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- ↑ ALL MEMBERS OF WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL. Archived 8 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine Westminster City Council Election Results (unofficial page), 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ↑ Surcharge upheld against Dame Shirley Porter. BBC News, 19 December 1997. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ↑ Letter: The cemeteries of Westminster council. From David Weeks in The Independent, 7 July 1992. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ↑ Q&A: Dame Shirley's downfall. BBC News 24 April 2004. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ↑ "'Corrupt' Dame Shirley ordered to pay Pounds 26.4m" in The Times, 14 December 2001.
- ↑ "Magill v. Weeks [2001] UKHL 67 (13th December, 2001)". Bailii.org. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ↑ O'Grady, Sean (16 December 2001). "Shirley Porter; Rich, Fashy and Corrupt with It". Independent on Sunday . London. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.(subscription required)