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- ↑ Council, Doncaster. "Elected Mayor - Doncaster Council". www.doncaster.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ↑ "Election of a Mayor" (PDF). 8 April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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