Talk:2022 Tiverton and Honiton by-election

Reason for by-election
May I suggest that the article needs a section about why and how Parish resigned, so news breaking of an MP watching porn, Parish is revealed, whip withdrawn, resigns, talks about tractors...? This is usual for by-election articles. Bondegezou (talk) 10:54, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Remember to use Reliable Sourcing
Recent edits have used the Daily Mail and Twitter for sourcing. These do not meet WP:RS and should not routinely be used. Bondegezou (talk) 13:12, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Oxford University
Hi all, The Lib Dems describe their candidate as someone who 'works for a leading university', and this source suggest that is Oxford. Is it worth adding this, or could it come under original research? Quinby ( talk ) 15:59, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I would guess that's correct, but I don't think we can know for certain. There could be more than one Richard Foord. I would wait for a source explicitly linking candidate Foord to Oxford. Bondegezou (talk) 08:31, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Opinion polling
While the Liberal Democrats claimed internal polling is interesting and has been reported by a reliable source, it should not be afforded anything approaching the same level of legitimacy as an opinion poll conducted by by a proper polling organisation. It is therefore wrong to include the figures in the table as has been done in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.175.209.7 (talk) 17:48, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

Opinion polling section removed
Hi all, I decided to remove the opinion poll section as it gives a lot more credit to the poll than its worth. Arguably these aren't even polls and are incorrectly reported as such - instead they are canvassing data. Comparing this to the Wakefield page, those opinion polls have been done by official pollsters with a solid reputation. Moreover, the precedent set by the 2021 North Shropshire by-election suggests we should just mention it in the campaign section. If there are any qualms, feel free to reply Quinby  ( talk ) 18:05, 20 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Agree, I don't think internal canvassing data is appropriate for this, and I'm not convinced it's entirely reliable either. — Czello 11:48, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

No pies
Please contribute to the discussion at Talk:2022_Wakefield_by-election on the use of pie charts. Bondegezou (talk) 11:34, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Bar chart is wrong
The 2022 Lib Dem vote is incorrect as is the 2019 Conservative vote 2A00:23C7:A896:1001:47E4:A4CB:4128:449 (talk) 22:21, 17 July 2022 (UTC)


 * , thanks. — twotwofourtysix (talk &#124;&#124; edits) 13:30, 18 July 2022 (UTC)