Template talk:United Kingdom parliamentary election, 2005
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The logos are certainly attractive, but being different heights, the table rows are forced to also be of different heights, and we don't have them for every party (indeed, it's unclear whether some of the parties even have logos). Is there a way around this? Another problem is the insertion of "Party" into the descriptions of many groups, rendering the table more difficult to scan quickly, and there also seems to have been some loss of information - I've reinserted groups with 500 - 1000 votes and independents, but some changes in the votes from the last election also seem to have gone missing. Warofdreams talk 01:26, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cut-off point
Might I suggest that unless a party wins an MP, the cutoff point for inclusion in tables is 0.1% Harry Hayfield 13:18, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
- I've included all parties for earlier elections, and all parties winning 500 votes or more in recent elections, which more parties have contested. This allows us, for instance, to follow the early progress of Plaid Cymru or the long decline of the CPGB. Warofdreams talk 16:56, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Seats contested
It would be nice to add a column for the number of seats contested by a party. For all but the top 3, it would add a lot of perspective. jnestorius(talk) 23:35, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
- A good suggestion. --Woodgreener 23:30, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
I think it would be better to include brackets along with the 'seats' column. For example, the column heading should read "Seats (contested)" whilst the results for a party - for example, the Democratic Unionists would read "9 (18)".
[edit] Addition to table
I think the results table should also include a column denoting the party leader at the time, as the Northern Ireland pages (2003 and 2007) do. This gives people a bigger idea of the personalities and issues at hand, amongst other things. For example, a column should be added between 'Party' and 'seats', with columns stating (in order); 'Tony Blair', 'Michael Howard', 'Charles Kennedy', 'Roger Knapman', 'Alex Salmond', '(? for Greens)', 'Ian Paisley', etc. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.29.216.84 (talk) 12:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
