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One of three
[edit]The CP is one of THREE, not two main parties. --95.24.76.0 (talk) 14:45, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- This sounds like it would give disproportionate weight to one of the other parties; based on this edit, I assume you mean the Lib Dems. In which case I'd say, no – there are two main parties as parliamentary seats are what count. — Czello (music) 14:51, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Within the EU, the UK is one of the largest recipients of research funding in the European Union
[edit]Wouldn't it be time to write 'was'? Regards, ULF 2001:4C80:40:493:9AEE:CBFF:FEE7:FBAD (talk) 09:08, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
- Done — Czello (music) 09:11, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
Marriage equality
[edit]"According to an estimation of the right-wing Bow Group think-tank, in 2013 the Conservative Party lost 35–40% of its membership due to the Same Sex Marriage Bill."
This is a baseless assertion. It should be deleted.
Citation link is dead, and Bow Group provides no data to ground this claim. "Evidence" comes from claimed "canvassing" of 100 local associations, typically one per constituency. UK has over 600 constituencies.
Same group found that average age of Conservative Party members is 72.
If not deleted, it should be contextualized:
"The right-wing Bow Group think tank claimed the Conservative Party lost 35–40% of its membership due to the Same Sex Marriage Bill in 2013. It based the claim on a canvassing of a fraction of local associations; it did not conduct a poll. The same group stated in 2017 that the average age of a Conservative Party member may be 72."
https://www.bowgroup.org/the-bow-group-finds-that-the-average-age-of-a-conservative-party-member-is-72/ 108.51.52.223 (talk) 13:01, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
== Policies section could be replaced with a Recent Policies section. ==
The policies section contains information from a decade or more ago. A soultion to this could be changing the ''Policies'' section to ''Modern policies'', focusing on the four recent Conservative manifestos. 2A0A:EF40:E4A:E101:319F:4C4A:6D08:9EEC (talk) 22:06, 11 June 2024 (UTC)( Blocked sockpuppet of Lam312321321, see investigation)
- That would be counter to the WP:RECENTISM guideline. Helper201 (talk) 03:36, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
Directly Elected Mayors Count
[edit]The article lists 2 Conservative mayors but there is only 1 92.40.218.87 (talk) 22:53, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 24 July 2024
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Change the opening to The party sits on the centre-right to right-wing of the British political spectrum. This sounds better and in line with other poltcial party pages.
This page might do with following Labour Party and trimming some bloated sections down. 2A0A:EF40:EFE:5801:BC2E:C25C:64C3:F0A0 (talk) 16:51, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: The greater weight of reliable sources supports the term "right-wing", thus it appears first. Cambial — foliar❧ 17:03, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- This might be confusing, as other pages on here refer to the party as always centre-right before right-wing. 2A0A:EF40:EFE:5801:BC2E:C25C:64C3:F0A0 (talk) 17:06, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- There's no reason that might be confusing. But your premise is inaccurate; several other pages refer to it as 'right-wing' before 'centre-right'. Cambial — foliar❧ 17:12, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- What pages are those? 2A0A:EF40:EFE:5801:BC2E:C25C:64C3:F0A0 (talk) 17:15, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- See, for example, Electoral history of the Conservative Party (UK). But regardless, there's no reason this might be a source of confusion, and 'other stuff'-type arguments aren't relevant. Cambial — foliar❧ 17:20, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- I would argue it would be better as 'centre-right to right-wing'. Also, that page you listed isn't cited at the top. 2A0A:EF40:EFE:5801:BC2E:C25C:64C3:F0A0 (talk) 17:22, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Our style manual for the lead section of articles indicates that where citations are already in the body, having the same citations in the lead is not a necessity. Cambial — foliar❧ 17:26, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- I would argue it would be better as 'centre-right to right-wing'. Also, that page you listed isn't cited at the top. 2A0A:EF40:EFE:5801:BC2E:C25C:64C3:F0A0 (talk) 17:22, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- See, for example, Electoral history of the Conservative Party (UK). But regardless, there's no reason this might be a source of confusion, and 'other stuff'-type arguments aren't relevant. Cambial — foliar❧ 17:20, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- What pages are those? 2A0A:EF40:EFE:5801:BC2E:C25C:64C3:F0A0 (talk) 17:15, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- There's no reason that might be confusing. But your premise is inaccurate; several other pages refer to it as 'right-wing' before 'centre-right'. Cambial — foliar❧ 17:12, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- This might be confusing, as other pages on here refer to the party as always centre-right before right-wing. 2A0A:EF40:EFE:5801:BC2E:C25C:64C3:F0A0 (talk) 17:06, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Note that this thread has been mentioned at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lam312321321#25 July 2024. As with the struck thread higher up this page, Lam312 appears to be using the 2A0A:EF40:* IP range to evade their block and edit or request changes to Conservative-related articles. Belbury (talk) 16:09, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
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