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- ↑ "Election 2021: Conservative Darryl Preston wins Cambs PCC job". BBC News. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ↑ "Conservative Darryl Preston narrowly beats Labour's Anna Smith to be next Cambridgeshire police and crime commissioner". Cambridge Independent. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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