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- ↑ Tim Jones, "Candidates are enthusiastic but party chiefs expect 'no change'", The Times, 2 May 1972.
- ↑ 'Labour captures the cities but by-election gives Tories comfort', 'Kingston stays Tory and Labour holds Southwark', The Times 5 May 1972.
- ↑ "1972 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2015.