Talk:Candidates in the next United Kingdom general election

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Section sizes

Section size for Candidates in the next United Kingdom general election (30 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	1,715	1,715
Parties	4,002	4,002
Candidate selection process	1,001	43,386
Conservative	15,101	15,101
Labour	13,920	13,920
Liberal Democrats	795	795
The Workers Party of Britain	1,224	1,224
Scottish National Party	8,516	8,516
Green Parties	1,074	1,074
Plaid Cymru	890	890
Other parties	865	865
Candidates by constituency	521	424,279
England	16	324,808
Eastern	37,695	37,695
East Midlands	27,832	27,832
London	14,834	14,834
North East	29,124	29,124
North West	6,558	6,558
South East	39,839	39,839
South West	67,685	67,685
West Midlands	52,713	52,713
Yorkshire and the Humber	48,512	48,512
Northern Ireland	9,097	9,097
Scotland	57,240	57,240
Wales	32,613	32,613
Candidate changes	25	12,384
Disowned candidates	8,257	8,257
Withdrawn candidates	4,102	4,102
Notes	36	36
References	112	112
Total	485,914	485,914

Asterisk[edit]

Can someone inform me what it means for those constituencies that have an asterisk after them? RyanPLB (talk) 11:02, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the history, it seems it indicates new constituencies - but it's not used consistently, and the table columns already show that. I've removed them. John Womble (talk) 16:21, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

East Wiltshire Seat[edit]

Pete Force-Jones has been announced as standing for the True & Fair Party in the East Wiltshire Seat. 86.184.241.54 (talk) 17:25, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Co-operative party[edit]

Is it worth making the distinction between a Labour Party Candidate and a Labour and Co-operative Party Candidate? Alexanderkowal (talk) 16:13, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't think so - we don't know for sure which will be listed as Labour/Co-op on the ballot paper. My understanding is there is a limit of 50 Labour/Co-op candidates, even if there are more than 50 candidates that are members of the Co-operative Party. November Aristotle (talk) 20:11, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Names in bold[edit]

These seem to be current MPs who have been confirmed as standing for re-election, but this isn't explicitly stated anywhere. Mark and inwardly digest (talk) 08:14, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Manchester Central[edit]

Why is Manchester Central listed twice? It will change its boundaries, incorporating Failsworth, but it will still be called Manchester Central. doktorb _words^deeds 23:14, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Richmond and northallerton[edit]

Kevin Foster is the green party Candidate 2.24.218.57 (talk) 22:24, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Huge apologies[edit]

I'm doing some practice edits on my own Sandbox page and I accidentally made the edits here instead of my Sandbox page and although I've tried to fix them, I cannot remember what else may have been there. It was only the first three South West constituencies (Bath, Bournemouth East and Bournemouth West). Hugely sorry! I'll ensure to look before I go again! RyanPLB (talk) 15:05, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's okay - I managed to retrace my steps and find what I needed - yay! Therefore, I have fixed it now! I'm so happy with myself! :) RyanPLB (talk) 15:16, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ashfield[edit]

Is it reasonable to assume that Lee Anderson will now be the Reform UK candidate for Ashfield, rather than the currently listed Reform candidate? Mark and inwardly digest (talk) 17:57, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It would break Wikipedia:CRYSTAL to do so. doktorb _words^deeds 19:11, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Parties[edit]

Why does the table in the section headed Parties, which says there were 181 ReformUK candidates, 182 Green Party etc. not give a figure for the top three parties, Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat? It clearly ought not to be 0. It's not a running total, needing updating every time someone else is selected; it clearly states that it is the number selected by 1 Mar 2024, so why are these three blank? If the main table, listing the candidates were countable for the parties, not just the constituencies, that would make counting easier, I think. Nick Barnett (talk) 12:25, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate disendorsements section[edit]

I'm wondering whether it's possible for this list to ever be comprehensive - there are at least two other Reform candidates who have been dropped and some from other parties as well. Mark and inwardly digest (talk) 12:09, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Page is way too big[edit]

This needs to be split if it's going to have all of those tables in there. My computer can't handle it. Dylpickle2k (talk) 22:23, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The navbox at the bottom seems to be broken now - it looks like the number of references is blowing the computation limits. Perhaps a split by region? Blenge Hackett (talk) 05:54, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]