Energetic slum clearance and background gun battles turned his marginalconstituency into a personal fief.
ECONOMIST: Exeunt, without much glory
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Philip Latham, the Lib Dems' Stockton North candidate, said Mr Cook's decision meant that Stockton North was now a marginalconstituency.
BBC: Deselected Stockton MP to stand as Independent
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Official figures released in a parliamentary written answer say more than half the official visits made by David Jones, Stephen Crabb and Baroness Randerson have been to this key marginalconstituency.
BBC: Cardiff Central the main ministerial attraction