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The diagram showing the makeup of the House of Commons is now out of date as it doesn't include Reform Party (since Lee Anderson's defection on 11th March 2024). I have an updated SVG file but don't seem to have permission to replace the image Beachy ( talk) 12:00, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
The diagram showing the number of MPs from each party is incorrect - Plaid Cymru is shown as having 8 members instead of 3, and the DUP have been left out completely. MFlet1 ( talk) 15:19, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Withdrawn. Clearly no consensus to move below. ( closed by non-admin page mover) estar8806 ( talk) ★ 00:39, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
– Looking through Category:National lower houses there is no clear consistency as whether to use [Legislative body] of [Country] or [Legislative body] (Country). However, to me it looks like most of those articles do use [Body] (Country) format. And I'm going to undertake an effort to have most moved to that format unless A) Their name is unambiguous; or B) There's a different argument supporting retention of the "of (Country)".
For this specific request, there is other evidence that would support this. Both of their respective speakers exist at Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) and Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada). Additionally, the parenthetical disambiguator allows these links to be more easily WP:PIPED. estar8806 ( talk) ★ 12:04, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
It writes that there is one Reform UK MP in Parliament but that is not the case at all, there are 0 Reform UK MPs in the House of Commons 78.180.138.178 ( talk) 11:07, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
Given that the deputy speakers don't take part in partisan politics such as votes, I think it would be more appropriate to group them under the "presiding officer" heading of the political groups section to better reflect party strengths in the house. This would mean either;
Additionally, the corresponding circles in the composition diagram would be moved to a vertical line to the left of the speaker. They could either be left in party colours (A), or recoloured to a neutral "deputy speaker" colour (my preference).
Mockups for options 1, 2, and 3 are shown below. Comments welcome.
Saltywalrusprkl ( talk) 12:27, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
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The diagram showing the makeup of the House of Commons is now out of date as it doesn't include Reform Party (since Lee Anderson's defection on 11th March 2024). I have an updated SVG file but don't seem to have permission to replace the image Beachy ( talk) 12:00, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
The diagram showing the number of MPs from each party is incorrect - Plaid Cymru is shown as having 8 members instead of 3, and the DUP have been left out completely. MFlet1 ( talk) 15:19, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Withdrawn. Clearly no consensus to move below. ( closed by non-admin page mover) estar8806 ( talk) ★ 00:39, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
– Looking through Category:National lower houses there is no clear consistency as whether to use [Legislative body] of [Country] or [Legislative body] (Country). However, to me it looks like most of those articles do use [Body] (Country) format. And I'm going to undertake an effort to have most moved to that format unless A) Their name is unambiguous; or B) There's a different argument supporting retention of the "of (Country)".
For this specific request, there is other evidence that would support this. Both of their respective speakers exist at Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) and Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada). Additionally, the parenthetical disambiguator allows these links to be more easily WP:PIPED. estar8806 ( talk) ★ 12:04, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
It writes that there is one Reform UK MP in Parliament but that is not the case at all, there are 0 Reform UK MPs in the House of Commons 78.180.138.178 ( talk) 11:07, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
Given that the deputy speakers don't take part in partisan politics such as votes, I think it would be more appropriate to group them under the "presiding officer" heading of the political groups section to better reflect party strengths in the house. This would mean either;
Additionally, the corresponding circles in the composition diagram would be moved to a vertical line to the left of the speaker. They could either be left in party colours (A), or recoloured to a neutral "deputy speaker" colour (my preference).
Mockups for options 1, 2, and 3 are shown below. Comments welcome.
Saltywalrusprkl ( talk) 12:27, 8 May 2024 (UTC)