Talk:Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)

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William or McNabb?[edit]

I have seen this being edited several times. I feel that it should be William that is listed on Wikipedia instead of McNabb because this is what the statement of persons nominated defines. Whereas others have edited it to read McNabb as this is what the candidate goes by. What are peoples thoughts - Going by what the statement of persons nominated defines or what the candidate themselves goes by? OrkneyLad1996 (talk) 11:25, 11 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think common names probably beat 'official' names in this cases. As noted in the edit history, his campaign website [[1]] uses McNabb, as does the BBC candidate page [[2]]. I see your point about having a uniform rule, but whether this relates to the SOPN or a reliable news source should be decided. PinkPanda272 (talk) 20:13, 11 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for starting this thread. I've not seen any paper election material, but his online presence encourages people to "Vote McNabb" (see links here: [[3]]). He is going by one of the first names listed on the statement of persons nominated, just not the very first one. People use Wikipedia as a source. I think it would be confusing to list one candidate by a different name to what they're campaigning with. The only way round it would be to list each candidate by their full name, but I don't think that's necessary. C1614 (talk) 20:21, 11 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"A very slim Labour majority"[edit]

In the section talking about the new seat having "a very slim Labour majority" due to boundary changes, would it not be better to say "notionally have a very slim Labour majority" as predicting what results on new boundaries is not an exact science and such examples are usually called "notional" majorities. Dunarc (talk) 20:34, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]