Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elwyn Watkins
Watkins is more than just a (former) parliamentary candidate. He is responsible for challenging the general election result which found an MP guilty of a criminal offence and voided the MPs election, prompting their removal as an MP and a by-election. This is far from a regular occurrence, the last time an election was voided like this was in 1997 and it was http://news.sky.com/skynews/Article/201009115795656 under an election law that had not been used in 99 years. He was of course the target of the statements which the court found were illegal. I suggest he meets the criteria set out at  regarding candidates: ...such people can still be notable if they meet the primary notability criterion of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article
— User:Adambro, 15:48, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:POLITICIAN (Wikipedia:Notability)