With most of the prominent reformists blocked from competing, the parliamentary elections turned into a contest of conservative factions.

在大多数优秀的改革派人士被剥夺竞选资格的情况下，议会选举成为保守派派系之间的竞争。

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In them, the Lib Dem local vote was a full ten points higher than in the parliamentary contest.

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But the MDC says that the result of the parliamentary contest, which it won by a slim margin, gives it the right to form a government.

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The chairman of the Labour group on Barnet council, Alison Moore, is standing against Mr Freer in the parliamentary contest and makes much of his local record.

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