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- ↑ "1967 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ↑ "Conservatives big double in by-elections". The Herald. Glasgow. 22 September 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ↑ "Discontent". The Herald. Glasgow. 22 September 1967. p. 8. Retrieved 12 July 2020.