1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
All 66 seats; to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council ; 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	41.1%
	Map of results of 1973 election
	Leader of the Council after election; Bill Whitehurst (Conservative); No Overall Control

Last updated October 08, 2023

The 1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 May 1973 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

The election took place a year before the council formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey, along with the municipal borough of Bebington and the urban districts of Hoylake and Wirral.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats
	Conservative	29
	Labour	24
	Liberal	13

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Election results

Overall election result

New Council.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1973
Party		Candidates			Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	% of total	%	No.
	Conservative	66	29	43.9	42.9	43,847
	Labour	65	24	36.4	32.6	33,320
	Liberal	43	13	19.7	22.6	23,106
	Ind. Conservative	2	0	0.0	1.2	1,179
	Independent Socialist	1	0	0.0	0.3	319
	Residents	1	0	0.0	0.3	315
	Communist	1	0	0.0	0.2	187

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Ward results

Birkenhead

No. 1 (Argyle-Clifton-Holt)

Argyle-Clifton-Holt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Kimberly ^{[n 1]}	1,580	72.8	*N/A*
	Labour	Parnall ^{[n 2]}	1,577	–	–
	Labour	Tomlinson ^{[n 3]}	1,515	–	–
	Conservative	L. Peers	589	27.2	N/A
	Conservative	Wilson	546	–	–
	Conservative	Gates	530	–	–
Majority				45.7	N/A
Registered electors			8,985
Turnout				24.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

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No. 2 (Bebington and Mersey)

Bebington and Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Kellett ^{[n 1]}	1,358	44.7	*N/A*
	Labour	Bagnall ^{[n 2]}	1,337	–	–
	Labour	A. Price ^{[n 3]}	1,159	–	–
	Conservative	Jones	1,143	37.7	N/A
	Conservative	Welsh	993	–	–
	Conservative	Kelly	968	–	–
	Liberal	Tomkins	534	17.6	N/A
	Liberal	Spencer	511	–	–
	Liberal	Prosser	503	–	–
Majority				7.1	N/A
Registered electors			8,707
Turnout				34.9	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

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No. 3 (Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland)

Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Evans ^{[n 1]}	2,444	53.8	*N/A*
	Liberal	John Evans ^{[n 2]}	2,202	–	–
	Liberal	A. Jones ^{[n 3]}	2,003	–	–
	Conservative	R. Stretch	1,066	23.5	N/A
	Conservative	Hesketh	1,064	–	–
	Labour	Roberts	1,034	22.8	N/A
	Labour	Walter Smith	1,010	–	–
	Labour	Keith Rimmer	1,008	–	–
	Conservative	Gaughan	970	–	–
Majority				30.3	N/A
Registered electors			9,993
Turnout				45.5	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

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No. 4 (Devonshire and Egerton)

Devonshire and Egerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hughes ^{[n 1]}	2,187	42.3	*N/A*
	Liberal	E. Hughes ^{[n 2]}	1,855	–	–
	Liberal	Attwood ^{[n 3]}	1,680	–	–
	Conservative	David Fletcher	1,591	30.8	N/A
	Conservative	Baker	1,543	–	–
	Conservative	K. Allen	1,502	–	–
	Labour	Eileen Keegan	1,392	26.9	N/A
	Labour	Bagnall	1,253	–	–
	Labour	Bagnall	1,225	–	–
Majority				11.5	N/A
Registered electors			12,464
Turnout				41.5	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 5 (Gilbrook and St James)

Gilbrook and St James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Flynn ^{[n 1]}	2,047	59.9	*N/A*
	Labour	J. Roberts ^{[n 2]}	1,996	–	–
	Labour	P. Roberts ^{[n 3]}	1,922	–	–
	Liberal	A. Hayes	1,044	30.6	N/A
	Liberal	Lea	987	–	–
	Liberal	Ashman	905	–	–
	Conservative	W. Briggs	325	9.5	N/A
	Conservative	Menio	305	–	–
	Conservative	Emsden	255	–	–
Majority				29.4	N/A
Registered electors			9,030
Turnout				37.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 6 (Grange and Oxton)

