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- ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons,June 1983
- ↑ The Local Government Elections 1973-1981:Ards,Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ Ards Borough Council Elections,1993-2005,Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ North Down 1973-1982,Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ Strangford,Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ Dod's Parliamentary Companion (1996),p. 778
- ↑ Membership of the Northern Ireland Assembly Archived 17 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine ,Northern Ireland Assembly
- ↑ "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N19.
- ↑ 2015 New Year Honours List