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Make-up of politician's charges? (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

constituents

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'make-up of politician's charges?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'politician's charges?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'politician's' could be 'cons' and 'cons' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for constituents that I've seen is " voters".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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