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A fact from List of deaths of candidates during general elections of the United Kingdom appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 June 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that eight candidates have died fighting British general elections since 1918?

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Death of speaker[edit]

"If the deceased candidate is the Speaker of the United Kingdom seeking re-election the election must be stopped immediately". The entire election of all 500+ candidates, or just the one constituency? If the former it needs to be clearer and given a reference, if the latter then how is this case different? -- John of Reading (talk) 04:10, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The speaker doesn't stand for a party. But the party rules, rather than the independent rules apparently apply.

94.192.59.93 (talk) 18:07, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Expand article, perhaps?[edit]

Should this article be expanded to all countries?

In the United States for instance, there are at least 6 instances of candidates who died and still were elected. One just recently. Here is a short list:

Mel Carnahan - Missouri - 2000
Patsy Mink - Hawaii - 2002
Harry Stonebraker - Missouri - 2009
Carl Geary - Tennessee - 2010
Jenny Oropeza - California - 2010
David Andahl - North Dakota - 2020

Dhrm77 (talk) 22:01, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]