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- ↑ "Haughley and Wetherden Results Page". Mid-Suffolk District Council. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ↑ "2015 Results Page". Mid-Suffolk District Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
