Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies/Style
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This document details guidelines for the formatting of constituency articles. They are not considered rules as such, but are provided to ensure that all articles of this type remain consistent.
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[edit] Article name
To ensure consistency and avoid confsion with other uses of the geographical names, it is suggested that the following suffixes are used for all constituency articles:
- (UK Parliament constituency) – for UK constitencies.
- (Scottish Parliament constituency) – for constituencies of the Scottish Parliament.
Article names should use and, not &.
[edit] Layout
The layout of constituency articles should be standardised to create a common theme. The infobox should be placed at the top right.
==Boundaries== ==History== ==Members of Parliament== ==Elections== ==See also== ==References== ==External links==
[edit] Infobox
There are two types of infoboxes in use in constituency articles, one for infoboxes with one map (Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and London) and one for infoboxes with two maps (rest of England).
[edit] One map
For constituencies with one map, use this:
{{UK constituency infobox alt|
| Name = Official constituency name
| Map = Image of constituency at 200px
| Type = Either 'County' or 'Borough' ('Burgh' for Scotland)
| Entity = What the constituency is shown in on the map - e.g Scotland/Wales/London/Northern Ireland
| DivisionType = What entity the constituency is in. e.g: [[Subdivisions of Scotland|Council areas]], [[Ceremonial counties of England|County]] for London etc. (see examples)
| Division = List of entities the constituency is in
| Year = Year of creation
| MP = Current MP
| Party = Party
| EP = European Parliament region
}}
Example:
{{UK constituency infobox alt|
| Name = Cardiff Central
| Map = [[Image:CardiffCentralParliamentaryConstituency.png|180px|Blaenau Gwent]]
| Type = Borough
| Entity = Wales
| DivisionType = [[Preserved counties of Wales|County]]
| Division = [[South Glamorgan]]
| Year = [[1918]]
| MP = [[Jenny Willott]]
| Party = [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]]
| EP = Wales
}}
See examples at Cardiff Central, East Lothian and Ealing Southall - /Progress
[edit] Two maps
{{UK constituency infobox|
|Name = Name of constituency
|Map1 = Name of map (of constituency)
|Map2 = Name of second map
|Entity = What the second map is
|Type = Type of constituency: 'County' or 'Borough'
|County = Ceremonial county the constituency is in
|Year = Year of creation
|MP = MP's name
|Party = Party
|EP = European Parliament region
}}
Entity sometimes differs from county - sometimes the constituency location is shown in non-ceremonial counties, e.g. Avon, Humberside Examples:
{{UK constituency infobox|
|Name = Newbury
|Map1 = Newbury
|Map2 = Berkshire
|Type = County
|Year = [[1885]]
|Entity = Berkshire
|County = Berkshire
|EP = South East England
|MP = [[Richard Benyon]]
|Party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
}}
{{UK constituency infobox|
| Name = Great Grimsby
| Map1 = GreatGrimsby
| Type = Borough
| Map2 = Humberside
| Entity = Humberside
| County = Lincolnshire
| Year = [[1295]]
| MP = [[Austin Mitchell]]
| Party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| EP = Yorkshire and the Humber
}}
| Great Grimsby Borough constituency |
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| Great Grimsby shown within Humberside, and Humberside shown within England | |
| Created: | 1295 |
| MP: | Austin Mitchell |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Lincolnshire |
| EP constituency: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
[edit] First few lines
The name of the constituency, and the parliament it belongs to (UK, Scottish, Welsh etc).
For infobox examples, see Newbury or Wokingham. The constituency is either a Borough constituency or a County constituency, adjust the second line as appropriate.
[edit] Sections
The following sections should be present at a bare minimum, preferably in the following order:
[edit] Boundaries
A brief description of the boundaries. If this section is short but can be expanded use {{sect-stub}}, otherwise, if there is little to mention (e.g. if the boundaries are already described in a separate District of Borough article) the boundaries can be described in the introductory section.
[edit] History
This section should be used to describe the history, demographics, and politics of the constituency, and any elections or note (close elections, resignations etc).
[edit] Members of Parliament
A listing of members should be given in chronological order. A table can be used, for example:
| Year | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | John Smith | Liberal Democrat |
| 1997 | Chris Smith | Labour |
| 2001 | John Brown | Conservative |
| 2005 | Jimmy Wales | Monster Raving Loony |
if the list is incomplete use {{expand list}} at the bottom.
[edit] Elections
See Template:Election box for more detail, the following is a brief overview:
Several templates are used to generate the election tables, taking this example.
| General Election XXXX: Constituency Name | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| A. N. Other Party | Mr Foo | 1,234 | 5.6 | +11.1 | |
| Labour | Joe Bloggs | 321 | 1.2 | −2.2 | |
| Majority | 18,449 | 44.5 | |||
| Turnout | 41,475 | 77.8 | +15.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | −0.2 | |||
[edit] Election box title
- {{Election box begin | title=[[UK general election, XXXX|General Election XXXX]]: Constituency Name}}
Give the year/type of the election and the name of the constituency (as given in the article title).
[edit] Election candidates
The templates allow parties to be given coloured sections Note the following when listing candidates:
- candidate – Use the format firstName lastName, for elections yet to be held order in alphabetical order by surname. For elections that have passed, order by descending number of votes.
- votes – Use commas to seperate each thousand mark. i.e. 1,234 not 1234.
- percentage – Do not put % after the number (it is implied by the columnheading).
- change – Use + or − (−) for each entry. Again do not use %.
[edit] Election box majority
For elections that have passed give the number of votes and size of the majority in percent.
[edit] Election box turnout
For elections that have passed give the number of votes cast, the percentage of the electorate that turned out, and the change in turnout from the last election.
[edit] Election results
Use one of the following depending on the election result:
{{Election box hold with party link}}
- winner – Name of the winning party.
- swing – Swing in the votes.
{{Election box gain with party link}}
- winner – Name of the winning party.
- loser – Party to lose the seat.
- swing – Swing in the votes.
[edit] Election box end
Finish the table using {{Election box end}}.
[edit] References
Please cite your sources.
[edit] Categories
All articles should be listed under one of:
and if limited in content use {{UK-constituency-stub}}.
