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- ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1979. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 13.
- ↑ "Hansard". www.parliament.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ↑ "Fenland District Council elections". Fenland Advertiser. 9 May 1979. p. 5.
- ↑ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993
- ↑ "The Results". Fenland Advertiser. 9 May 1979. p. 5.
- ↑ "Misery for Mayors". Fenland Advertiser. 9 May 1979. p. 5.
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| Peterborough City Council |
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| East Cambridgeshire District Council | |
| Fenland District Council | |
| Huntingdonshire District Council | |
| South Cambridgeshire District Council | |
| Isle of Ely County Council | |
| Huntingdon & Peterborough County Council | |
| Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | |
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