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- ↑ Tomorrow's MPs [@tomorrowsmps] (6 July 2024). "Raja's agent tells me that her date of birth is 21 July 1994, so she is still 29. And Luke Myer, the new Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland won't be 30 until next years. So that makes 17 under-30 MPs, and maybe there are still some I've missed" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024– via Twitter.
- ↑ Everquill, Rhys; Richardson, Hannah (1 July 2024). "Leicester East: your guide to the 2024 general election". Great Central Gazette . Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- 1 2 Richardson, Hannah (30 May 2024). "Conservatives pick city born and bred candidate to fight for Claudia Webbe's Leicester East seat". Leicestershire Live . Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ↑ Miss India UK [@MissIndia_UK] (24 June 2017). "Check out Semi-Finalist Miss Shivani Raja's Interview with her sponsors @LimeAuction & #Dupion https://youtu.be/OocnWrS-faI #MIUK2017" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024– via Twitter.
- ↑ Lewis, Lauren (5 July 2024). "Tories' only gain in entire election: Shivani Raja wins seat after Keith Vaz and Claudia Webbe split vote". LBC . Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.