Talk:Hannah Spencer

Misinformation

There is a case for omitting the details of misinformation rather than promulgating them permanently here. Jontel (talk) 07:12, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

It should be more accurately described as disinformation, because a lot of it is demonstrably untrue and created to be spread, and yes, it should very much be kept off the page, unexcept in the form of secondary sources debunking it. Nick Cooper (talk) 14:55, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Horses?

I've just removed: "She spent her early life living in Kensington on Eaton Green, where she owned 2 show horses which she rode weekly. When asked if she considered herself northern or southern, Spencer replied "it's not where you come from it's how much you have" which was added by ~2026-12916-92. I don't see this supported in the sources. Boredintheevening (talk) 10:29, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

widely considered

We can't say it's been widely considered a significant blow yet, it's been hours since the election we don't know how this actually effects labours goals this seems like opinion ~2026-12947-43 (talk) 10:53, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

History merge please

This page history of Draft:Hannah Spencer should be merged with Hannah Spencer. It is clear from Hannah Spencer: Revision history that text in the version of 03:51, 27 February 2026 (UTC) was adapted from Draft:Hannah Spencer.

The talk page histories should also be merged.-- Toddy1 (talk) 11:14, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Just for the record, the article I created was not based on the earlier draft, which I didn't know about. Obviously merging the texts would be good though. I'll try to work on that. Alarichall (talk) 16:03, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

OK, I have merged all the material from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Hannah_Spencer to Hannah Spencer. I don't have time at this moment to try to merge the talk pages, but can try later. Alarichall (talk) 16:22, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

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Hannah Spencer

• ... that the first Green MP to win a UK byelection (pictured) qualified as a plasterer the same week?
• ALT1: ... that the first Green MP to win a UK byelection (pictured) qualified as a plasterer the same month?
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Avtar Singh Sohal
  • Comment: Driveby nom, with apologies if I've missed any major contributors. Official portraits of MPs are usually released under a CC-BY-SA license; one for Sarah Pochin, who won in May, was released eight days later. Also, this may potentially be useful for the IWD set - courtesy ping to @Z1720:.

Created by Alarichall (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 372 past nominations.

Launchballer 13:33, 27 February 2026 (UTC).

• She said in her speech at the declaration that she qualified as a plasterer 2 weeks before. — Arwel Parry (talk) 23:36, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Said "last week" on 23 February, so changed to 'month'.--Launchballer 23:40, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

• Article is new enough, long enough, neutral and sourced. Hook is short enough and interesting. Image is good quality and has "Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication" license. Two issues: (1) a second QPQ is needed, and (2) the article says she "she also completed training as a plasterer" in February -- but the hook says she "qualified as a plaster" -- unclear if completing training and qualifying are the same thing. If these things are cleared up, I will approve. Cbl62 (talk) 10:01, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Avtar Singh Sohal is a double nom and counts as two QPQs. I swapped the source for one that says 'qualified'.--Launchballer 13:20, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Claimed on Instagram that her birthday was 19 April, so request that this runs that day.--Launchballer 14:36, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

• Issues solved. Good to go. Cbl62 (talk) 15:05, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

Age 34 (born 1992)

Hannah Spencer is 34 years old and was born in 1992, sources include sky news among others.

https://news.sky.com/story/green-party-wins-gorton-and-denton-by-election-13512774 Fenner0 (talk) 14:01, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

That source does not mention 1992 as far as I can tell. {{GearsDatapack|talk|contribs}} 14:51, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

There are plenty of sources for her being aged 34 in Jan or Feb this year, but we do not know whether her 34th birthday was earlier this year (ie born 1992) or was last year (born 1991). This is a common situation which is why there's a template to use to derive a year-of-birth range from an age at a particular date. PamD 17:10, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

"She will seek the resignation of Starmer in the event of her winning the seat."

The following is mentioned on the by-election article:

"Spencer stated that she would seek the resignation of Starmer in the event of her winning the seat."

Now that she has won the seat, is this worth a mention here? ~2026-11754-67 (talk) 14:15, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

References

Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2026

Hannah Spencer is a close relations to Winston Spencer Churchill and Diana Spencer Yack Wann (talk) 16:33, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. LizardJr8 (talk) 17:07, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2026 (2)

Hannah Spencer was not a Plumer.

