held the council, increasing its majority by one.
Background edit
The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Bradford was a district of the West Yorkshire metropolitan county.[1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The West Yorkshire Combined Authority was established in 2014 and began electing the mayor of West Yorkshire in 2021.[2]
Since its formation, Bradford has been variously under Labour control, Conservative control and no overall control. Councillors have predominantly been elected from the Labour Party, Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. The Green Party gained their first councillors on Bradford Council in 2002 and following these elections became the joint third largest group on the council.
Labour regained control of the council from no overall control in the 2014 council election, gaining one seat to hold 46 out of 90 seats on the council. The Labour Party maintained its majority on the council in subsequent elections. In the most recent election in 2021, Labour won fifteen seats on 40.9% of the vote, the Conservatives won eleven seats on 30.3% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats won three seats on 8.1% of the vote, and independents and the Green Party won two seats each on 7.3% and 11.8% of the vote respectively.[3] Three Conservative councillors—Joan Clarke, Robert Hargreaves and Luke Majkowski—left their party to sit as independents in 2021 and 2022, citing internal issues in the local branch of the Conservative Party.[4]
Positions up for election in 2022 were last elected in 2018. In that election, twenty Labour councillors, eight Conservative councillors and two Liberal Democrat councillors were elected.[5]
Electoral process edit
The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[6][7] The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Bradford aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.
Previous council composition edit
After 2021 election | Before 2022 election | ||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
Labour | 51 | Labour | 51 | ||
Conservative | 25 | Conservative | 22 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | Liberal Democrats | 7 | ||
Independent | 4 | Independent | 7 | ||
Green | 3 | Green | 3 |
Changes:
Result summary edit
2022 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election[9][10] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 19 | 1 | 63.3 | 33 | 52 | 57.7 | 56,667 | 44.1 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | 6 | 2 | 20.0 | 15 | 21 | 23.3 | 32,545 | 25.3 | -5.0 | |
Green | 3 | 3 | 10.0 | 3 | 6 | 6.7 | 18,330 | 14.3 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 3.3 | 5 | 6 | 5.6 | 10,400 | 8.1 | ±0.0 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 3.3 | 4 | 5[a] | 58.9 | 8,707 | 6.8 | -0.5 | |
Yorkshire | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,304 | 1.0 | -0.1 | ||
British Democratic | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 214 | 0.2 | +0.1 | ||
Heritage | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 60 | <0.1 | N/A | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 59 | <0.1 | N/A | ||
For Britain | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | <0.1 | ±0.0 | ||
Freedom Alliance | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | <0.1 | ±0.0 | ||
SDP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | <0.1 | ±0.0 |
Notes edit
- ^ Two are part of the 'Bradford Independent Group', two are part of 'The Bradford South Independents', and the remaining one is a part of the 'Ilkley Independent' group
Ward results edit
Baildon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Allison Coates | 2,232 | 46.6 | 10.4 | |
Labour | Peter Ashton | 1,832 | 38.2 | 10.3 | |
Green | Carl Dunk | 395 | 8.2 | 4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Wilkinson | 335 | 7.0 | 2.2 | |
Majority | 400 | 8.4 | 20.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,807 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bingley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joe Wheatley | 3,120 | 49.2 | 8.3 | |
Conservative | David Heseltine | 2,603 | 41.1 | 5.3 | |
Green | Rachael Drucquer | 422 | 6.7 | 1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Russell | 195 | 3.1 | 0.5 | |
Majority | 517 | 8.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,365 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Bingley Rural edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Falak Ahmed | 2,100 | 39.9 | 15.6 | |
Labour | Abdul Malik | 1,353 | 25.7 | 2.4 | |
Independent | Cath Bacon | 999 | 19.0 | New | |
Green | Brian Newham | 531 | 10.1 | 3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Baranowski | 281 | 5.3 | 4.7 | |
Majority | 747 | 14.2 | 18.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,278 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bolton & Undercliffe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Julie Humphreys | 1,408 | 43.8 | 0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jafrul Gazi | 1,221 | 38.0 | 4.1 | |
Yorkshire | Wendy Barras | 335 | 10.4 | New | |
Green | Bruce Gulland | 194 | 6.0 | 3.0 | |
TUSC | Tom Gibson | 59 | 1.8 | 1.0 | |
Majority | 187 | 5.8 | 3.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,242 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bowling & Barkerend edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rizwana Jamil | 1,947 | 44.4 | 33.1 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Jamil | 1,864 | 42.5 | 35.0 | |
Green | Andy Rickford | 225 | 5.1 | 2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Lubenko | 211 | 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Independent | Tahir Farooq | 140 | 3.2 | New | |
