2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

The 2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Bradford District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. One councillor was elected in each ward for a four-year term so the councillors elected in 2018 last stood for election in 2014. Each ward is represented by three councillors, the election of which is staggered, so only one third of the councillors were elected in this election. Before the election there was a Labour majority and afterwards Labour had increased their majority.

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Elections, 2018

3 May 2018

One third (30 of 90) to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
46 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Susan Hinchcliffe John Pennington Jeanette Sunderland
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Windhill & Wrose Bingley Idle & Thackley
Seats won 20, 66.6% 8, 26.6% 2, 6.6%
Seat change 3 1 1
Popular vote 65,207 34,547 12,159
Percentage 51.8% 27.4% 9.6%
Swing 11.8% 5.4% 2.1%

Council control before election

Majority
Labour

Council control after election

Majority
Labour

2018 local election results in Bradford[1]

Result

Bradford Metropolitan District Council election results, 2018
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Labour 30 20 3 0 3 66.6 51.8 65,207 11.8
  Conservative 29 8 1 0 1 26.6 27.4 34,547 5.4
  Liberal Democrats 30 2 0 1 1 6.6 9.6 12,159 2.1
  Green 30 0 0 1 1 0.0 6.2 7,859 0.2
  UKIP 7 0 0 1 1 0.0 1.6 2,070 9.4
  Independent 3 0 0 1 1 0.0 1.5 2,003 3.5
  Others 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 773 0.4
  Yorkshire 3 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 514 N/A
  British Democratic 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 161 N/A
  Democrats and Veterans 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 135 N/A
  TUSC 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 115
  Women's Equality 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 76 N/A
  Libertarian 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 69 N/A
  Totals 174 30 100.0 100.0 125,688

Before the election the composition of the council was:

49 21 9 6 3 2
Labour Conservative Lib Dem Ind Gr Qb

After the election the composition of the council was:

52 22 8 5 2 1
Labour Conservative Lib Dem Ind Gr Qb
Party Previous council New council
Labour 49 52
Conservative 21 22
Liberal Democrats 9 8
Independent 6 5
Green 3 2
The Queensbury Ward Independents 2 1
Total 90 90

Results by ward

Asterisk denotes the sitting councillor.[1]

Baildon ward

Baildon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Val Townend* 2,757 57.0 11.2
Labour Joe Ashton 1,351 27.9 10.9
Liberal Democrats David Wilkinson 444 9.2 -20.7
Green Andrew Stanford 197 4.1 -2.6
Women's Equality Cat Crossley 76 1.6 1.6
Majority 1,406 29.1 13.2
Turnout 4,825 40.0 -1.6
Conservative hold Swing 0.2

Val Townend was the incumbent. The swing between Conservative & Labour was 0.2%. There were much bigger swings from the Liberal Democrats to both Conservatives (16.0%) & Labour (15.8%).

Bingley ward

Bingley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Heseltine* 2,770 46.4 6.5
Labour Marcus Dearden 2,443 40.9 17.0
Green Rachael Drucquer 298 5.0 -3.3
Yorkshire Mark Barton 230 3.9 3.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Russell 212 3.6 -0.3
Majority 327 5.5 -10.5
Turnout 5,953 41.5 3.2
Conservative hold Swing -5.3

David Heseltine was the incumbent. There was a swing of 5.3% from Conservative to Labour. UKIP did not stand this time but got 23.7% of the vote in 2014 so the biggest swings are from UKIP to Labour (20.4%) and Conservative (15.1%).

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Ellis* 2,929 55.5 15.6
Labour Mohammed Miah 1,227 23.3 5.0
Liberal Democrats Helen Baranowski 527 10.0 5.3
Green Brian Newham 333 6.3 -1.6
UKIP Derrick Hodgson 249 4.7 -24.3
Majority 1,702 32.3 21.3
Turnout 5,265 36.4 -0.7
Conservative hold Swing 5.3

Mike Ellis was the incumbent. There was a 5.3% swing from Labour to Conservative. The biggest swing was 19.9% from UKIP to Conservative.

Bolton and Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Greenwood 1,686 44.5 7.1
Liberal Democrats Rachel Sunderland* 1,596 42.1 -8.2
Conservative Rizwan Sakhawat 376 9.9 -0.6
Green Jasmine Sharp 113 3.0 3.0
Majority 90 2.4 -10.6
Turnout 3,771 32 -2.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing 7.7

Rachel Sunderland was the incumbent for the Liberal Democrats & this ward was gained by Labour with a 7.7% swing.

