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Damien Egan

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british labour party politician”. Today it says “british labour politician serving as the member of parliament”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023

Damien James Egan is a British Labour Party politician, and the second directly elected Mayor of Lewisham in Greater London. On 30 July 2023, he defeated Marvin Rees to be the Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for Bristol North East at the next general election .1

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british labour party politician”. Today it says “british labour politician serving as the member of parliament”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

british labour party politician

Now

british labour politician serving as the member of parliament

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