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- ↑ "List of High Peak Local Election Results". BBC News. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ↑ Source: Rallings and Thrasher, Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest, 2003. ISBN 0-948858-34-6, ISBN 978-0-948858-34-5
