User:SteveIkura

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I mainly contribute to articles about local elections in the United Kingdom, including election maps. Most of the maps I've made are derived from the excellent ward maps made by Nilfanion, but I also make some of my own from scratch. I'm particularly interested in the political history of Bristol and have worked a lot on Bristol City Council elections and associated pages. I like finding elections where unusual or unique things happen (see list below).

I've also been working on creating the page for the Japanese Band La'Mule and pages for their albums and singles.

Some interesting elections

 * Ashton Under Lyne general election 1880 – the Liberal and Conservative candidates both polled 3,049 votes, resulting in the last recorded tied vote in a UK parliamentary election. John Addison, the Conservative candidate, was elected by the deciding vote of the returning officer.
 * Bermondsey by-election, 1983 – The largest recorded swing in British political history (44.2%). The Liberals had previously polled 6.8% of the vote in the seat, but managed to win 57.7% of the vote in the by-election. Simon Hughes, who was the Liberal’s candidate, would go on to hold the seat (and its successors) for the next 32 years.
 * Bristol City Council election, 1995 - Sebastian Matthews, a candidate in Redland ward, appeared on the ballot paper under the party name "Macromedia Student", apparently in a nomination-paper error where 'Occupation' and 'Party' were swapped.
 * Wyre Forest general election 2001 – Anger over the downgrading of Kidderminster Hospital saw the new local party Health Concern win the seat with 58.1% of the vote.
 * Cardiff North general election 2015 – Catherine Taylor-Dawson, standing for the Rainbow Dream Ticket party, received only 1 vote, setting the record for the lowest number of votes in a general election since universal suffrage.
 * Medway Council election, 2015 – Paul Dennis, a TUSC candidate in Rainham North ward, received 0 votes, despite claiming he had voted for himself. TUSC’s calls for an investigation were rejected.
 * Wolverhampton City Council election, 2016 – the Conservative Party accidentally nominated two candidates for one seat in the ward of Tettenhall Regis.