Wikipedia:Meetups/UK/General election, June 2017

General election, June 2017 in a nutshell:

Where?: Newspeak House 133 Bethnal Green Rd, London E2 7DG
Nearest tube - Bethnal Green
When?: 8-9 June 2017, 18:00-05:00
Point of contact: John Lubbock, WMUK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1419398211460956
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Cost: Free

About the event

The event will focus on editing Wikipedia pages about the election, political parties and politicians, especially newly-elected MPs.

How do I prepare?

Sign up here
Create a Wikipedia account - Special:UserLogin/signup
Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided), if you don't have a laptop please contact us about borrowing one.
Learn about editing if you like: Wikipedia:Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information

Refreshments will be provided

Agenda

18:00 - coffee, set up, and registration
18:30 - how to edit Wikipedia
22:00 - polls close, exit polls released
23:00 - first constituency results

Disability

This event is wheelchair accessible. If you need a disabled parking space please contact us in advance. Please tell us in advance if you need to have a hearing loop available.

Trainers

Edwardx (talk) 11:43, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Attendees

NewspeakHouse

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Probably, if some other people are going! the wub "?!" 16:43, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
See you there. --Jwslubbock (talk) 15:22, 5 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Will be there Eva.pascoe 20:41, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
I probably won't stay there all night but it'll be a good place to start and get coordinated. Andrew D. (talk) 07:47, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'll be there! Leutha (talk) 13:42, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Remote Attendees

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Seddon ^talk 19:23, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
LoopZilla (talk) 19:36, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Philafrenzy (talk) 01:09, 9 June 2017 (UTC) Took pictures today which I added to the main article[reply]

Articles to be edited

Articles to be created

PLEASE resist the temptation to start drafts now - wait until the evening of the editathon!

From MPs not standing for re-election, we know that at least 31 seats will have new MPs. Each constituency page on Wikipedia has a list of who is standing in 2017. Some of these will be safe Tory or Labour seats, so we can confidently predict who will be elected. Once we have the exit polling data at 10pm, we will have an even better idea of who some of these new MPs will be.

However, they won't be notable in Wikipedia terms until the constituency result is declared, but we can create an article draft.

For example, for Liverpool Walton, Steve Rotheram has stood down as he is now the mayor of Liverpool. In 2015, Labour won 81.3% of the vote. We can be confident that Labour's PPC, Dan Carden, will be elected, so we can start Draft:Dan Carden, and once the result is in, move it to mainspace.

Safe seats

Bim Afolami - see Hitchin and Harpenden (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Tory/Labour 57/21% in 2015)
Alex Burghart - see Brentwood and Ongar (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Tory/UKIP 59/17% in 2015) - started on 18 May, probably already notable as a historian
Dan Carden - see Liverpool Walton (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Labour/UKIP 81/9% in 2015)
Leo Docherty - see Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Tory/Labour 51/18% in 2015)
Julia Dockerill - see Hornchurch and Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)#Election_results (Tory/UKIP 49/25% in 2015)
Emma Hardy (politician) - see Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Labour/UKIP 49/20% in 2015)
Gillian Keegan - see Chichester (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Tory/UKIP 58/15% in 2015)
David Linden (politician) - see Glasgow East (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections (SNP/Labour 57/32% in 2015)
Rachel Maclean (politician) - see Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Tory/Labour 47/31% in 2015)
Alex Norris - see Nottingham North (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Labour/Tory 55/21% in 2015)
Stephanie Peacock (politician) - see Barnsley East (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Labour/UKIP 55/24% in 2015)
Laura Pidcock - see North West Durham (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Labour/Tory 47/23% in 2015)
Joanne Platt - see Leigh (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Labour/Tory 54/23% in 2015)
Ellie Reeves - see Lewisham West and Penge (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Labour/Tory 51/24% in 2015)
Robert Seely - see Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Tory/UKIP 41/21% in 2015)
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi - see Slough (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Labour/Tory 49/33% in 2015)
Liz Twist - see Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Labour/Tory 49/18% in 2015)

Somewhat marginal

Draft:Tracy Harvey (politician) - see Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Labour/Tory 42/37% in 2015)
Mike Hill (British politician) - see Hartlepool (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Labour/UKIP 36/28% in 2015)

Marginal

Draft:Sue McGuire - see Southport (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Lib Dem/Tory 31/28% in 2015)
Eleanor Smith (politician) - see Wolverhampton South West (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s (Labour/Tory 43/41% in 2015)