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- ↑ By-elections.co.uk Archived 20 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1959
- ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1950
- ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1959
- ↑ "1962 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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