William won and in addition his vote had been ahead of Fred's at every stage of the count. "There must be odds of a million to one against that happening ," said Fred. "That's not true," said William," Now that we know the number of votes we each received, we can calculate that the chance of my leading throughout the count was exactly one in a hundred. "

How many members did not vote? 

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