Bowling and Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rizwana Jamil* 3,193 77.5 21.6
Liberal Democrats Howard Middleton 397 9.6 -9.4
Conservative Kamran Sakhawat 309 7.5 2.0
TUSC Ian Slattery 115 2.8 2.8
Green Basit Khalid 101 2.5 2.5
Majority 2,796 67.8 31.0
Turnout 4,115 31.6 -4.8
Labour hold Swing 15.5

Rizwana Jamil was the incumbent for Labour and increased their majority with a 15.5% swing from the Liberal Democrats.

Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Shafiq* 3,270 53.8 7.1
Independent Wajid Iqbal 1,432 23.6 23.6
Liberal Democrats Jafrul Gazi 1,136 18.7 -27.0
Conservative Rahila Parveen 132 2.2 -0.4
Green Phil Worsnop 78 1.3 1.3
Majority 1,838 30.2 29.3
Turnout 6,048 48.6 -0.2
Labour hold Swing 17.1

Mohammed Shafiq was the incumbent for Labour. There was a swing of 17.1% from the Liberal Democrats who were second in 2014 to Labour. The biggest swing was a swing of 25.3% from Liberal Democrat to Independent and the swing between Labour and the Independent candidate was 8.2% from Labour to the Independent.

City ward

City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Azam* 3,184 87.6 9.7
Green Charlotte Woollard 246 6.8 6.8
Liberal Democrats Ines Riach 179 4.9 1.5
Majority 2,938 80.9 17.5
Turnout 3,609 29.4 -7.5
Labour hold Swing 12.1

Mohammed Azam was the incumbent for Labour. Respect was second in 2014 though they did not stand this time creating the largest swing of 12.1% between Respect and Labour. The Conservative party did not stand in this ward this time either, this being the only ward in Bradford where one of the four largest parties did not stand.

Clayton and Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sinead Engel* 2,182 62.0 10.7
Conservative Harry Boota 983 27.9 10.3
Green Susan May 212 6.0 6.0
Liberal Democrats Steven Cotterill 140 4.0 0.2
Majority 1,199 34.0 9.9
Turnout 3,517 30.1 -3.8
Labour hold Swing 0.2

The incumbent was Sinead Engel for Labour. There was a swing of 0.2% from Conservative to Labour. UKIP was second in 2014 with 27.1% of the vote but did not stand this time so there was a swing of 18.9% from UKIP to Labour which was the biggest swing.

Craven ward

Craven
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rebecca Whitaker 2,763 55.1 26.2
Labour Val Carroll 1,619 32.3 15.6
Green Caroline Whitaker 377 7.5 -1.3
Liberal Democrats Bob Jones 248 4.9 1.9
Majority 1,144 22.8 22.8
Turnout 5,007 37.1 -2.3
Conservative hold Swing 5.3

The incumbent was Andrew Mallinson for the Conservatives who failed to get reselected by the local Conservative Party. Rebecca Whitaker gained selection instead. Whitaker had previously been a Silsden town councillor.[2] The swing was 5.3% from Labour to Conservative however the 2014 election was complicated by the election of a second councillor at the same time. The councillor which won the second seat was Christopher Atkinson as an independent who failed to be re-elected in 2015. No independent stood this time so the swing expressed between Conservative and Independent would be 23.5% to the Conservatives.

Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Geoff Reid* 1,529 44.3 9.3
Labour Ian Parsons 1,280 37.1 7.0
Conservative Abdul Qayyum 247 7.2 -4.5
Independent Terry Pearson 170 4.9 4.9
Yorkshire Lara Barras 131 3.8 3.8
Green Sarah Dick 82 2.4 -6.5
Majority 249 7.2 2.3
Turnout 3,439 27.7 -8.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 1.1

The incumbent was Geoff Reid for the Liberal Democrats. The swing was 1.1% from Labour to Liberal Democrat. The biggest swing was 7.9% from Green to Liberal Democrat.

Great Horton ward

Great Horton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joanne Dodds* 3,076 83.5 20.3
Conservative Hashim Kohan 397 10.8 -2.1
Green Lesley Hall 121 3.3 3.3
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Wallace 86 2.3 -0.4
Majority 2,679 72.7 25.8
Turnout 3,680 33.4 -4.8
Labour hold Swing 11.2

The incumbent was Joanne Dodds for Labour. There was a swing of 11.2% from Conservative to Labour. UKIP & Respect both stood in 2014 but not this time with 16.3% and 4.6% of the vote respectively. The largest swing therefore was 18.3% from UKIP to Labour.

