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Golfer swaps one party for another to make birdie? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

falcon

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'birdie?' is the definition.

'golfer swaps one party' is the wordplay.
'golfer swaps' becomes 'fal' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'one party' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for Conservatives).
'fal'+'con'='FALCON'

'for another to make' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for falcon that I've seen before include "Kind of hunting bird - peregrine is one" , "Hunting bird, may be trained" , "See 16" , "Hunter winged" , "Hunting bird like peregrine or merlin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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