Syncing contacts across devices

Hi
I'm having issues with trying to get one set of contacts to display across all my devices.
Whereabouts do I create my master set of contacts and how do I then get that to be the same on my iPhone/laptop/iCloud/iPad?
Currently after much frustration, I have my Address book on my laptop exactly how I want it and also my iPhone but my iCloud contacts are still the old set.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers
Dan
p.s. I should add that I am now running IOS6, which hasn't made any difference

I'm having a conversation with myself here but I've worked out how to do it.
I deleted all the contacts from iCloud and then turned iCloud sync back on on my phone.
All sorted.

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