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- ↑ Nicholas Wood and Philip Webster, "Whips on prowl for rebellious new boys", The Times, 5 June 1992.
- ↑ "Last minute advice to doubters over tonight's vote on the Maastricht treaty" (letter), The Times, 4 November 1992.
- ↑ "MPs who voted for 18 as the gay age of consent", The Guardian, 22 February 1994.
- ↑ Andy McSmith, "Hard times at the top Tories' club", The Guardian, 15 January 1995, p. 1.
- ↑ David Leppard and Tim Kelsey, "Conservative MP censured on loans to cover £6m debts", The Sunday Times, 28 July 1996, p. 1.
- ↑ "News in brief", The Times, 19 September 1996, p. 1.