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I've eddited some of the Labour Leadership stuff - I don't think that McDonnell's views are especially relevant here anymore, although they should be in the article on the Labour Leadership election, so I've trimmed some of them out. I've also changed the text refering to GB supporting a "New World Order", as I think this has specific neocon connotations that may not be an exact reflection on his position. I've replaced it with "internationalism" although I know its weak! If someone has a reference with GB stating his support for the "New World Order" then please revert and add it in... 195.33.105.17 11:39, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
OK I may be sad, but I thought I'd get this one going. I don't really understand the templates though for the table - shouldn't they be more generic to allow customisation for year etc?? ChrisUK 22:40, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
these comments are all pointless, i want a general election tomorrow, when will it happen? any guesses, my guess is that nobody would emerge as a clear leader in any of the three parties. in my esteemed opinion, the house of commons should be abandoned, the house is unstable undemocratic and was set up by cromwell. as the true monarchy has been re established, there is no need for the first past the post system that has bound the british constitution for 300 years. elizabeth ii has no power to give the power that she claims to be given, and tony blair has effectively and will continue to try to write out the true british constitution which gives full power to the monarch, binding articles of the constitution and the house of lords. i am sick of reading this shit. fuck the house of commons.
Is this not a crystal bal from beginning to end? I realise that it admits the date is speculative (thus the title is misleading) - but much more is speculative. Bye-elections may change party numbers. The boundary commission review will change constituencies - and perhaps even numbers of constituencies. Parties may change. Voting methods and procedures may change. What can this article offer that isn’t in more general articles on UK politics – or is it just a holding article for who knows how long? -- Doc Glasgow 23:12, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
This is a very difficult article to name, as their is no requirment to hold the election in 2009. Tony Blair/Gordon Brown/John Reid/Mr X could hold a snap elction in 2007/8 if they so wish. But
It's picky, but this should probably be at United Kingdom general election, 2010 (or 2009/10) - the problem is, that page is in use. Anyone know how to do the move? Shimgray 01:12, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
Seems to me that giving this a date is wrong - UK electiosn are not fixed - this election must be held by 2010 - but technically it could be in 2005 and probably it will be in 2009. Rename as 'future United Kingdom general election' or something like -- Doc Glasgow 08:29, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
A few hours ago somebody changed the info box to read "2007 General UK General Election", which I have undone as it is at the present time far from certain that it will take place in 2007. Dobong 04:56, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
The new Parliament has been summoned to meet on Wednesday 11th May 2005. It can last up to five years, so will expire at or by midnight on Monday 10th May 2010. The Septennial Act, as commonly understood, requires writs for the election of a new Parliament to be issued before the current one expires, so they would have to be issued on that day at the latest. The election would be held seventeen working days after that - accounting for the Spring Bank Holiday, that means the next general election must take place on or before 3rd June 2010 (which, coincidentally, happens to be a Thursday). (All of this assumes no change in the law, etc.) -- Gregg 06:07, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
I was about to put up the (correctly named) page in the 2009 slot as the likely date on past history is 11-6-2009 when checking came across this little crystal ball. This far ahead it is pointless and (imho) misleading to readers to put up tables etc that will not get used for probably four years (the present majority will be sufficient to not need a vote of confidence call which is the only likely cause of an early GE) and Mediawiki markup for tables, etc. may change before then. I believe the present article includes some POV and is mostly hypothetical. Anything which is not confirmable and demonstrable now as a matter of record should be deleted, and the page moved to United Kingdom general election, 2009 which is the most likely target. -- Vamp: Willow 11:39, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
looking at the above and the posting date/time on requested moves, I'm doing this now. -- Vamp: Willow 11:41, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
There won't be 646 seats. The review of seats in England will recommend approx 534 seats (instead of 529) so there'll be around 651 seats at the election.
It is interesting that people are speculating an election in 2009 without mentioning the very real possibility of a "super Thursday" - the European Parliamentary Elections are set for 2009, as are the County Council elections in England. If Tony Blair, or indeed Gordon Brown, decides to call an election in 2009 there could be 2 national elections on the same day, as well as the local fights.