Heaton ward

Heaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nussrat Mohammed* 2,969 74.1 37.7
Green Celia Hickson 485 12.1 -6.1
Conservative Owais Rajput 361 9.0 -4.5
Liberal Democrats Edward Hallmann 170 4.2 1.6
Majority 2,484 62.0 45.7
Turnout 3,985 34.6 -10.2
Labour hold Swing 21.9

Nussrat Mohammed was the incumbent for Labour. There was a swing of 21% from Green to Labour though that could also be expressed as a swing of 29.4% from the Peace party to Labour as The Peace party was second with 21.1% in 2014 but did not stand in 2018. The Peace party candidate in 2014 had been elected as a Labour councillor four years previously.

Idle and Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Julie Humphreys 2,327 56.2 -1.3
Labour Chris Hayden 1,087 26.2 4.4
Conservative Adnan Sakhawat 435 10.5 -10.1
Yorkshire Jonathan Barras 180 4.3 4.3
Green Carl Dunk 106 2.6 2.6
Majority 1,240 29.9 -5.6
Turnout 4,135 32.5 -0.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.8

The incumbent was Dominic Fear for the Liberal Democrats who stood down at this election. There was a swing of 2.8% from Liberal Democrat to Labour though the largest swing was 7.2% from Conservative to Labour.

Ilkley ward

Ilkley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Gibbons* 2,843 49.9 -1.8
Labour Aidan Higgins 1,556 27.3 2.4
Green Ros Brown 671 11.8 2.1
Liberal Democrats Thomas Franks 607 10.7 3.8
Majority 1,287 22.6 -4.2
Turnout 5,677 47.3 2.8
Conservative hold Swing -2.1

The incumbent was Mike Gibbons for the Conservative party. There was a swing of 2.1% from Conservative to Labour. UKIP gained 6.7% in 2014 & did not stand this time so the largest swing was 5.2% from UKIP to Liberal Democrat.

Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abid Hussain 3,532 76.0 12.5
Conservative Stephen Butler 715 15.4 1.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Mann 185 4.0 -0.1
Green Allan Swales 182 3.9 -0.5
Majority 2,817 60.6 11.0
Turnout 4,614 40.0 -6.0
Labour hold Swing 5.5

The incumbent was Abid Hussain for Labour. There was a swing of 5.5% from Conservative to Labour. UKIP did not stand this time but won 13.4% in 2014 so the biggest swing was 13.0% from UKIP to Labour.

Keighley East ward

Keighley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Caroline Firth 2,436 55.2 16.3
Conservative John Kirby 1,525 34.6 14.5
Green Trudie Jackson 287 6.5 6.5
Liberal Democrats Glen Cheney 154 3.5 -2.0
Majority 911 20.7 6.4
Turnout 4,402 36.1 -4.0
Labour hold Swing -0.9

The incumbent was Stephen Pullen for Labour who stood down at this election.[3] There was a swing of 0.9% from Labour to Conservative. UKIP did not stand this time but won 24.7% in 2014 so the largest swings were 20.5% from UKIP to Labour & 19.6% from UKIP to Conservative. Respect also did not stand after winning 10.2% in 2014.

Keighley West ward

Keighley West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Godwin 1,571 48.3 13.2
Conservative Peter Clarke 1,100 33.8 16.6
Independent Brian Morris* 401 12.3 12.3
Green Peter Ferguson 102 3.1 -2.7
Liberal Democrats Jan Orys 71 2.2 0.4
Majority 471 14.5 9.8
Turnout 3,245 27.9 -3.2
Labour gain from UKIP Swing 26.5

Brian Morris was the incumbent, having been elected for UKIP in 2014 and left the party to stand as an independent campaigning for the separation of Keighley, Ilkley & Shipley from Bradford in October 2016.[4] There was no UKIP candidate this time so the swing from UKIP to Labour was 26.5%. If the swing is calculated comparing the vote for Morris as an Independent against the vote for Morris as a UKIP councillor it would be 20.3%.

Little Horton ward

Little Horton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fareeda Mir 3,375 84.6 9.7
Conservative Sakhawat Hussain 280 7.0 3.9
Liberal Democrats Angharad Griffiths 219 5.5 1.4
Green Nurjahan Ali Arobi 97 2.4 2.4
Majority 3,095 77.5 19.1
Turnout 3,971 34.6 -3.6
Labour hold Swing 2.9

The incumbent was Naveeda Ikram for Labour who resigned from Labour and the council in November 2017.[5] She had been suspended by Labour in October 2015[6] after being accused of seeking care contracts for Nexus Assist and failing to declare an interest in the firm while a Councillor between November 2014 & August 2015. The jury was discharged for undisclosed reasons in Crown Court in December 2017[7] and she was acquitted in the Court of Appeal in March 2018.[8] She had been the first British Pakistani woman to be elected to Bradford council in 2004 and the first Muslim woman to be a Lord Mayor in the UK in 2011. There was a 2.9% swing from Conservative to Labour. Respect were second place with 16.4% in 2014 so the largest swing was 13.0% from Respect to Labour.