Grange and Oxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Lindsay ^{[n 1]}	2,651	50.5	*N/A*
	Liberal	A. Halliday ^{[n 2]}	2,212	–	–
	Liberal	Truffet ^{[n 3]}	2,206	–	–
	Conservative	Pyke	1,731	33.0	N/A
	Conservative	Kenneth Porter	1,697	–	–
	Conservative	Lea	1,549	–	–
	Labour	Leeper	863	16.5	N/A
	Labour	Armstrong	839	–	–
	Labour	A. Smith	764	–	–
Majority				17.5	N/A
Registered electors			12,348
Turnout				42.5	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

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No. 7 (Prenton)

Prenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Baker ^{[n 1]}	2,846	51.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	Harry Deverill ^{[n 2]}	2,820	–	–
	Conservative	Pattinson ^{[n 3]}	2,729	–	–
	Labour	G. Llewellyn	2,335	42.5	N/A
	Labour	Muir	2,244	–	–
	Labour	Ainslie	2,142	–	–
	Independent Socialist	Connolly	319	5.8	N/A
Majority				9.3	N/A
Registered electors			15,882
Turnout				34.6	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 8 (Upton)

Upton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Hibbert ^{[n 1]}	2,691	46.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Lowe ^{[n 2]}	2,678	–	–
	Conservative	J. Roberts ^{[n 3]}	2,654	–	–
	Labour	Harland	2,584	44.7	N/A
	Labour	Bernard Gilfoyle	2,548	–	–
	Labour	Owen	2,375	–	–
	Residents	S. Dean	315	5.5	N/A
	Communist	K. Thompson	187	3.2	N/A
Majority				1.9	N/A
Registered electors			19,861
Turnout				29.1	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

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Wallasey

No. 9 (Leasowe)

Leasowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Clark ^{[n 1]}	2,129	70.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Bill Wells ^{[n 2]}	2,106	–	–
	Labour	Ken Fox ^{[n 3]}	2,062	–	–
	Conservative	Ward	896	29.6	N/A
	Conservative	Ward	870	–	–
	Conservative	Arrowsmith	828	–	–
Majority				40.8	N/A
Registered electors			11,478
Turnout				26.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

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No. 10 (Marlowe-Egremont-South Liscard)

Marlowe-Egremont-South Liscard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Morgan ^{[n 1]}	2,147	43.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	M. Ebbs ^{[n 2]}	2,142	–	–
	Conservative	Lynn ^{[n 3]}	2,041	–	–
	Labour	Gershman	2,028	41.2	N/A
	Labour	Vincent McGee	1,985	–	–
	Labour	Owens	1,955	–	–
	Liberal	Caldwell	751	15.2	N/A
	Liberal	Jones	738	–	–
	Liberal	Gordon	732	–	–
Majority				2.4	N/A
Registered electors			13,161
Turnout				37.4	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

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No. 11 (Moreton and Saughall Massie)

Moreton and Saughall Massie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Edwards ^{[n 1]}	1,318	47.2	*N/A*
	Labour	G. Watkins ^{[n 2]}	1,288	–	–
	Labour	E. Lewis ^{[n 3]}	1,230	–	–
	Conservative	I. Walker	1,132	40.5	N/A
	Conservative	Webster	1,083	–	–
	Conservative	Hale	1,080	–	–
	Liberal	E. Lawrence	345	12.3	N/A
	Liberal	Coffey	328	–	–
	Liberal	Franks	313	–	–
Majority				6.7	N/A
Registered electors			7,070
Turnout				39.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

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No. 12 (New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren)

New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	N. Thomas ^{[n 1]}	3,153	44.1	*N/A*
	Liberal	Kate Wood ^{[n 2]}	2,946	–	–
	Liberal	J. Southworth ^{[n 3]}	2,944	–	–
	Conservative	Stubbs	2,848	39.9	N/A
	Conservative	Weston	2,818	–	–
	Conservative	Shaw	2,812	–	–
	Ind. Conservative	John Fishwick	713	10.0	N/A
	Labour	Jones	432	6.0	N/A
	Labour	Byrne	405	–	–
	Labour	Moore	392	–	–
Majority				4.3	N/A
Registered electors			14,680
Turnout				48.7	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