Other people are quite right to mention the boundary changes. These should be in place by 2009/10. In some areas, such as Cornwall and Lancashire, the Commission have added an extra seat, but in Merseyside and Manchester seats have been taken away. It's likely that the total number of seats across the UK will stay around 648-653 when all the seats are finalised. Wales has no change, although three seats are abolished and re-drawn. Northern Ireland has a new seat of "Antrim Coast And Glens" due.
Liam/Doktorb dok 06:19, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
There has obviously been some disagreement over the title before. Since this election could happen at any time up until 2010, so it could happen as soon as this year even, would it not be best to use a number to identify it? The Umpteenth UK general election, whatever number general election it is.
Actually there could be something in this. Until Blair/Brown calls the election, Wiki can't "crystal ball" in having a title like "2009/10", it's not encyclopedic. I suggest it stays with the 54th title until the election is called, then move it to the right date when the call is made. Makes sense to have a title explainging the 54th General Election until the right date is known.
I would not support moves to keep the name as 54th. doktorb | words 19:23, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
Deleted the following text - it reads as text written from the immediate perspective of 2005 which may not have much relevance either in this entry as all, or at least not in the Boundary Changes chpater. It could have its place in the 2005 article.
In the 2005 general election, in England, 72,544 more people (0.3%) voted for the Conservative party than the Labour party, and yet Labour returned 92 more seats in England than the Conservatives did. This is an example of how the First Past the Post electoral system used with the current constituencies distorts the result, currently in favour of the Labour party. Boundary changes may create a more equitable distribution of seats to votes, or alternatively create an advantage for the Conservatives an or the Liberal Democrats.
doktorb 15:30, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
Can we get rid of the polls please! Its far too soon for them to have any real relevence to the election, and as a clone of the data on www.electoralcalculus.co.uk they can be replaced with a link to that website for those who are interested in the data. -- Neo 18:31, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
Yesterday I posted confirmed calculations for the boundary changes only to find they have been deleted today. Can I ask why? Harry Hayfield 10:09, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
Ah, so what happens when the same calculations are available elsewhere online Harry Hayfield 18:55, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
There is still a shortage of refrences.-- 86.29.247.234 03:04, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
This article claims a 6.34% swing from Labour to Tory is needed for the Tories to gain a majority in the Commons yet this BBC article claims that, including boundary changes, the Tories would "still need a 9% or 10% swing to get an overall majority - rather than the 11% swing they need under the current rules." Are the BBC wrong? Is wikipedia right? What claim should be in the article?-- Johnbull 00:23, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Wondering what will happen to most of the current content of the article when the election is history, not a future event. Is anyone planning for this? How much will be worth preserving, eg in separate subtopic articles? Laurel Bush 10:44, 20 September 2006 (UTC).
As soon as a date is known, we will need an article with a title which includes the date. I suggest we do not move this article to the new title, because the title of this article is one that will be wanted again immediately after the now forthcoming election. Laurel Bush 09:18, 21 September 2006 (UTC).
I am thinking about "next election" as a link in other articles. How can we work now stop such links becoming links to an article about the wrong election? Laurel Bush 14:35, 16 October 2006 (UTC).
I believe there is is a commonly accepted numbering system (1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.) re elections to the Commons. Is the relevant number now a redirect to the current 'next election' article? Available as a simple or piped link? Laurel Bush 15:20, 16 October 2006 (UTC).