Manningham ward

Manningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shabir Hussain* 3,609 83.2 21.8
Conservative Muhammad Hijazi 371 8.6 6.3
Green Bruce Barnes 251 5.8 2.5
Liberal Democrats Abid Iqbal 87 2.0 0.3
Majority 3,238 74.6 44.1
Turnout 4,318 37.3 -8.8
Labour hold Swing 7.8

The incumbent was Shabir Hussain for Labour. There was a 7.8% swing from Conservative to Labour. In 2014 the second place party was Respect with 30.8% of the vote though they did not stand this time. The largest swing therefore was 26.3% from Respect to Labour.

Queensbury ward

Queensbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Hargreaves 1,326 38.7 26.0
Labour Alex Mitchell 921 26.9 10.6
The Queensbury Ward Independents Paul Cromie* 773 22.5 -13.2
UKIP Kathryn Illingworth 177 5.2 -27.6
Liberal Democrats Tom Molloy 116 3.4 1.1
Green Eithne Dodwell 111 3.2 3.2
Majority 405 11.8 8.8
Turnout 3,424 27.4 -4.7
Conservative gain from The Queensbury Ward Independents Swing 19.6

The incumbent was Paul Cromie for the Queensbury Ward Independents. He won the seat for the BNP in 2006 and split from the BNP with his wife in 2011 forming the Queensbury Ward Independents.[9] Cromie was re-elected under the Queensbury Ward Independent banner in 2014 but in 2018 he did not campaign with no leafleting or canvassing. Cromie later said he stood for re-election to keep people happy but he wanted to retire.[10] There was a swing of 19.6% from Queensbury Ward Independents to Conservative but the biggest swing was 26.8% from UKIP to Conservative. Between Conservative & Labour the swing was 7.7% from Labour to Conservative.

Royds ward

Royds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruth Wood 1,392 46.9 6.4
Conservative David Servant 705 23.8 10.2
UKIP Jason Smith 582 19.6 -16.3
Liberal Democrats Shauna Devonshire 112 3.8 -1.4
Green Michael Stanlick 99 3.3 3.3
Libertarian Party Joshua Bastow 69 2.3 2.3
Majority 687 23.2 18.6
Turnout 2,959 24.2 -4.4
Labour hold Swing 1.9

The incumbent was Valerie Slater for Labour. Slater stood down at this election having been the Deputy Council Leader & Deputy Leader of the Bradford Labour Group.[11] Slater had been Councillor for Royds since 2004. There was a swing of 1.9% from Conservative to Labour. The largest swing was 11.4% from UKIP to Labour.

Shipley ward

Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vick Jenkins 2,530 47.1 24.7
Green Hawarun Hussain* 1,833 34.1 -9.5
Conservative Falak Ahmed 823 15.3 -1.9
Liberal Democrats Caroline Jones 173 3.2 0.7
Majority 697 13.0
Turnout 5,359 46.2 5.0
Labour gain from Green Swing 17.1

The incumbent was Hawarun Hussain for the Green Party. Hussain had been a Councillor for Shipley since 2004. There was a swing of 17.1% from Green to Labour. UKIP did not stand this time having got almost 14% in 2014 so the biggest swing was 19.3% from UKIP to Labour.

Thornton and Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Dunbar* 2,363 58.4 12.9
Conservative David Chapman 1,290 31.9 -12.3
UKIP Alec Suchi 172 4.3 4.3
Green Norma Russell 118 2.9 2.9
Liberal Democrats James Hunt 97 2.4 -5.4
Majority 1,073 26.5 25.2
Turnout 4,040 33.0 -0.1
Labour hold Swing 12.6

The incumbent was Richard Dunbar for Labour. There was a swing of 12.6% from Conservative to Labour.

