Talk:Salford and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)

Reality Party

Berry declared he would stand as the Reality Party candidate which he can't now be. The fact that he can't stand for the RP doesn't make him automatically an independent. I think we should leave him out and wait for more information from Berry or the party as to what they intend to do. The paragraph below the infobox summarises the current position. The fact the neither Berry nor the party have made any comment about their intentions since the EC deadline would suggest that they are not entirely serious about rectifying the situation. There's also confusion about the candidates they intend to stand as mentioned in the party's article. Frinton100 (talk) 16:33, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

My feeling is that there's a ridiculously low bar to being included as an independent - other constituencies have people included based on a blog post entry or letter to the local newspaper. It's hard to require a higher standard without excluding legitimate candidates. So I think it's a little unfair to leave Bez out of the list: their statements so far have been "discussing with the EC" (indy). They appear to still be campaigning based on their facebook page.

I've sent the party a tweet and an email asking them to make a statement in public. I guess we'll see what happens. --h2g2bob (talk) 14:45, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Email reply said "We are still standing... just waiting for Electoral commission to get back to us... we have made facebook statements, more soon...". Can't see any strong statements about this on their facebook page.

If it's only the party name that stops us listing Bez, we could leave that column blank (no text). --h2g2bob (talk) 00:26, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

I think we should stick with him off the list but with the explanatory paragraph. The problem with leaving the "party" column blank is it implies a "no description" candidate - akin to being an Independent - so I don't see it would make any difference. Incidentally, did they give you any clarification as to where Jackie Anderson intends to stand - she is the candidate listed on their website for a non-existent constituency? I wonder if they mean Worsley & Eccles South for her. Frinton100 (talk) 21:28, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

I don't think a blank party name would imply independent, although we could write "?" or "Unknown" in needed. I'm mostly worried about giving undue weight to the other candidates - not everyone will check the notes below. And we have no reason to think that he won't be standing at all.

I haven't asked the Reality Party to clarify further (btw, that email quote, including ellipsis, is the full email). But YourNextMP lists Jackie Anderson as standing in Worsley and Eccles South, based on a local news article. --h2g2bob (talk) 02:22, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

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