Laurel: Yes; there is a redirect at 54th United Kingdom general election. Personally, I would strongly recommend that incoming links use that redirect, so that they still link to the correct article after the election takes place. Probably best not to pipe so that the link doesn't date. For info, there are a few more incoming redirects:
The pattern for post-election article names is United Kingdom general election, 1910 (December) (there were two in 1910) There are only a few articles that will need to link directly to Next United Kingdom general election (they are mostly navigation box templates and generic electoral procedure articles) -- Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) ( Talk) 12:38, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Seems to me we should reconsider the idea of using "54th United Kingdom general election" as the article title. It would making an editor's life a lot easier. Laurel Bush 15:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)>
Many of Labour's MP's are actually Co-operative Party, a party that since 1918 has taken the Labour Whip and they do not run candidates against each other and yet they are to some extent a seperate party - the National Liberals are mentioned seperately to the Conservative Party in past elections in which they stood, surely it is an anomaly where they are mentioned seperately and the Liberals and SDP which were if anything more seperate than the National Liberals and Conservatives were and are mentioned together in past election articles - the statistics usually are presented this way but the actual numbers are out there and can be totted up for individual candidates. It's not that I am saying that they should be mentioned as 2 seperate parties but the anomaly bothers me.-- Lord of the Isles 19:44, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Regarding Ann Widdecombe retiring, she had said she was going to retire at the next General Election but since on television and radio she has in her attacks on David Cameron's A List policy objected to the notion that as she puts it "some bimbo" from the A List might be put in to her fight her seat next time and that she was reconsidering, there are some signs that some senior Conservatives - especially ones from Cornerstone Group and Better Off Out and those who see the A List as being positive action who had been thinking of retiring are considering hanging on simply to block the entry of A List candidates. Not that I'm saying her name shouldn't be in, but it is possible she may announce she is changing her mind.-- Lord of the Isles 16:28, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Can I ask where it has been stated that George Galloway MP (Respect, Bethnal Green and Bow) has announced his retirement from the Commons? Harry Hayfield 16:42, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
I have pared off the boundary change stuff to Boundary change recommondations for the next UK general election to help keep this article within good size, er, boundaries =)...It was getting too large and I think this helps.
I have asked User:Harry Hayfield to consider cutting back the Target List as it makes the article appear unmanageable.
doktorb
words
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07:08, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
I dont understand this - is the 'Winning Party' the notional winning party after the Boundary Changes came into effect? Because in the Lib Dem targets is Solihull. They won Solihull at the last election!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by TFoxton ( talk • contribs) .
I took the liberty of renaming this "Top 10 marginals" rather than "targets". The actual seats parties choose to target will depend on the selected candidates, performance in local elections, how "hard" or "soft" another party's vote is considered to be etc etc. These seats with tiny majorities are DEFINITELY marginal but they are not necessarily "targets". Esquimo 15:32, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Would it be possible to add an extra column with the sitting MP to the table? 217.42.218.78 ( talk) 11:38, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Announcing that a sitting MP is standing down is a formal thing in the Labour Party, and Tony Blair has not made such an announcement. Having John Burton say something is not good enough. I have therefore removed him from the list. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball and if Tony Blair has not announced he is standing down, then he cannot go on a list of MPs who have announced they are standing down. Fys. “ Ta fys aym”. 14:40, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Hay, welks, Tony Blair has finaly quit acording to Euronews. At last Gordon Brown has got the job and Des Browne is defence secatery!-- 86.29.247.234 02:34, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
This is an awful and rather ambiguous title, especially since this won't always be the next election. It should go back to United Kingdom general election, 2009/10 or something like that that actually makes sense. Jfing ers 88 03:12, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
doktorb words deeds 07:56, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Some details on the page, especially the target lists, are taken from the ukpollingreport website which has made estimates of the results in boundary changed constituencies. The "Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies" has just been published which is a more academic study. I'm going to be bold and change over to the information from the Media Guide, with a note that other estimates are available. Sam Blacketer 15:58, 17 Februaryg 2007 (UTC)
The article starts with "the next United Kingdom general election must be held on or before 3 June 2010"
I would be interested to know how that is the case. The 5 years starts from the date of the first meeting of Parliament, 11th May 2005. 5 years after the day would be Tuesday 11th May 2010. That would be the last day that the Prime Minister could ask Her Majesty to dissolve Parliament.
I believe an Election has to follow 17 days after the date of the Proclamation and the issue of the writs, which may not necessarily be the same day as the PM goes to the Queen.
