Talk:United Kingdom by-election records

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Just thought it would be nice to have a records page....RodCrosby 14:07, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

User:Warofdreams/Major party by-elections might be of some use. Warofdreams talk 03:42, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Do you think we should divide the records in some way between current (post-1945) and historical? I think we need to provide a meaningful benchmark by which contemporary results can be judged, and the pre-1945 results are in the most part not really analogous to the present day for a host of reasons which I need not list. RodCrosby 14:40, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I think that would be unnecessary. The introduction you have written explains the situation clearly. While for some sections, things which have been rare in recent year were formerly common, and so a cut-off date will be required, it'd seem strange to me to divide everything in this manner. For example, the situations in 1929-31 and 1945-50 were in many respects quite comparable. Warofdreams talk 23:52, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Would argue Walsall North 1976 is not really relevant to incumbant did not contest and potentially misleading. Stonehouse was just having a laugh by joining the English National "Party". It was a safe Labour seat contested by both major parties.--I think the common understanding of incumbent is "the party which won the previous election" RodCrosby 20:41, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Come to think of it, this would probably best be handled by demoting it to a brief footnote. Warofdreams talk 02:25, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
And 1945 isn't some magical cutoff date, although it was a significant change and represents a natural boundary. Multi-member constituencies persisted for a Parliament, as an example. Morwen - Talk 10:55, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Similar page now up; please update in the same spirit as this page

Uk_general_election_records