Toller ward

Toller
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kamran Hussain 4,177 73.0 -7.3
Conservative Amir Hussain 1,265 22.1 18.7
Green Sean Dobiech 154 2.7 -0.8
Liberal Democrats Amjad Ali 109 1.9 0.4
Majority 2,912 50.9 -18.5
Turnout 5,705 46.1 -4.8
Labour hold Swing -13.0

The incumbent was Imran Hussain who stood down as a Councillor at this election having been both Councillor and MP since his election as MP for Bradford East in 2015.[12] There was a 13.0% swing from Labour to Conservative. Respect were second in 2014 with almost 11% of the vote so the biggest swing was 14.8% from Respect to Conservative.

Tong ward

Tong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Wainwright* 1,285 51.2 8.7
Conservative Edward Ward 507 20.2 7.7
Green Matt Edwards 370 14.7 14.7
UKIP Lincoln Stead 253 10.1 -24.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Vipond 87 3.5 -2.4
Majority 778 31.0 23.2
Turnout 2,502 20.1 -3.4
Labour hold Swing 0.5

The incumbent was Alan Wainwright for Labour. There was a swing of 0.5% from Labour to Conservative, both parties benefited from significant swings from UKIP, 16.7% to Labour & 16.2% to Conservative. The biggest swing was 19.7% from UKIP to Green.

Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerry Barker* 2,343 51.6 9.4
Labour Niccola Swan 1,424 31.3 13.4
Liberal Democrats Jamie Needle 512 11.3 5.9
Green Chris Turner 259 5.7 -3.8
Majority 919 20.2 2.7
Turnout 4,538 47.9 3.9
Conservative hold Swing -2.0

The swing was 2.0% from Conservative to Labour. Gerry Barker for Conservative was the incumbent. An independent was second with 24.7% in 2014 so there was a swing of 17.% from Independent to Conservative & the biggest swing was 19.1% from Independent to Labour.

Wibsey ward

Wibsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sabiya Khan 1,483 47.8 6.1
Conservative Richard Sheard 818 26.4 12.2
UKIP Jamie Illingworth 513 16.5 -22.0
Liberal Democrats Brian Boulton 187 6.0 0.6
Green Dave Stevens 95 3.1 3.1
Majority 665 21.4 18.2
Turnout 3,096 28.9 -4.4
Labour hold Swing 14.0

There was a swing of 14.0% from UKIP to Labour as UKIP was second in 2014. There was a swing of 3.0% from Labour to Conservative and the biggest swing was 17.1% from UKIP to Conservative. Lynne Eleanor Smith won the ward for Labour in 2014 but she died in May 2016.[13] Joanne Lisa Sharp won the ward for Labour in the subsequent by-election and was thus the incumbent.[14]

Windhill and Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vanda Greenwood* 2,063 59.3 12.2
Conservative Stephen Williams 964 27.7 15.5
Liberal Democrats Gillian Thorne 227 6.5 -0.9
Green Helen Love 212 6.1 1.7
Majority 1,099 31.6 13.0
Turnout 3,466 30
Labour hold Swing -1.6

The incumbent was Vanda Greenwood for Labour. There was a swing of 1.6% from Labour to Conservative. UKIP was second in 2014 with 28.5% so the swing was 20.4% from UKIP to Labour & the biggest swing was 22.0% from UKIP to Conservative.

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Herd 2,313 56.2 22.0
Labour Mark Curtis 1,472 35.8 9.4
Green Janet Russell 194 4.7 -3.0
Liberal Democrats Kay Kirkham 122 3.0 0.4
Majority 841 20.4 15.1
Turnout 4,101 37.6 -0.2
Conservative hold Swing 6.3

The incumbent was Glenn William Miller for the Conservatives who failed to gain reselection by the local Conservative party.[15] The swing was 6.3% from Labour to Conservative. UKIP were second with 28.9% in 2014 but did not stand this time so the biggest swing was 25.5% from UKIP to Conservative.

Wyke ward

Wyke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Warburton* 1,451 49.1 8.5
Conservative Francesca Stefanyszyn 900 30.5 14.7
British Democratic James Lewthwaite 161 5.5 5.5
Democrats and Veterans Stephen Crosby 135 4.6 4.6
UKIP John Worsley 124 4.2 -32.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin Hall 103 3.5 0.7
Green Darren Parkinson 75 2.5 2.5
Majority 551 18.7 15.0
Turnout 2,949 27.1 -4.9
Labour hold Swing -3.1

David Warburton for Labour was the incumbent. There was a 3.1% swing from Labour to Conservative. UKIP were second in 2014 with 32.8% so the swing was 20.6% from UKIP to Labour and the biggest swing was 23.7% from UKIP to Conservative.

See also

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  10. "Queensbury's Paul Cromie: 'I lost election on purpose'". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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