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- 1 2 "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
- ↑ "Local Elections results". The Times . 9 May 1998. p. 46.
- ↑ "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
