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- ↑ "City and County Elections 2012". City and County of Swansea. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ "Welsh Elections". Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ↑ "Welsh Elections". Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
