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Should more details be added?

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Rather than just list the individuals service as MPs, would it not be worth adding in additional information such as service in the cabinet and shadow cabinet. Equally should service in the Lords not be recorded? Christopher Soames for instance served in the cabinet of Margaret Thatcher when he was a member of the House of Lords, but you would not know that from looking at this article. Dunarc (talk) 21:34, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Churchill changed his party allegiance in September 1924"

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I think the above statement in a footnote under the sections outlining Churchill's spells as an MP had to be wrong and have changed it. I am aware there is debate as to exactly when Churchill rejoined the Conservatives, but if it was while he was MP for Epping, it cannot be before the end of October 1924 as he was only elected for the seat at the general election held on 29 October 1924. The main Winston Churchill article goes with November 1924 which is when he was appointed Chancellor and retook the Unionist Party (as the Conservatives were still often called) whip at Westminster, and so I have changed it to this. I have also changed the Constitutionalist to link to Constitutionalist (UK) an article covering the candidates who used the Constitutionalist label at the 1924 election (though as the article makes clear this was not really a formal Constitutionalist Party, but a label). Dunarc (talk) 21:41, 12 March 2020 (UTC) Amended by Dunarc (talk) 22:59, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]