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/02/27/who-is-hannah-spencer-plumber-school-dropout-and-now-britains-newest-mp/ Yack Wann (talk) 16:42, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

 Not done. It's not clear what changes you want to make. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 17:09, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Source for date of birth

I've started a discussion about the reliability of FreeBMD here : Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#FreeBMD. Pinging @Pol098 @DeFacto @GearsDatapack sorry if I missed anyone. Orange sticker (talk) 17:06, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

@Moonraker: You originally added the source, so you may want to contribute to the discussion {{GearsDatapack|talk|contribs}} 17:26, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

The reliability of FreeBMD doesn't seem relevant as (at least in this case) it has a clickable link to an image of the original page in the registry of births. In this case I was easily able to find Hannah Catherine Spencer in the Bolton records themselves (dead easy to find, Web search for bolton birth registry, then name and year search), no FreeBMD. I decided not to replace the FreeBMD link with a link to this reliable source as I couldn't be certain that a 1991 Hannah Catherine Spencer was the Hannah Kathrine Spencer who was elected. Changing spelling of a name is not uncommon and I expect the record is the right one (3 names almost match, year matches, I think place was Bolton), but cannot be 100% certain. If the record had said Kathrine, uncommon, I'd have accepted it. Best wishes, Pol098 (talk) 17:41, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

That's what makes it unreliable, no one can verify that the record on their website is the correct one and also they have a disclaimer on the bottom of every page saying they can't guarantee accuracy. This is one reason we don't do original research citing only primary sources and WP:BLPPRIMARY specifically states not to use public records, which this is a repository of. Orange sticker (talk) 17:47, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Birth Record Discovered - possible birth month September 1991 (it would mean she's age 34.)

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=BMD%2FB%2F1991%2F9%2F119301449&tab=this ~2026-12794-28 (talk) 17:24, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Not generally considered a reliable source, see WP:RSPFINDMYPAST for past discussions. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 19:28, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Ah okay. Thank you for telling me. I only wanted to help. ~2026-12794-28 (talk) 14:04, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Trafford Council member

Is she still considered a Trafford Council member now that she's an MP? In the infobox it states that she's still an incumbent member however below the article under the External Links section, the banners of her political posts state that she's no longer an incumbent councillor with the current position vacant. Which is it? TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:20, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

According to the Manchester Evening News, she will keep the council seat until the May local elections. The template at the bottom of the page has been corrected to say incumbent. TSventon (talk) 15:52, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

The link to ref 10

The link to ref 10 needs a username & password so therefore is useless ! Member of public — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-12999-54 (talk) 21:17, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

I've commented out the URL for the moment, as it's potentially confusing. The reference is to the print version of the Manchester Evening News dated 6th October 2015, it should be available in a library somewhere. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 22:05, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Birth Place

What evidence is there that she was born in Bolton? Campaign literature gave her birthplace as somewhere in Gorton Awesome CE (talk) 23:13, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

The reference used to support her being born in Bolton is this article from the Guardian , but that only says that she was (at the age of 22) from Bolton not that she was born there. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 01:57, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

1991

@PamD: @CybJubal: I noticed you both removed the source indicating that she was born in 1991, and I'm not sure why. She was 22 in July 2013 per the Guardian's Glastonbury article, which means she cannot have been born in 1992. I have therefore reinstated that source- if you have any reason for removing it, please explain? Chessrat ^{(talk, contributions)} 19:12, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

I didn't remove any source, except to give a bbc ref that she was 34 at election instead of the ScorNational ref which confirmed 34 in January (a messy ref as the title has changed since it was archived). I don't think the Guardian age 22 ref was cited anywhere near the year of birth statement last time I edited. Yes, I agree that the two together confirm 1991. l wonder if a footnote pointing out that obvious and allowable bit of arithmetic would be helpful? PamD 23:38, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

I think a footnote or at least an inline comment would be good, as well as some kind of notice or FAQ at the top of the talk page. There has been a lot of edit warring over her age and birth year, so it would be good to get some kind of consensus and leave it there. {{GearsDatapack|talk|contribs}} 07:49, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Ah sorry, you're right.

The Glastonbury was removed by Klvar (talk · contribs) further down in the article in this edit leaving the mention of it in the age section as an orphaned reference, which was then removed by CybJubal (talk · contribs) shortly afterwards in this edit. All seems to be good now. Chessrat ^{(talk, contributions)} 14:01, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

@Helper201: Per the two sources for the birth year- the BBC source confirms that she was 34 in February 2026 meaning a birthdate in or after February 1991, and the Guardian source confirms that she was 22 in July 2013 meaning a birthdate in or before July 1991. These are acceptable basic arithmetic calculations per WP:CALC. Chessrat ^{(talk, contributions)} 23:11, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

DOB

Spencer states in an Instagram post on 19 April 2016 (https://www.instagram.com/p/BEYJyB8kthe/) that it was her birthday that day. This fits within the range narrowed down by other sources. As she is currently 34, this would make her full DOB 19 April 1991.

