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- ↑ Graham Walker, A History of the Ulster Unionist Party, p.250
- ↑ Dean Godson, Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal of Unionism, p.168
- ↑ Dean Godson, Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal of Unionism, p.221
- ↑ Dean Godson, Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal of Unionism, p.298
- ↑ "1996 Forum Elections: Candidates in South Antrim", Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ David McKittrick, "Splits open among Ulster Unionists", The Independent , 28 May 1998
- ↑ "South Antrim", Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ John Mullin, "Death of MP splits Ulster Unionists over byelection", The Guardian , 28 April 2000