^[2]^[5]

No. 13 (North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street)

North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Redhead ^{[n 1]}	2,363	41.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Humphrey-Jones ^{[n 2]}	2,176	–	–
	Conservative	George Thornton ^{[n 3]}	2,140	–	–
	Liberal	P. Tyrer	1,939	34.4	N/A
	Liberal	Wark	1,588	–	–
	Liberal	Glover	1,383	–	–
	Labour	Williams	872	15.5	N/A
	Labour	Pryke	811	–	–
	Labour	B. Lloyd	796	–	–
	Ind. Conservative	H. Thompson	466	8.3	N/A
Majority				7.5	N/A
Registered electors			11,772
Turnout				47.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

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No. 14 (Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville)

Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phoebe Bentzien ^{[n 1]}	2,332	65.8	*N/A*
	Labour	T. Duffy ^{[n 2]}	2,268	–	–
	Labour	S. Wickham ^{[n 3]}	2,252	–	–
	Conservative	F. Hunter	916	25.9	N/A
	Conservative	Bestwick	883	–	–
	Conservative	Fielding	772	–	–
	Liberal	Cassidy	294	8.3	N/A
	Liberal	Hayes	279	–	–
	Liberal	Wood	253	–	–
Majority				40.0	N/A
Registered electors			12,430
Turnout				28.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

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Bebington

No. 15 (Higher Bebington and Woodhey)

Higher Bebington and Woodhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Theaker ^{[n 1]}	2,458	54.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Tim Richmond ^{[n 2]}	2,434	–	–
	Conservative	E. Pike ^{[n 3]}	2,405	–	–
	Labour	Bennett	1,149	25.5	N/A
	Labour	M. Irvine	1,145	–	–
	Labour	Wingate	1,105	–	–
	Liberal	A. Snedker	896	19.9	N/A
	Liberal	Duckers	854	–	–
	Liberal	Watson	735	–	–
Majority				29.1	N/A
Registered electors			10,262
Turnout				43.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

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No. 16 (Park-New Ferry-North Bromborough)

Park-New Ferry-North Bromborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Price ^{[n 1]}	2,575	61.2	*N/A*
	Labour	P. McCarthy ^{[n 2]}	2,384	–	–
	Labour	F. Gregory ^{[n 3]}	2,290	–	–
	Conservative	McKenzie	1,631	38.8	N/A
	Conservative	G. Drew	1,459	–	–
	Conservative	Jerram	1,381	–	–
Majority				22.4	N/A
Registered electors			9,804
Turnout				42.9	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

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No. 17 (South Bromborough and Eastham)

South Bromborough and Eastham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gill ^{[n 1]}	2,469	47.2	*N/A*
	Labour	M. Halliday ^{[n 2]}	2,221	–	–
	Labour	William Lungley ^{[n 3]}	2,146	–	–
	Conservative	David Allan	1,911	36.5	N/A
	Conservative	Howe	1,731	–	–
	Conservative	Winter	1,577	–	–
	Liberal	Phillip Gilchrist	851	16.3	N/A
	Liberal	Astill	741	–	–
	Liberal	Harney	728	–	–
Majority				10.7	N/A
Registered electors			12,861
Turnout				40.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

^[2]^[6]

No. 18 (Lower Bebington and Poulton)

Lower Bebington and Poulton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackson ^{[n 1]}	2,498	51.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Michael Moore ^{[n 2]}	2,472	–	–
	Conservative	Dorothy Goodfellow ^{[n 3]}	2,445	–	–
	Liberal	Thomas Harney	1,252	25.9	N/A
	Liberal	Hughes	1,111	–	–
	Labour	A. Radcliffe	1,091	22.5	N/A
	Liberal	Thomas	1,085	–	–
	Labour	Halliday	987	–	–
	Labour	D. Roscoe	974	–	–
Majority				25.7	N/A
Registered electors			12,016
Turnout				40.3	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

