User talk:31.124.48.226

UK constituency results
Hi there. I have noticed you have been changing a number of election results, such as in this edit. However, when I checked the source I found your edit to be incorrect. You have done the same thing at Portsmouth South (UK Parliament constituency) and numerous other constituencies. Can I ask what is happening? AusLondonder (talk) 16:59, 11 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello. I retained my source from the governmental report for the 2001 General Election and noticed some previous entries on here were incorrect, and I sought to rectify these. Could I know what source you are referring to that you are retrieving your data? 31.124.48.226 (talk) 17:45, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The link to my source: https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP01-54/RP01-54.pdf 31.124.48.226 (talk) 17:47, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
 * That's very odd. The source currently cited at Birmingham Yardley (UK Parliament constituency) for the 2001 election is Electoral Calculus which gives the figure of 14,085. At Stoke-on-Trent Central (UK Parliament constituency) the figure for the 2001 Conservative Party vote is 5,325 cited to both Electoral Calculus and the BBC. However, as you say 5,352 is the figure used in the House of Commons Library source. I am guessing the Library report is the more authoritative version, which probably means it should be cited in the respective results section if there is a difference between the current source and the Library report. AusLondonder (talk) 18:07, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I am thinking this discrepancy should be mentioned at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom. AusLondonder (talk) 18:09, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I suppose in hindsight I meant to change the reference to my source when changing the entry however I agree that it might be an idea to mention this discrepancy in the area you're suggesting. I'm not looking to change anymore entries for now as I realise there are likely many other discrepancies elsewhere for other constituencies in other election years so agreeing on using one source for this data for the future may be best. 31.124.48.226 (talk) 18:42, 11 May 2022 (UTC)