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I used to vaguely know Gareth Thomas (currently Shadow Minister for Trade), he won Harrow West in 1997 which was a huge surprise as it had been Tory ever since it was created post-war, and he overturned an 18k majority. He had no expectation of winning and had to hurriedly resign his job. Kudos to him for retaining it since then, although shows you how the political landscape has changed I suppose.
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Didn't Blair / Mandelson have similar with their 1997 intake - they didn't know who half of them were.