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- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918. London and Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 500. ISBN 978-1-349-02300-4.
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