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- ↑ "1996 Forum Elections: Candidates in Mid Ulster", Northern Ireland Elections
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- ↑ "Billy Kennedy's election predictions start today Archived 6 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine ", Belfast Newsletter , 5 March 2007
- ↑ "Mid Ulster", Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ "Election 2010: Mid Ulster", BBC News
- ↑ "Your Constituency - Mid Ulster", UTV
- ↑ "Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011", Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ "Mid Ulster TUV Chair Signs Lutton's Nomination Papers | - Traditional Unionist Voice". Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.