Can someone please enlighten me on this? Biofoundationsoflanguage 12:33, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | Archive 2 | Archive 3 | Archive 4 |
I've eddited some of the Labour Leadership stuff - I don't think that McDonnell's views are especially relevant here anymore, although they should be in the article on the Labour Leadership election, so I've trimmed some of them out. I've also changed the text refering to GB supporting a "New World Order", as I think this has specific neocon connotations that may not be an exact reflection on his position. I've replaced it with "internationalism" although I know its weak! If someone has a reference with GB stating his support for the "New World Order" then please revert and add it in... 195.33.105.17 11:39, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
OK I may be sad, but I thought I'd get this one going. I don't really understand the templates though for the table - shouldn't they be more generic to allow customisation for year etc?? ChrisUK 22:40, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
these comments are all pointless, i want a general election tomorrow, when will it happen? any guesses, my guess is that nobody would emerge as a clear leader in any of the three parties. in my esteemed opinion, the house of commons should be abandoned, the house is unstable undemocratic and was set up by cromwell. as the true monarchy has been re established, there is no need for the first past the post system that has bound the british constitution for 300 years. elizabeth ii has no power to give the power that she claims to be given, and tony blair has effectively and will continue to try to write out the true british constitution which gives full power to the monarch, binding articles of the constitution and the house of lords. i am sick of reading this shit. fuck the house of commons.
Is this not a crystal bal from beginning to end? I realise that it admits the date is speculative (thus the title is misleading) - but much more is speculative. Bye-elections may change party numbers. The boundary commission review will change constituencies - and perhaps even numbers of constituencies. Parties may change. Voting methods and procedures may change. What can this article offer that isn’t in more general articles on UK politics – or is it just a holding article for who knows how long? -- Doc Glasgow 23:12, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
This is a very difficult article to name, as their is no requirment to hold the election in 2009. Tony Blair/Gordon Brown/John Reid/Mr X could hold a snap elction in 2007/8 if they so wish. But
It's picky, but this should probably be at United Kingdom general election, 2010 (or 2009/10) - the problem is, that page is in use. Anyone know how to do the move? Shimgray 01:12, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
Seems to me that giving this a date is wrong - UK electiosn are not fixed - this election must be held by 2010 - but technically it could be in 2005 and probably it will be in 2009. Rename as 'future United Kingdom general election' or something like -- Doc Glasgow 08:29, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
A few hours ago somebody changed the info box to read "2007 General UK General Election", which I have undone as it is at the present time far from certain that it will take place in 2007. Dobong 04:56, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
The new Parliament has been summoned to meet on Wednesday 11th May 2005. It can last up to five years, so will expire at or by midnight on Monday 10th May 2010. The Septennial Act, as commonly understood, requires writs for the election of a new Parliament to be issued before the current one expires, so they would have to be issued on that day at the latest. The election would be held seventeen working days after that - accounting for the Spring Bank Holiday, that means the next general election must take place on or before 3rd June 2010 (which, coincidentally, happens to be a Thursday). (All of this assumes no change in the law, etc.) -- Gregg 06:07, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
I was about to put up the (correctly named) page in the 2009 slot as the likely date on past history is 11-6-2009 when checking came across this little crystal ball. This far ahead it is pointless and (imho) misleading to readers to put up tables etc that will not get used for probably four years (the present majority will be sufficient to not need a vote of confidence call which is the only likely cause of an early GE) and Mediawiki markup for tables, etc. may change before then. I believe the present article includes some POV and is mostly hypothetical. Anything which is not confirmable and demonstrable now as a matter of record should be deleted, and the page moved to United Kingdom general election, 2009 which is the most likely target. -- Vamp: Willow 11:39, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
looking at the above and the posting date/time on requested moves, I'm doing this now. -- Vamp: Willow 11:41, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
There won't be 646 seats. The review of seats in England will recommend approx 534 seats (instead of 529) so there'll be around 651 seats at the election.
It is interesting that people are speculating an election in 2009 without mentioning the very real possibility of a "super Thursday" - the European Parliamentary Elections are set for 2009, as are the County Council elections in England. If Tony Blair, or indeed Gordon Brown, decides to call an election in 2009 there could be 2 national elections on the same day, as well as the local fights.
