Word: hillhead
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last week Roy Jenkins reaped his reward. In a hard-fought, down-to-the-wire battle in the well-heeled but wary Glasgow constituency of Hillhead, he emerged with 33.4% of the ballot, 2,038 votes ahead of the second-place Conservative candidate. Jenkins quickly acknowledged the support of the small Liberal Party and its leader, David Steel, who cemented an alliance with the S.D.P. last September. The win, exulted Jenkins, was a "triumph of the new deal of sense, moderation and hope we have offered...