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Particularly for former MPs who have short (stub) articles. Who's Who is a good place to find basic information for adding to an article - it may be available online for free via your local library.—TrottieTrue (talk) 12:08, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Identify pages that need infoboxes by adding |needs-infobox=yes to the project banner.
All MPs past and present should have infoboxes - this is mainly an issue for those who served several decades ago or longer
Add infoboxes to any articles appearing in this category.
Correct any infoboxes which don't have "Member of Parliament” hyperlinked at the top. This seems to have occurred because "constituencyMP" is used as a field instead of "office". Replace "constituencyMP" with | office = [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[seat name (UK Parliament constituency)|seat name]]. Remember to number "office" if the person has multiple offices in the box.
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Historical local election results are lacking from many articles. I've added 2014 and 2018 results for Westminster City Council, but there's virtually nothing pre-dating that for Westminster. It seems quite hit and miss as to whether historical results will be available for other councils. I think metropolitan boroughs (ie. London and Manchester) are often covered more comprehensively - Islington has results for 1998, I think. These historic results are often of interest for the high-profile figures who contested those elections. Local election results for years gone by are available online (Andrew Teale, Elections Centre and the London Datastore sites being notable sources) and could be transcribed here. I think the London councils might be a first goal to complete.--TrottieTrue (talk) 01:11, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Add referenced dates of birth from reliable sources for serving MPs etc - a number of MPs elected in 2019 have no DOB on their article.
Add referenced dates of birth from reliable sources to the article List of living former United Kingdom MPs, also checking the subject's article has a citation for the DOB.
Specific requests
Help with formatting on List of Welsh Assembly by-elections I cant create a box for Assembly by elections to match regional changes. I think they would look better if they where both in smart tidy boxes
Urgently need to include new content from Labour in office 1997-2010, and Labour under their former leader, Ed Miliband.
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Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits - chiefly interested in wards/ constituencies, and the use if Infoboxes on them and biographies
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