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- ↑ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ↑ Rhondda Ward, Pontypridd Town Council website. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ↑ County Borough Council Elections 2017, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ↑ Rhondda Cyon Taff County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012, The Election Centre. Retrieved 1 April 2018.