Talk:United Kingdom general election, 1966

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[edit] Old comments

The results are wrong - the number of MPs appears to be that for the 1951 General election. And until 1974 the Ulster Unionist MPs were part of the Conservatives and should be listed with them.

Labour 364 seats, Conservatives 253 seats, Liberals 12 seats, Republican Labour 1. Labour majority of 98. Harry Hayfield 21:46, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Can someone add the actual date in 1966 that this election occurred? I think that would be useful information, and it's not here. Moncrief 08:58, Mar 24, 2004 (UTC)
The 1966 General Election was held on 31st March 1966 Harry Hayfield 21:46, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Party colours

I would like to know if there is some means of party colours in text. For instance Labour comes up red, Conservatives come up blue and Liberals come up orange. Harry Hayfield 21:47, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

It could be done, but I don't think it would be a good idea - it would be likely to make it difficult to read. That's why we've chosen a system for the tables where a small box to the left of the party name indicates their colour. Warofdreams talk 02:05, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for that. In that case, might the following be an idea? (taking the example of Wolverhampton North East). What I am trying for is box party colour box, name of constituency, Result with percentage and change, Winning Party and Status, Swing Harry Hayfield 09:44, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Something like this? Warofdreams talk 14:09, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Constituency	Winning party		Result			Swing
			Votes	%	Change
Anytown		Monster Raving Loony gain	15,000	33.3	+13.3	+26.7

That is precisely what I meant! Thanks Harry Hayfield 09:09, 17 October 2006 (UTC)