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Great many supporting Labour up in vote (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ballot

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'vote' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'great many supporting labour up' is the wordplay.
'great many supporting' becomes 'tol' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'labour' becomes 'lab' (abbreviation).
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'tol'+'lab'='tollab'
'tollab' back-to-front is 'BALLOT'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ballot that I've seen before include "Election" , "Secret vote" , "Lottery to allocate (tickets) among applicants" , "Lottery (eg, for tickets)" , "Referendum" .)

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