Deletion of Ryan Stephenson

Comment: I suggest .  It was my mistake, I created the article early that night when people thought that he had won
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Snowball clause (WP:SNOW)

Comment: Lost the by-election, so fails 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN)

Comment: or '''Redirect''' Per  and above
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NPOL)

Comment: Clearly fails 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NPOL)

Comment: without prejudice against the recreation of a '''redirect''' afterward (but delete first so that this isn't available in the edit history to be revert-warred over). Neither being a non-winning candidate in a by-election nor serving on a local council constitute automatic notability freebies under , but the article is not sourced even remotely close to well enough to earn him special treatment over and above other unsuccessful parliamentary candidates or local councillors. Essentially somebody jumped the gun here because it ''looked'' like he had a good chance of winning — but the fact that he ''didn't'' win in the end is precisely why we ''wait'' until the count is ''done'' before we start an article about the ''actual'' winner
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NPOL)