WP:DOB states: "A verified social media account of an article subject saying about themselves something along the lines of "today is my 50th birthday" may fall under self-published sources for purposes of reporting a full date of birth. It may be usable if there is no reason to doubt it." Icantthinkofausernames (talk) 00:43, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Looks good to me. PamD 06:28, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

I have uploaded this change now as it seems to satisfy policy. Icantthinkofausernames (talk) 14:39, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Mother?

The French wiki article says the her mother was a Green councillor, citing https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/19621421.green-party-announce-candidate-bromley-cross-by-election/. Liz Spencer, Green candidate and previous parliamentary candidate, age seems plausible. Interesting if true, but obviously would need a RS to connect the pair. PamD 07:01, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Spencer is not a particularly uncommon name. FreeBMD suggests that this is not HS's mother. Nick Cooper (talk) 12:59, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 March 2026

UNDER "Early life and education":

Hannah is well on her way to completing her PPE tripos as many of her colleagues in the House of Commons hold, having gained her Plumbing (Bolton, 2018) and Plastering (Stoke on Trent, 2026) qualifications, although she is still to spark up her studies to become an Electrician." ~2026-59822-5 (talk) 08:05, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. {{GearsDatapack|talk|contribs}} 09:34, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

there are plenty of references to Hannah qualifying from Bolton College in plumbing. She volunteered she completed her plastering qualifications 2 weeks prior to the by-election date in her acceptance speech. To obtain this (and there are plenty of references supporting) she attended a college in Stoke on Trent.

Please reconsider. ~2026-59822-5 (talk) 11:34, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a Monty Python sketch. Nick Cooper (talk) 12:04, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm not saying that there aren't sources stating this information, but even if there are, you still need to provide the sources where you got this information, so they can be cited, as all content on Wikipedia must be verifiable. {{GearsDatapack|talk|contribs}} 12:50, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

GA review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Hannah Spencer/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: GearsDatapacks (talk · contribs) 21:29, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: JuniperChill (talk · contribs) 01:18, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi GearsDatapack, I'll go ahead and review this. Expect comments within a few days/a week. JuniperChill (talk) 01:18, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Just as an update, the reason why I waited six days was to ensure that the article wasn't edited several times a day, which was getting to the point it even had to be protected from editing. The page was last edited on 17 March at 2336 (exactly 72 hours ago). I should do a proper review from tomorrow or Sunday. JuniperChill (talk) 23:36, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

And the article was edited an hour after the above comment. And the GA nominator ranks 4th in authorship with 7.8% so its considered to be a significant contributor even though GD didn't originally create the article. JuniperChill (talk) 17:20, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

@JuniperChill Just so you know, I'm on holiday until next weekend so it might take me a bit longer to respond to feedback here. I'll do my best though. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 15:03, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

is that until 4/5 April or 11/12 April? Didn't realise its already the easter season JuniperChill (talk) 15:56, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm away until the 11th, but I should be able to check and do stuff once a day during that time. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 18:45, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Have a nice holiday! Maybe because of the fact that its half term, and that Friday, Sunday and Monday are bank holidays. Can't believe its already the end of March! I'll start doing the process of checking some of the sources. I'd better take a pause from editing (at least for a couple days) after reviewing this! JuniperChill (talk) 23:13, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Closing comment: thank you for your time improving a Green MP as your first GA! This was one of the best GAs I've reviewed yet! You can find GAs I've reviewed in my user page. I'm not really into politics as its not really a topic I edit in. Much of my edits are to transport infrastructure, video games and women. I hope you have a nice holiday in Morocco, a country I haven't gone to yet! I'll go ahead and promote this article to GA status while you're there and I'll take a short pause from editing cause of the half term! JuniperChill (talk) 11:32, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Prose review (1)

Lead

• I think the lead should be expanded a little, perhaps by a couple of sentences. For instance, you could expand it saying that she was born in Greater Manchester and that she's been a plumber since c. 2008. (for reference, you can take a look at Sophie Scamps as that article is a little longer than this one).
  • I've expanded the lead with information about her training as a plumber and other trades, as well as mentioning her opposition to greyhound racing getting her into politics. Let me know what you think. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 22:31, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
    • (sorry for the delay as i was a little ill) The lead is now great. Thank you for expanding it! I have linked Greater Manchester as its not a city everyone knows (almost everyone knows Greater London) JuniperChill (talk) 14:02, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
      • And now the lead has been expanded to almost 300 words which i've trimmed slightly JuniperChill (talk) 17:28, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Early life/education

