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- ↑ "M.P. Killed in Car Crash" . Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 28 July 1945. Retrieved 27 May 2016– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ "1945 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2015.