Word: raynsford
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Minister Margaret Thatcher's seven years in power. With unemployment in Fulham running at 13%, and many people outraged by a recent government decision to increase pensions by only 55 cents a week, the Conservatives seemed likely to take a beating. Few were surprised, therefore, when Labor's Nick Raynsford won the seat handily. It was Labor's most impressive by- election victory since Thatcher first came to power...