Talk:List of parties contesting the 2005 United Kingdom general election

message: It's clear that Respect should be part of "current representation at Westminster". They are listed as such on the official parliament website. This is the authority on what parties are in Parliament! Talrias (t | e | c) 12:09, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Parliament.uk states that he represents Respect at westminster. Is there a source for the quote about "independent Labour"? -- 62.255.241.252 10:06, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Gslloway actually seems to have avoided giving quotes about which party he represents.  There are numerous references to him as independent Labour - including some from the RESPECT site - and many more just saying "independent".  The only quote relevant to his party affiliation I can find is http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,9061,1069446,00.html where he said he was "prepared" to stand as an independent.  He hasn't ever said that he is a RESPECT MP, although RESPECT now claim he is.  To my mind, it would seem fairer and more simple to say that he is variously described as "Independent" or "RESPECT" and is standing for RESPECT. Warofdreams 11:54, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem could be avoided altogether by renaming the section "Parties that won seats in the 2001 election", which is the best guide to whether they will win seats this time out, which is, after all, why the parties are grouped into separate sections in the first place. sjorford →•← 14:43, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Position of RESPECT 

message: I've put every party which looks vauguely English into the appropriate section (generaly I just took any thing with 'England' in the name, and things with an English sounding placename). Can someone check up that I haven't made any stupid mistakes here please :) 
Also, can anyone suggest an easy way of making the list a little more comprehensible, as it seems a little silly in some ways to list the Liberal Party in the same section as (for example) the Publican Party when one came second in a seat at the last election, and I've never even heard of the other.
Ideally any method would be easy to check and verify, I was thinking if a party has seats on a local council, but that strikes me as being a hell of a lot of work. --Neo 11:36, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)
*I think that would be a lot of work.  I'll try to do it by the number of seats in which they are standing. Warofdreams 15:45, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Sorting

message: Consistency is important. The article is led by the Tories, Labour and the Lib Dems under the heading "Nationwide parties" and this is confusing when earlier it refers to listing parties by nation. I'd be happy if nation was used in the opening section if this heading was changed, but as it was (before my edit) is confusing. Talrias (t | e | c) 10:11, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've substituted a more accurate section title, but it's not very snappy - have you got any better ideas? Warofdreams 18:35, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hmmm, I think the best course is to change it back to "nation" and change the title to use "countrywide". In the UK's case, nation is distinct from countrywide - I think a note explaining this might be appropriate. What do you think of this? Talrias (t | e | c) 19:32, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That might work - I think the problem is that with the exception of the Conservatives and the Rainbow Dream Ticket group, none of the groups are standing in Northern Ireland, so they're not really UK-wide.  Warofdreams 09:42, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  How about just getting rid of the top section entirely then and put each party in the appropriate heading for the different nations of the UK (obviously they would have to be repeated). The number of seats can then be the number of seats they are entering for that area. Talrias (t | e | c) 12:59, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Region/nation 

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