Majority | 83 | 1.9 | 65.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,396 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bradford Moor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mohammed Shafiq | 2,479 | 53.9 | 0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Thair | 1,871 | 40.7 | 22.0 | |
Green | Sophie Vanicat | 133 | 2.9 | 1.6 | |
Conservative | Khalid Anjum | 117 | 2.5 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 608 | 13.2 | 17.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,615 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
City edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mohammed Azam | 2,598 | 81.7 | 5.9 | |
Green | Hawarun Hussain | 583 | 18.3 | 11.5 | |
Majority | 2,015 | 63.4 | 17.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,208 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Clayton & Fairweather Green edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sinead Engel | 1,897 | 54.9 | 7.1 | |
Conservative | Shamas Khan | 1,045 | 30.3 | 2.4 | |
Green | Susan May | 305 | 8.8 | 2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Cotterill | 206 | 6.0 | 2.0 | |
Majority | 852 | 24.6 | 9.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,469 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Craven edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Caroline Whitaker | 2,713 | 44.1 | 36.6 | |
Conservative | Rebecca Whitaker | 2,488 | 40.4 | 14.7 | |
Labour | Umar Ghafoor | 545 | 8.9 | 23.4 | |
Yorkshire | Peter Kaye | 226 | 3.7 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Mann | 120 | 2.0 | 2.9 | |
Heritage | Andrew Ross | 60 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 225 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,161 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Eccleshill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christopher Hayden | 1,470 | 44.2 | 7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Agnieska Jedrzejewska | 1,332 | 40.1 | 4.2 | |
Yorkshire | Jonathan Barras | 309 | 9.3 | 5.5 | |
Green | Caroline Duvier | 145 | 4.4 | 2.0 | |
Independent | Matthew Jenkinson | 69 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 138 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,344 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Great Horton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joanne Dodds | 2,512 | 76.6 | 6.9 | |
Conservative | Amena Patel | 423 | 12.9 | 2.1 | |
Green | Lesley Hall | 199 | 6.1 | 2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Moses | 147 | 4.5 | 2.2 | |
Majority | 2,089 | 63.7 | 9.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,283 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Heaton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nussrat Mohammed | 2,088 | 46.3 | 27.8 | |
Green | Khalid Mahmood | 1,914 | 42.5 | 30.4 | |
Conservative | Sharon Robertshaw | 346 | 7.7 | 1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter McCarthy | 160 | 3.5 | 0.7 | |
Majority | 174 | 3.8 | 58.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,524 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Idle & Thackley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Aislin Naylor | 2,323 | 53.5 | 2.7 | |
Labour | Andrea Stephenson | 989 | 22.8 | 3.4 | |
Conservative | Adam Paterson | 700 | 16.1 | 5.6 | |
Green | Tess Lawrence | 183 | 4.2 | 1.6 | |
Yorkshire | Lara Barras | 147 | 3.4 | 0.9 | |
Majority | 1,334 | 30.7 | 0.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,351 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Ilkley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Loy | 2,220 | 35.0 | 14.9 | |
Green | Ros Brown | 2,123 | 33.5 | 21.7 | |
Labour | George Scaife | 1,239 | 19.5 | 7.8 | |
Independent | Mike Gibbons | 520 | 8.2 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Jones | 236 | 3.7 | 7.0 | |
Majority | 97 | 1.5 | 21.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,358 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Keighley Central edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mohammed Nazam | 3,117 | 48.5 | 33.1 | |
Labour | Amjad Zaman | 2,864 | 44.6 | 31.4 | |
Green | Alyson Telfer | 163 | 2.5 | 1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Allon | 152 | 2.4 | 1.6 | |
Yorkshire | Bob Buxton | 127 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 253 | 3.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,451 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Keighley East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Caroline Firth | 2,554 | 57.8 | 2.6 | |
Conservative | Martyn Wood | 1,296 | 29.3 | 5.3 | |
Green | Swami Anahata | 266 | 6.0 | 0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kay Kirkham | 160 | 3.6 | 0.1 | |
Independent | Wendy Harrison | 135 | 3.1 | New | |
SDP | Alexander Vann | 10 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,258 | 28.5 | 7.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,438 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Keighley West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Godwin | 1,509 | 43.9 | 4.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Corkindale | 1,257 | 36.6 | 2.8 | |
Independent | Laura Kelly | 356 | 10.4 | New | |
Yorkshire | Dom Atlas | 118 | 3.4 | New | |
Green | James Whitaker | 99 | 2.9 | 0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Spoerry | 54 | 1.6 | 0.6 | |
For Britain | Leo Robinson | 41 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 252 | 7.3 | 7.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,441 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Little Horton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Noor Elahi | 2,544 | 52.6 | New | |
