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- ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ↑ Epsom & Ewell Results Get Surrey, website of Surrey Advertiser/Herald/Guardian Group of newspapers. Accessed 2015-05-22.
- ↑ "Epsom and Ewell Borough Council election sees residents' associations win big as Lib Dems crushed" Get Surrey. Website of the Surrey Advertiser/Guardian/Herald group of papers. 11 May 2015.