Other people are quite right to mention the boundary changes. These should be in place by 2009/10. In some areas, such as Cornwall and Lancashire, the Commission have added an extra seat, but in Merseyside and Manchester seats have been taken away. It's likely that the total number of seats across the UK will stay around 648-653 when all the seats are finalised. Wales has no change, although three seats are abolished and re-drawn. Northern Ireland has a new seat of "Antrim Coast And Glens" due.
Liam/Doktorb dok 06:19, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
There has obviously been some disagreement over the title before. Since this election could happen at any time up until 2010, so it could happen as soon as this year even, would it not be best to use a number to identify it? The Umpteenth UK general election, whatever number general election it is.
Actually there could be something in this. Until Blair/Brown calls the election, Wiki can't "crystal ball" in having a title like "2009/10", it's not encyclopedic. I suggest it stays with the 54th title until the election is called, then move it to the right date when the call is made. Makes sense to have a title explainging the 54th General Election until the right date is known.
I would not support moves to keep the name as 54th. doktorb | words 19:23, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
Deleted the following text - it reads as text written from the immediate perspective of 2005 which may not have much relevance either in this entry as all, or at least not in the Boundary Changes chpater. It could have its place in the 2005 article.
In the 2005 general election, in England, 72,544 more people (0.3%) voted for the Conservative party than the Labour party, and yet Labour returned 92 more seats in England than the Conservatives did. This is an example of how the First Past the Post electoral system used with the current constituencies distorts the result, currently in favour of the Labour party. Boundary changes may create a more equitable distribution of seats to votes, or alternatively create an advantage for the Conservatives an or the Liberal Democrats.
doktorb 15:30, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
Can we get rid of the polls please! Its far too soon for them to have any real relevence to the election, and as a clone of the data on www.electoralcalculus.co.uk they can be replaced with a link to that website for those who are interested in the data. -- Neo 18:31, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
Yesterday I posted confirmed calculations for the boundary changes only to find they have been deleted today. Can I ask why? Harry Hayfield 10:09, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
Ah, so what happens when the same calculations are available elsewhere online Harry Hayfield 18:55, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
There is still a shortage of refrences.-- 86.29.247.234 03:04, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
This article claims a 6.34% swing from Labour to Tory is needed for the Tories to gain a majority in the Commons yet this BBC article claims that, including boundary changes, the Tories would "still need a 9% or 10% swing to get an overall majority - rather than the 11% swing they need under the current rules." Are the BBC wrong? Is wikipedia right? What claim should be in the article?-- Johnbull 00:23, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Wondering what will happen to most of the current content of the article when the election is history, not a future event. Is anyone planning for this? How much will be worth preserving, eg in separate subtopic articles? Laurel Bush 10:44, 20 September 2006 (UTC).
As soon as a date is known, we will need an article with a title which includes the date. I suggest we do not move this article to the new title, because the title of this article is one that will be wanted again immediately after the now forthcoming election. Laurel Bush 09:18, 21 September 2006 (UTC).
I am thinking about "next election" as a link in other articles. How can we work now stop such links becoming links to an article about the wrong election? Laurel Bush 14:35, 16 October 2006 (UTC).
I believe there is is a commonly accepted numbering system (1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.) re elections to the Commons. Is the relevant number now a redirect to the current 'next election' article? Available as a simple or piped link? Laurel Bush 15:20, 16 October 2006 (UTC).
