Talk:2022 City of Edinburgh Council election/GA2

GA Review
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Nominator: 20:19, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 22:06, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Everything looks very good here. Just some copy changes, a lot of which are suggestions on my part. Ping me when done. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 22:25, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Lead

 * Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens all made gains at the expense of the Conservatives who fell from the second-largest party to the smallest representative group on the council. A comma after Conservatives would be immensely helpful for reading.
 * The Liberal Democrats doubled their number of councillors as they were returned as the third-largest party with 12 seats while the Greens gained two seats to hold 10. Same here after "councillors" and "12 seats"

I know that it tends to be that British English relies on fewer commas, but sometimes they are immensely useful for breaking up long stretches with little punctuation.

Background

 * Since the previous election, several changes in the composition of the council occurred. Most were changes to the political affiliation of councillors X including SNP councillors Lewis Ritchie, Gavin Barrie, Claire Bridgman and Derek Howie and Conservative councillor Ashley Graczyk X who resigned from their respective parties and became independents. Dashes at the points marked with a bolded X would aid reading.
 * Green councillor Gavin Corbett resigned from the council after being made a special adviser to the Scottish Government but as his resignation was less than six months prior to the election, a by-election was not called to replace him. Comma after "Government"
 * five year previous typo

Aftermath

 * SNP councillor for Corstorphine/Murrayfield, Frank Ross, resigned This is my least favorite type of appositive. If I remove "Frank Ross", I'm left to ask "who's the councillor?". Try this. Frank Ross, an SNP councillor for Corstorphine/Murrayfield, resigned

Sourcing and spot checks
I selected 15, 18, 19, 34, 40, 41. These are all numerical reports, and they all look correct. ✅


 * The "as his resignation was less than six months prior to the election, a by-election was not called to replace him" statement is not in the source. The comparisons with previous years are also not sourced. CMD (talk) 22:59, 4 July 2024 (UTC)


 * The solution to this,, is probably additional references for the last election figures and rules on by-election timing. These should either already exist in the relevant article or some other obvious source. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 03:11, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Images
The only image is the map that is CC-BY-SA 4.0.


 * Hi Sammi Brie, thanks for the review. I've got a busy few days coming up so it might not be until Wednesday or Thursday before I get a chance to go through everything. Just wanted to let you know in case it does take a wee bit longer. Thanks Stevie fae Scotland (talk) 08:15, 5 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi, I think that's everything. Couldn't find a secondary source for the six-month rule so it has be the legislation itself. Not sure what comparisons aren't sourced though. The article only mentions one previous election and every comparison I can see (candidates, seats changing hands etc) are all sourced. Stevie fae Scotland (talk) 09:41, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm taking a look and think we are good to go. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 17:15, 6 July 2024 (UTC)