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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Councillor details - Councillor Louise Bloom - Meetings, agendas and minutes". Eastleigh Borough Council. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ↑ "South Gloucestershire Council : Election of a Councillor" (PDF). Southglos.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ↑ Stephen Sumner (2 November 2018). "Dodington by-election result: Lib Dems hold their safest seat in South Gloucestershire". Bristol Live. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ↑ "District and Parish Elections 2019". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
