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- 1 2 "The County of Carmarthenshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998". Legislation.gov.uk. 23 November 1998. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ↑ "Election maps". Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Llandeilo Ward (as of 2011) (W05000484)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ↑ "Dinefwr Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- 1 2 "Carmarthenshire County Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ↑ "Edward Thomas to stand for re-election to county council". South Wales Guardian . 25 February 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ↑ Sarah-Jane Absalom (16 February 2022). "Llandeilo's Christoph Fischer stands for county council". South Wales Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ↑ "Carmarthenshire County Council election results". The Carmarthenshire Herald. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2022.