Talk:Candidates in the 2024 United Kingdom general election/Archive 1

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

East Wiltshire Seat
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)

Names in bold
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)

Co-operative party
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)
 * 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)

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

Richmond and northallerton
Kevin Foster is the green party Candidate 2.24.218.57 (talk) 22:24, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Huge apologies
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)


 * 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)

Ashfield
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)


 * It would break CRYSTAL to do so. doktorb wordsdeeds 19:11, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Parties
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)

Candidate disendorsements section
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)

Labour candidates
The page https://vote.labour.org.uk/results tracks all the Labour candidates selected for the 632 constituencies in England, Wales and Scotland. Moondragon21 (talk) 16:56, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Labour candidates
The page https://vote.labour.org.uk/results tracks all the Labour candidates selected for the 632 constituencies in England, Wales and Scotland. Moondragon21 (talk) 16:56, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Page is way too big
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)
 * 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)

Hi and. This page has got incredibly long so I have solved this problem by moving some sections around:
 * Northern Ireland is now at Next_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland
 * Wales is at Next_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales
 * Scotland is at Next_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland

This page should be functional now. Moondragon21 (talk) 22:03, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Still issues - the last 200 references and the navbox aren't displaying, with the error "The time allocated for running scripts has expired." Blenge Hackett (talk) 04:11, 17 May 2024 (UTC) Sections from 2024 United Kingdom general election have been moved into this article. Candidates in the English regions are now at new pages. Moondragon21 (talk) 3:10, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi Now the election has been called the candidates in England are now at 2024 United Kingdom general election in England. Moondragon21 (talk) 19:50, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * 2024 United Kingdom general election in the East of England
 * 2024 United Kingdom general election in the East Midlands
 * 2024 United Kingdom general election in London
 * 2024 United Kingdom general election in North East England
 * 2024 United Kingdom general election in North West England
 * 2024 United Kingdom general election in South East England
 * 2024 United Kingdom general election in South West England
 * 2024 United Kingdom general election in the West Midlands
 * 2024 United Kingdom general election in Yorkshire and the Humber

Surely the correct approach would be either to keep all the list of candidates in this article by itself, or at the very least without the list of incumbent MPs standing down (which definitely should be a separate article), or to have separate articles for '2024 United Kingdom general election in London', '2024 United Kingdom general election in North West England' etc. with all the candidates listed so that all of the national/regional breakdowns of the election contain similar comparable amounts of information. The way its currently been done seems like the worst of both worlds? MoreofaGlorifiedPond,Really... (talk) 15:48, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I think this was a strange decision to make. Firstly, it's strange to have a page titled 'Candidates in the 2024 United Kingdom general election' which doesn't actually list the candidates, only including a lot of information that is not particularly relevant for anyone looking for a list of candidates (including people who are retiring i.e. not candidates), secondly the information was haphazardly copied over to the country-specific general election pages that it didn't bother to include any of the explanatory information (bold means incumbent standing for re-election, italics means standing down), and thirdly moving candidates to the England-specific general election article because this one has become too unwieldy is counterproductive, since 543/650 constituencies are in England, so you're just moving the problem to a different article without resolving it.

General election 4 July
Now the 2024 United Kingdom general election has been called the tables should now soon be filled up completely. As this page was too long and not functioning properly the tables have been moved to the following pages.
 * 2024 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
 * 2024 United Kingdom general election in England
 * 2024 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
 * 2024 United Kingdom general election in Wales

Moondragon21 (talk) 19:57, 22 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Realise my comment aboive is probably more appropriate here now.
 * I think this was a strange decision to make. Firstly, it's strange to have a page titled 'Candidates in the 2024 United Kingdom general election' which doesn't actually list the candidates, only including a lot of information that is not particularly relevant for anyone looking for a list of candidates (including people who are retiring i.e. not candidates), secondly the information was haphazardly copied over to the country-specific general election pages that it didn't bother to include any of the explanatory information (bold means incumbent standing for re-election, italics means standing down), and thirdly moving candidates to the England-specific general election article because this one has become too unwieldy is counterproductive, since 543/650 constituencies are in England, so you're just moving the problem to a different article without resolving it.
 * Surely the correct approach would be either to keep all the list of candidates in this article by itself, or at the very least without the list of incumbent MPs standing down (which definitely should be a separate article), or to have separate articles for '2024 United Kingdom general election in London', '2024 United Kingdom general election in North West England' etc. with all the candidates listed so that all of the national/regional breakdowns of the election contain similar comparable amounts of information. The way its currently been done seems like the worst of both worlds? MoreofaGlorifiedPond,Really... (talk) 15:51, 24 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Candidates are now by distinguished by English region. Moondragon21 (talk) 03:05, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Jamie Wallis
Is Jamie Wallis standing again? In October 2023, he stated that he wasn't contesting a seat in Wales again but may look for one elsewhere in the country. However, both Guido Fawkes and Sky News have him listed on their run throughs of MPs standing down at the next election (both sources published and updated to 24 May 2024). Should we list him as standing down? It's unlikely he'll be a candidate elsewhere IMO. Thanks Jkaharper (talk) 21:40, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
 * They may have jumped the gun there but I see ITV have also reported the same thing. Its not unlikely for sitting MPs to swap constituencies as the selections will now be rushed until the date nominations for candidates close on 7 June. Moondragon21 (talk) 11:22, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

deselected labour mps
should we include deselected labour mps (e.g. sam tarry) in the list of mps who are standing down? most don't seem likely to contest their seats as independents either SteveTempleton (talk) 06:46, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Withdrawn candidates
Do we include in the section for candidates withdrawing those who do so when their party endorses an independent candidate? The WPB has done this in Bethnal Green and Stepney and Chingford and Woodford Green and possibly elsewhere. References are in the Endorsements page Jontel (talk) 22:23, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Party number discrepancies
As well as the below, the numbers look wrong for several other parties. The figures look too low for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland and for the SDLP. Bondegezou (talk) 21:47, 8 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I have fixed all the numbers now, from a source that falls under the same license as Wikipedia. I think I manually checked the Northern Irish ones yesterday. Eastwood Park and strabane (talk) 18:32, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Workers Party
It seems that the number of candidates for the Workers Party of Britain may be lower than announced. In Paisley and Renfrewshire North, the party announced a candidate, but there is no Workers Party candidate in the actual vote. Eastwood Park and strabane (talk) 19:09, 8 June 2024 (UTC)


 * This page shows 153 - basically the same as the 152 on here. https://workerspartybritain.org/elections-2024/
 * It doesn't include the candidate that was removed from the Paisley and Renfrewshire North seat. That number is likely accurate. Eastwood Park and strabane (talk) 19:26, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Official Monster Raving Loony Party
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party have their candidates listed here - https://www.loonyparty.com/ One candidate is listed for East Kilbride. The constituency is actually called East Kilbride and Strathaven. The named candidate is not actually on the ballot paper. Eastwood Park and strabane (talk) 19:44, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Page that contains all the numbers
There is a webpage here https://democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2024/06/08/2024-uk-general-election-candidate-summary/ that contains all the numbers for each party. I don't know if it's a good idea to just copy all the data from there though. Eastwood Park and strabane (talk) 20:06, 8 June 2024 (UTC)