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- ↑ Andrew Thorpe, "The British General Election, 1931", Oxford University Press, 1991, p. 17-18.
- ↑ Andrew Thorpe, "The British General Election, 1931", Oxford University Press, 1991, p. 152-153.
- ↑ A list of the "non-endorsed candidates", drawn up by the National Agent G.R. Shepherd, was included in the minutes of the National Executive Committee in October 1931. This list had 22 names on it: it did not include John Abbott (Stockport), John McGovern (Glasgow Shettleston) or Charles O'Donnell (Glasgow Hillhead).
- ↑ F. W. S. Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949" 3rd ed., Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983.
- ↑ McGovern's selection in the 1930 by-election had been achieved through dubious means and had been condemned by the Labour Party conference which declared he was unfit to be a Labour Party candidate. See Thorpe, p. 182-3.
- ↑ The Times House of Commons 1931. London: The Times Office. 1931. p. 51.
- ↑ F. W. S. Craig, "British Electoral Facts", Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1989, p. 31.
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