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- ↑ British National Party Leadership Election Archived 2015-08-09 at the Wayback Machine British National Party website, 2 July 2015
- ↑ BNP leadership election results are in Archived 2015-07-29 at the Wayback Machine BBC News, 27 July 2015
- ↑ BNP leadership election results are in Archived 2015-07-29 at the Wayback Machine British National Party website, 27 July 2015
