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Poll tax dodgers may swing British election locally
In Lambeth and Hackney inner city residents drop from voter rolls to dodge poll tax costs. Analysts say about 250,000 nationwide vanished from rolls, potentially affecting a handful of marginal districts as John Major seeks an April or May election. Labour press to register reluctant voters amid tight polls. Mayoral areas report Lambeth losing 7,000 of 177,000 and Hackney 31,000 of 132,000 regis- tered in 1991.
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London
Lambeth
England
Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Labor
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Hackney
East End
David Salisbury-Jones
Streatham