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- ↑ "'Cardiff South East', February 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.