Template:Did you know nominations/Cyril Townsend

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:29, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Cyril Townsend edit

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... that in 2006, Cyril Townsend defected to the Liberal Democrats, despite having served as a Conservative MP for 23 years?

5x expanded by BethNaught (talk). Self nominated at 12:33, 30 July 2014 (UTC).

The subject is notable and the article has been expanded more than 5x in the last week. The cited source supports the notion that he defected in 2006 and is formatted properly. The hook is interesting and of appropriate length, though I added a comma. Teemu08 (talk) 20:00, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

ALT1 ... that after serving as a Conservative MP for 23 years, Cyril Townsend defected to the Liberal Democrats in 2006? EEng (talk) 10:07, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Does that not imply (more than the original at least) that he defected while sitting as an MP? Or is that just me? BethNaught (talk) 11:15, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

I don't think it's worth worrying about, but you might like this better...

ALT2 ... that though he had served as a Conservative MP for 23 years, Cyril Townsend defected to the Liberal Democrats in 2006? EEng (talk)

Pluperfect tense is a good idea. Thanks, BethNaught (talk) 14:02, 2 August 2014 (UTC)