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- ↑ "DUP selects councillor to replace Poots in Lagan Valley Assembly seat". ITV News. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- 1 2 Hughes, Brendan (14 March 2022). "DUP councillor replaces Edwin Poots as MLA for Lagan Valley". BelfastLive.
- ↑ Manley, John (19 March 2022). "Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and Paul Givan to be ratified as DUP's Lagan Valley candidates". The Irish News. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ↑ Suzanne Breen [@SuzyJourno] (17 March 2022). "The DUP is clearly worried about Lagan Valley. It's just announced its running only 2 candidates in May. Jeffrey Donaldson & Paul Givan have been selected at a meeting of the local constituency association. Party evidently feels it's too risky to run a 3rd" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 April 2022– via Twitter.
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