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- ↑ Inverclyde Council leader Stephen McCabe: 'I've had a lot of abuse on social media', Kirsteen Paterson, Holyrood.com, 7 September 2023
- ↑ "Inverclyde Council leader to step down". BBC News. 15 February 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
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