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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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