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- ↑ "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- UK General Elections since 1832 Archived 2 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [ self-published source ][ better source needed ]