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- ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ↑ Mole Valley District Council Results Get Surrey, website of Surrey Advertiser/Herald/Guardian Group of newspapers. Accessed 2015-05-20.
- ↑ Council composition of groups of 23, 10, 6 and two vacancies as at 10 May 2015 MVDC. Accessed 2015-05-20
- ↑ 2006 to 2014 results MVDC. Accessed 2015-05-20
