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When I created this article the 1945 general election seemed like a reasonable cut-off point. I am not in principle opposed to extending it further back than this, but we could run into problems. There were a number of diverse candidates elected from fringe parties during the war, and going slightly further back you could run into problems putting party labels on some candidates during the National Governments of the 1930s, and with the coalition govt. in 1918. PatGallacher 00:21, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
The current article title is a little confusing; it could include MPs who stood for major parties but were not elected. It also excludes the Northern Ireland MPs who are now listed. How about changing the title to List of UK minor party and independent MPs? Any other ideas? Warofdreams talk 11:03, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Walter Runciman St Ives National
This seems bizarre - Runciman was one of the Liberal National Cabinet Ministers at this point. What basis is there for listing him as merely a National? (His election was unopposed.) Timrollpickering 14:15, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
The list has O'Connor being returned as MP for Liverpool Scotland in 1847. However the seat was not created until 1885 and there is no record of him being elected for Liverpool either. So either we need to know which constituency he was actually elected to, if at all or he needs to be removed from the list. Galloglass 07:26, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Please see Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)#MacLeod for discussion of discrepencies between that article and this one. Timrollpickering 03:55, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
While it is factual to say that Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and not Great Britain, it is also true that "British" is a demonym for all things related to the UK. As such I propose that this section is retitled "Great Britain (excluding Northern Ireland)". 195.171.25.206 ( talk) 15:05, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Might it be worth merging the two sections and therefore create on United Kingdom list, as the title of the article would suggest? Nerdfighter Reed 10:40, 15 January 2017 (GMT)
Regarding this edit, Sylvia Hermon does not belong in the "Great Britain" section of this page. She is listed in the "Northern Ireland" section because her constituency is in Northern Ireland. Yes, she is a member of the UK parliament, but everyone listed on this page was elected to the UK parliament. The page is divided into sections for Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and Ireland (for pre-1922 MPs), because the major parties in Great Britain don't usually contest elections in Northern Ireland, nor vice versa. -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:00, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
The article describes the Liberal Unionists as a forerunner of the Liberal Democrats. This is not the case. They split from the old Liberal Party and eventually merged with the Conservative Party (giving them the Unionist part of their name). The forerunners for the Liberal Democrats should be the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party. 46.233.82.125 ( talk) 16:51, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
Should they still be included on this page, since they have their own page for MPs? 2601:249:9301:D570:F833:C3AF:F37D:5715 ( talk) 02:05, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
I can't see the criteria to count as a minor party. Minor party#United_Kingdom has a number of parties not listed here. Banak ( talk) 20:32, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
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When I created this article the 1945 general election seemed like a reasonable cut-off point. I am not in principle opposed to extending it further back than this, but we could run into problems. There were a number of diverse candidates elected from fringe parties during the war, and going slightly further back you could run into problems putting party labels on some candidates during the National Governments of the 1930s, and with the coalition govt. in 1918. PatGallacher 00:21, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
The current article title is a little confusing; it could include MPs who stood for major parties but were not elected. It also excludes the Northern Ireland MPs who are now listed. How about changing the title to List of UK minor party and independent MPs? Any other ideas? Warofdreams talk 11:03, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Walter Runciman St Ives National
This seems bizarre - Runciman was one of the Liberal National Cabinet Ministers at this point. What basis is there for listing him as merely a National? (His election was unopposed.) Timrollpickering 14:15, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
The list has O'Connor being returned as MP for Liverpool Scotland in 1847. However the seat was not created until 1885 and there is no record of him being elected for Liverpool either. So either we need to know which constituency he was actually elected to, if at all or he needs to be removed from the list. Galloglass 07:26, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Please see Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)#MacLeod for discussion of discrepencies between that article and this one. Timrollpickering 03:55, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
While it is factual to say that Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and not Great Britain, it is also true that "British" is a demonym for all things related to the UK. As such I propose that this section is retitled "Great Britain (excluding Northern Ireland)". 195.171.25.206 ( talk) 15:05, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Might it be worth merging the two sections and therefore create on United Kingdom list, as the title of the article would suggest? Nerdfighter Reed 10:40, 15 January 2017 (GMT)
Regarding this edit, Sylvia Hermon does not belong in the "Great Britain" section of this page. She is listed in the "Northern Ireland" section because her constituency is in Northern Ireland. Yes, she is a member of the UK parliament, but everyone listed on this page was elected to the UK parliament. The page is divided into sections for Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and Ireland (for pre-1922 MPs), because the major parties in Great Britain don't usually contest elections in Northern Ireland, nor vice versa. -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:00, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
The article describes the Liberal Unionists as a forerunner of the Liberal Democrats. This is not the case. They split from the old Liberal Party and eventually merged with the Conservative Party (giving them the Unionist part of their name). The forerunners for the Liberal Democrats should be the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party. 46.233.82.125 ( talk) 16:51, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
Should they still be included on this page, since they have their own page for MPs? 2601:249:9301:D570:F833:C3AF:F37D:5715 ( talk) 02:05, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
I can't see the criteria to count as a minor party. Minor party#United_Kingdom has a number of parties not listed here. Banak ( talk) 20:32, 9 July 2024 (UTC)