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- 1 2 "Testing the Electorate. Hopes and Fears in Four Constituencies". The Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1964. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ↑ "1964 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ↑ "Socialists' Smell of Election Victory". The Glasgow Herald. 15 May 1964. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ↑ "Government Retain Bury St Edmunds. Happier Days Again for Tory Workers". The Glasgow Herald. 16 May 1964. p. 7. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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