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- ↑ "Conservatives take control of Vale of White Horse from Lib Dems". BBC News. 6 May 2011.
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- ↑ "Future Oxfordshire Partnership". oxfordshire.gov.uk.
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- ↑ "UPDATE: David Cameron backs biggest shake-up of councils in Oxfordshire since 1974". Oxford Mail.
- ↑ "Oxfordshire leaders in bid to scrap county council". BBC News. 25 February 2016.