^[2]^[7]

Hoylake

No. 19 (Caldy and Frankby)

Caldy and Frankby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Lloyd ^{[n 1]}	3,499	76.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Burrows ^{[n 2]}	3,483	–	–
	Conservative	Reg Cumpstey ^{[n 3]}	3,481	–	–
	Labour	Kelly	1,092	23.8	N/A
	Labour	Pennington	1,082	–	–
	Labour	Porter	1,018	–	–
Majority				52.4	N/A
Registered electors			12,685
Turnout				36.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

^[2]

No. 20 (Central-Hoose-Meols-Park)

Central-Hoose-Meols-Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Whitehurst ^{[n 1]}	3,754	46.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	Frank Jones ^{[n 2]}	3,624	–	–
	Liberal	J. Thomas ^{[n 3]}	3,378	41.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Nightingale	3,373	–	–
	Labour	Davies	933	11.6	N/A
	Labour	Cook	906	–	–
Majority				4.7	N/A
Registered electors			11,993
Turnout				67.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

^[2]

Wirral

No. 21 (Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield)

Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harding ^{[n 1]}	3,290	66.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Clarke ^{[n 2]}	3,123	–	–
	Conservative	Crowe ^{[n 3]}	3,107	–	–
	Liberal	G. Collins	1,387	27.9	N/A
	Liberal	A. Conway	1,349	–	–
	Liberal	Wiggans	1,160	–	–
	Labour	Garde	302	6.1	N/A
	Labour	Ayre	279	–	–
	Labour	W. Gamet	264	–	–
Majority				38.2	N/A
Registered electors			11,022
Turnout				45.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

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No. 22 (Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston)

Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doris Sisson ^{[n 1]}	2,522	64.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Birks ^{[n 2]}	2,519	–	–
	Conservative	Ford ^{[n 3]}	2,469	–	–
	Labour	S. Dunn	1,405	35.8	N/A
	Labour	H. Ellis-Thomas	1,361	–	–
	Labour	Cody	1,304	–	–
Majority				28.4	N/A
Registered electors			9,147
Turnout				42.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

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Notes

• bold denotes the winning candidate

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Elected to serve a 5 year term.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Elected to serve a 3 year term.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Elected to serve a 2 year term.

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[First-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Elected to serve a 5 year term.

[3a-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Elected to serve a 3 year term.

[2a-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Elected to serve a 2 year term.

[results-1] 1 2 "Local Election Summaries 1973". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

[local-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 1 and 2)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

[3] "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

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[8] "Councillor Mrs Kate Wood". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

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v t e Local elections in Merseyside
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
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Mayor of Liverpool	2012 2016 2021 Abolished
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Liverpool School Board	1870 1873 1876 1879 1882 1885 1888 1891 1894 1897 1900 Abolished
Merseyside County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished
Liverpool City Region Mayor	2017 2021
See also: Wards Boundary changes

1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

Contents

Election results

Overall election result

Ward results

Birkenhead

No. 1 (Argyle-Clifton-Holt)

No. 2 (Bebington and Mersey)

No. 3 (Cathcart-Claughton-Cleveland)

No. 4 (Devonshire and Egerton)

No. 5 (Gilbrook and St James)

No. 6 (Grange and Oxton)

No. 7 (Prenton)

No. 8 (Upton)

Wallasey

No. 9 (Leasowe)

No. 10 (Marlowe-Egremont-South Liscard)

No. 11 (Moreton and Saughall Massie)

No. 12 (New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren)

No. 13 (North Liscard-Upper Brighton Street)

No. 14 (Seacombe-Poulton-Somerville)

Bebington

No. 15 (Higher Bebington and Woodhey)

No. 16 (Park-New Ferry-North Bromborough)

No. 17 (South Bromborough and Eastham)

No. 18 (Lower Bebington and Poulton)

Hoylake

No. 19 (Caldy and Frankby)

No. 20 (Central-Hoose-Meols-Park)

Wirral

No. 21 (Barnston-Gayton-Heswall-Oldfield)

No. 22 (Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston)

Notes

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References