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- 1 2 "Newport council leader confirms she will quit if she is elected as Gwent's PCC". South Wales Argus. 29 November 2023.
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- ↑ Price, Emily (16 February 2024). "Jeremy Miles asks members to back inclusive leadership as ballot papers drop". Nation.Cymru. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Malpas Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ↑ "Jane Helen Mudd". Choose My Police and Crime Commissioner. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ↑ Service, Nicholas Thomas-Local Democracy Reporting (16 November 2023). "Gwent's police and crime commissioner Jeff Cuthbert to step down at next election". Caerphilly Observer. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ↑ "Welsh Labour police commissioner hopefuls selected without members' vote". BBC News. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
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