Talk:2005 United Kingdom general election/Archive 2

message: Totalling up the number of candidates from each party and the independents gives 3062, while the Candidates by Party source says there are 3,376 people standing for MP. The figures on the page for some parties (notably the three main parties) are also about 30 less than on this page. I know some are coalitions (e.g. Labour, Lab+Coop), but it still doesn't appear to add up. Am I just getting confused over the numbers here? Talrias (t | e | c) 20:05, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is that there's no authoritative list of candidates. The Press Association has a list but it has many omissions. I wouldn't get hung up about it just yet - it will sort itself out when the results are declared. Dbiv 21:31, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks! Talrias (t | e | c) 21:49, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Widely varying numbers 

message: Why are the Northern Ireland results not in while the rest of the results are in?  I'm interested in how Sinn Fein did.  Votail Sinn Fein!!
:The Northern Ireland results aren't announced until the afternoon/evening on the day following the election. Mallocks 11:12, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The count doesn't begin until the start of the following morning. See this BBC News story for instance. There are recent precedents - in 1992 if I remember correctly the four Belfast seats and North Down counted on the night, as did the by-elections in North Down (1995) and South Antrim (2000). There may be pressure for this to change. Timrollpickering 11:20, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  NORTHERN IRELAND 

message: The party colour-space can get a bit crowded, and most partys have more than one colour associated with them.
I think the tables would be easier to read, and nicer if we did something like this:
ID	Constituency          	Winner                  	Second place            	Notes
1 	Aberavon              	Labour (-3.0%)          	Liberal Democrat (+4.0%)	
9 	Alyn and Deeside      	Labour (-3.5%)          	Conservative (-1.1%)    	
70	Blaenau Gwent         	Independent (+58.2%)    	Labour (-39.7%)         	
88	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat (+8.0%)	Conservative (-0.2%)    	
Note that this also makes the Conservative vote easy to read; black-on-blue is not a good contrast.
If there is support for this, I can write a Perl program to put in the colors automatically without too many problems.
WikianJim 11:45, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  sugestion for colours... 

message: Excluding Staffordshire South, I know the last seat to be declared was Mid Ulster (Martin MCGuinness, Sinn Fein). However, what time was it declared? The latest possible is Saturday, 7 May, 2005, 16:14 UK (dateline of a BBC story mentioning this). tompw 16:17, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Harlow was the last seat, declared on Saturday due to another recount and tired counters. However I'm not sure what time it was. Timrollpickering 16:27, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: About 11am, I think; haven't found an exact time, but 11-11.30 looks likely. (BBC results updated 11.31). Shimgray 16:35, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Harlow declared at 11:30 exactly. Dbiv 17:38, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time of last seat?