Laurel: Yes; there is a redirect at 54th United Kingdom general election. Personally, I would strongly recommend that incoming links use that redirect, so that they still link to the correct article after the election takes place. Probably best not to pipe so that the link doesn't date. For info, there are a few more incoming redirects:
The pattern for post-election article names is United Kingdom general election, 1910 (December) (there were two in 1910) There are only a few articles that will need to link directly to Next United Kingdom general election (they are mostly navigation box templates and generic electoral procedure articles) -- Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) ( Talk) 12:38, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Seems to me we should reconsider the idea of using "54th United Kingdom general election" as the article title. It would making an editor's life a lot easier. Laurel Bush 15:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)>
Many of Labour's MP's are actually Co-operative Party, a party that since 1918 has taken the Labour Whip and they do not run candidates against each other and yet they are to some extent a seperate party - the National Liberals are mentioned seperately to the Conservative Party in past elections in which they stood, surely it is an anomaly where they are mentioned seperately and the Liberals and SDP which were if anything more seperate than the National Liberals and Conservatives were and are mentioned together in past election articles - the statistics usually are presented this way but the actual numbers are out there and can be totted up for individual candidates. It's not that I am saying that they should be mentioned as 2 seperate parties but the anomaly bothers me.-- Lord of the Isles 19:44, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
Regarding Ann Widdecombe retiring, she had said she was going to retire at the next General Election but since on television and radio she has in her attacks on David Cameron's A List policy objected to the notion that as she puts it "some bimbo" from the A List might be put in to her fight her seat next time and that she was reconsidering, there are some signs that some senior Conservatives - especially ones from Cornerstone Group and Better Off Out and those who see the A List as being positive action who had been thinking of retiring are considering hanging on simply to block the entry of A List candidates. Not that I'm saying her name shouldn't be in, but it is possible she may announce she is changing her mind.-- Lord of the Isles 16:28, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Can I ask where it has been stated that George Galloway MP (Respect, Bethnal Green and Bow) has announced his retirement from the Commons? Harry Hayfield 16:42, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
I have pared off the boundary change stuff to Boundary change recommondations for the next UK general election to help keep this article within good size, er, boundaries =)...It was getting too large and I think this helps.
I have asked User:Harry Hayfield to consider cutting back the Target List as it makes the article appear unmanageable.
doktorb
words
deeds
07:08, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
I dont understand this - is the 'Winning Party' the notional winning party after the Boundary Changes came into effect? Because in the Lib Dem targets is Solihull. They won Solihull at the last election!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by TFoxton ( talk • contribs) .
I took the liberty of renaming this "Top 10 marginals" rather than "targets". The actual seats parties choose to target will depend on the selected candidates, performance in local elections, how "hard" or "soft" another party's vote is considered to be etc etc. These seats with tiny majorities are DEFINITELY marginal but they are not necessarily "targets". Esquimo 15:32, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Would it be possible to add an extra column with the sitting MP to the table? 217.42.218.78 ( talk) 11:38, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Announcing that a sitting MP is standing down is a formal thing in the Labour Party, and Tony Blair has not made such an announcement. Having John Burton say something is not good enough. I have therefore removed him from the list. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball and if Tony Blair has not announced he is standing down, then he cannot go on a list of MPs who have announced they are standing down. Fys. “ Ta fys aym”. 14:40, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Hay, welks, Tony Blair has finaly quit acording to Euronews. At last Gordon Brown has got the job and Des Browne is defence secatery!-- 86.29.247.234 02:34, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
This is an awful and rather ambiguous title, especially since this won't always be the next election. It should go back to United Kingdom general election, 2009/10 or something like that that actually makes sense. Jfing ers 88 03:12, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
doktorb words deeds 07:56, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Some details on the page, especially the target lists, are taken from the ukpollingreport website which has made estimates of the results in boundary changed constituencies. The "Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies" has just been published which is a more academic study. I'm going to be bold and change over to the information from the Media Guide, with a note that other estimates are available. Sam Blacketer 15:58, 17 Februaryg 2007 (UTC)
The article starts with "the next United Kingdom general election must be held on or before 3 June 2010"
I would be interested to know how that is the case. The 5 years starts from the date of the first meeting of Parliament, 11th May 2005. 5 years after the day would be Tuesday 11th May 2010. That would be the last day that the Prime Minister could ask Her Majesty to dissolve Parliament.
I believe an Election has to follow 17 days after the date of the Proclamation and the issue of the writs, which may not necessarily be the same day as the PM goes to the Queen.
Can someone please enlighten me on this? Biofoundationsoflanguage 12:33, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |