Judge Gareth Hawkesworth said the hall was a "much loved asset within the East Anglia community".
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"All politics is local, " Mary Hawkesworth said, quoting former speaker of the US House of Representatives Thomas "Tip" O'Neill.
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Second, the 1992 elections saw an unusually high number of open seats, and women are just as likely as men to be elected in an open race, Ms Hawkesworth says.