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- ↑ "Election 2024 > Glasgow North East results". BBC News . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ↑ "Councillor Maureen Burke".
- ↑ "Councillor Maureen Burke".
- ↑ "Committee Information - Committee Members". Glasgow City Council.
- ↑ "Register of Interests: Maureen Burke". Glasgow City Council . Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ↑ "Women's Aid staff given 'no notice' before closure amid bullying allegations". STV News. 8 March 2024.
- ↑ "Election 2024 > Glasgow North East results". BBC News . Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ↑ Hilley, Sarah (14 May 2021). "Glasgow Election 2022: North East candidates push for more police and more funding". glasgowlive.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ↑ "Dora Street Bridgeton".
- ↑ Former councillor accused of embezzling £8k from trust, Glasgow Times, 13 October 2018
- ↑ Ex-Glasgow councillor 'handed over bag containing £2,000', BBC News, 12 October 2018
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