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- ↑ "1947 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- The Times, 28 November 1947: 'Labour elated by Gravesend'
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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