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- 1 2 "Tories hold North Edinburgh and Hove - SNP shock for Labour in Govan". The Glasgow Herald. 9 November 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ↑ "1973 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Labour humiliated". The Glasgow Herald. 9 November 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 21 April 2021.