Labour | Fareeda Mir | 1,943 | 40.2 | 44.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Hunt | 144 | 3.0 | 2.5 | |
Conservative | Sangeeta Kauser | 125 | 2.6 | 4.4 | |
Green | Nurjahan Ali Arobi | 80 | 1.7 | 0.7 | |
Majority | 601 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,858 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Manningham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Shabir Hussain | 2,396 | 55.1 | 28.1 | |
Independent | Muhammed Islam | 1,621 | 37.3 | New | |
Green | Bruce Barnes | 198 | 4.6 | 1.2 | |
Conservative | John Robertshaw | 134 | 3.1 | 5.5 | |
Majority | 775 | 17.8 | 56.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,375 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Queensbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hazel Parsan | 1,286 | 35.2 | 8.3 | |
Independent | Robert Hargreaves | 1,127 | 30.9 | New | |
Conservative | Nick Peterken | 980 | 26.8 | 11.9 | |
Green | Eithne Dodwell | 157 | 4.3 | 1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Whitrick | 66 | 1.8 | 1.6 | |
Freedom Alliance | Linda Salsbury | 36 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 159 | 4.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,665 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Royds edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ruth Wood | 1,683 | 56.4 | 9.5 | |
Conservative | Paul Turpin | 890 | 29.8 | 6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shauna Devonshire | 208 | 7.0 | 3.2 | |
Green | Ian Sharp | 202 | 6.8 | 3.5 | |
Majority | 793 | 26.6 | 3.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,002 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Shipley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Anna Watson | 3,405 | 64.6 | 30.5 | |
Labour | Mohammed Bashir | 1,121 | 21.3 | 25.8 | |
Conservative | Sharon Jandu | 423 | 8.0 | 7.3 | |
Yorkshire | Darren Longhorn | 160 | 3.0 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Errington | 92 | 1.7 | 1.5 | |
Independent | Stephen Place | 41 | 0.8 | New | |
SDP | John Wood | 25 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 2,284 | 43.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,284 | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing |
Thornton & Allerton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Karen Regan | 2,309 | 60.2 | 1.8 | |
Conservative | Jac Morton | 967 | 25.2 | 6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthea Pickard | 307 | 8.0 | 5.6 | |
Green | John Whitaker | 252 | 6.6 | 3.7 | |
Majority | 1,342 | 35.0 | 8.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,854 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Toller edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kamran Hussain | 3,686 | 80.7 | 7.7 | |
Independent | Amir Hussain | 363 | 7.9 | New | |
Green | Sean Dobiech | 242 | 5.3 | 2.6 | |
Conservative | Shirley Rayner | 214 | 4.7 | 17.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tariq Mahmood | 63 | 1.4 | 0.5 | |
Majority | 3,323 | 72.8 | 21.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,610 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tong edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Celia Hickson | 1,534 | 51.7 | 37.0 | |
Labour | Tom Hughes | 1,088 | 36.6 | 14.6 | |
Conservative | Harfan Khan | 275 | 9.3 | 10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Elliott | 72 | 2.4 | 1.1 | |
Majority | 446 | 15.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,977 | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing |
Wharfedale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerry Barker | 1,855 | 39.5 | 12.1 | |
Labour | Christopher Steele | 1,447 | 30.8 | 0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jamie Needle | 852 | 18.1 | 6.8 | |
Green | Chris Turner | 544 | 11.6 | 5.9 | |
Majority | 408 | 8.7 | 11.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,716 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wibsey edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sabiya Khan | 1,348 | 41.7 | 6.1 | |
Independent | Gareth Gregory | 792 | 24.5 | New | |
Conservative | Kate Lawton | 640 | 19.8 | 6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Boulton | 279 | 8.6 | 2.6 | |
Green | Grace Fetherston | 173 | 5.4 | 2.3 | |
Majority | 556 | 17.2 | 4.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,242 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Windhill & Wrose edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Liz Rowe | 1,836 | 55.2 | 4.1 | |
Conservative | Peter Cochrane | 922 | 27.7 | 0.0 | |
Green | Helen Love | 321 | 9.7 | 3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Thorne | 247 | 7.4 | 0.9 | |
Majority | 914 | 27.5 | 4.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,342 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Worth Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Herd | 2,329 | 54.1 | 2.1 | |
Labour | Ashwaan Joomun-Whitehead | 1,328 | 30.8 | 5.0 | |
Green | Janet Russell | 439 | 10.2 | 5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bob Jones | 211 | 4.9 | 1.9 | |
Majority | 1,001 | 23.3 | 2.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,326 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wyke edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andy Walsh | 1,458 | 48.1 | 1.0 | |
Conservative | Richard Milczanowski | 983 | 32.4 | 1.9 | |
British Democratic | James Lewthwaite | 214 | 7.1 | 1.6 | |
Green | Darren Parkinson | 190 | 6.3 | 3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Hall | 189 | 6.2 | 2.7 | |
Majority | 475 | 15.7 | 3.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,044 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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