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The Countryside Party, which will be a year old on Thursday (24 May).
- Macaulay, Susy (23 September 2020). "Obituary: Former councillor Jim Crawford, a chiropodist, sportsman and devoted family man". The Press and Journal . Retrieved 8 August 2022. - ↑ "Document summary". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 18 September 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2005.
- ↑ Davies, Isabel (1 June 2001). "Rural vote Tory, but Labour still ahead nationally". Farmers Weekly. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
Jim Crawford will contest the Ross, Skye and Inverness West seat held by Lib-Dem leader, Charles Kennedy.
- ↑ "Kennedy hails Lib Dem result". BBC News . 8 June 2001. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
Mr Kennedy was re-elected in his Ross, Skye and Inverness West constituency, winning more than 18,800 votes and trebling his majority.
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- ↑ "List of Political Parties either renamed or deregistered since 2002" (PDF). Electoral Commission. 16 December 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ↑ "Revive Countryside Party to oppose wind farms says councillor". The Northern Times. Highland News and Media Ltd. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ↑ Hutchison, Caitlin (16 September 2020). "Tributes paid to former Inverness South Ward councillor Jim Crawford who died at home". HeraldScotland . Retrieved 8 August 2022.