• In England, isn't it normal for students to leave school after doing their GCSEs in year 11, where they should turn 16 by the end of the summer holidays?ref If so, I don't see a need to mention that 'she left school at 16'.
  • It is legal to leave school at 16, but most stay on until 18 to do A-levels (and then most go to university after that). While it's not unheard of, it is unusual and I would say it warrants a mention here, especially because most British MPs have a much higher traditional education, whereas she went into work early. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 22:18, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
    • In England, its currently a legal requirement to stay in higher education until 18 (as the link I provided suggest) which I think wasn't the case in 2007. But anyway its fine by me as I didn't think it was out of the ordinary. JuniperChill (talk) 14:37, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
• In February 2026, she also qualified as a plasterer it doesn't say anything earlier in the early life/education section about Feb 2026, so i think 'also' should be removed?
  • The way I understand it, "also" here refers to her qualifying as a plasterer in addition to a plumber and gas engineer. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 14:42, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

  my bad, I didn't know that the 'also' was about the profession, not the time period. JuniperChill (talk) 15:02, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Political career

• She also commented that she approved of the Green Party's member-led policy-making. remove 'of'?
  • Removing "of" would make it read she approved the Green Party's member-led policy making, which makes it sound like member-led policy-making was proposed, and Spencer, in a position of authority, approved it. This is not the case, she merely approved of it as a concept. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 18:00, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
    • Ah ok. I didn't think removing one word would completely change the meaning. It also made more sense when I re-read it a few more times. JuniperChill (talk) 20:49, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
• She campaigned on addressing the cost-of-living crisis and the climate crisis perhaps 'crisis' only needs to be mentioned once in the same sentence.
  • I've amended it to say cost-of-living and climate crises instead. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 18:00, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
• and providing more support for domestic violence victims 'domestic abuse victims' seems to read better for me.
  • Done. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 18:00, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

parliamentary career

Election

• lower energy bills, partly through improved home insulation; and free prescriptions to lower energy bills (partly through improved home insulation); and free prescriptions as the sentence makes sense and flows better when not reading the bracketed bit
  •  Done {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 21:11, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
• 'Labour Party' can simply be shortened to just 'Labour' as its clear from context that it refers to the party
  •  Done {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 21:11, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
• Some instances of 'Spencer' can be substituted for 'she' or 'her' because I see Spencer mentioned twice in two sentences.
  • Done some rewording to hopefully make it better. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 21:11, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
• I've checked this Times source (checked via the archive) and the article says Spencer attended some campaign events accompanied by security but the source says For Spencer, 34, who now needs security when attending official events which suggests she now needs security when attending events.
  • I've removed the word "some" from the sentence. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 21:11, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
• In Spencer's acceptance speech after her election was announced, she addressed those who had voted for her, those who had not, "our Muslim communities" and "our white working-class communities", along with a child she had met while campaigning, to whom she said... this sentence feels awkward for me to read because its so long. I suggest adding a full stop somewhere and rewording it if necessary
  • I've split it into two sentence. Let me know if you think it's better now. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 21:11, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

  I cleared up that edit by removing the left-behind "with". PamD 04:15, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

  • • (replying to both) it looks better now! JuniperChill (talk) 23:13, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Early tenure

• 'House of Commons' should be linked, pointing to House of Commons of the United Kingdom
  •  Done {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 21:11, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
• Specify when World Book Day happened (this year was 5 March) as not all readers are from the UK.
  •  Done {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 21:11, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
• Maybe specify that 16s can already vote in Scottish and Welsh Parliamentary elections.
  • Added that information, although the sentence feels a little long-winded to me now. Let me know what you think. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 21:11, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
    • Its fine by me JuniperChill (talk) 23:13, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
• Spencer gave a speech at an anti-racism event in Piccadilly Gardens. specify that Piccadilly Gardens is in the Manchester city centre.
  •  Done {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 21:11, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

personal life

• change As of 2024, Spencer lived in Trafford. She had previously lived in Levenshulme to As of 2024, Spencer lived in Trafford, Greater Manchester. She had previously lived in Levenshulme (also in Greater Manchester) as I assume readers would expect these two places to be in random parts of England (for me, I expected Levenshulme to be somewhere in the north of England outside the Manchester/Liverpool region)
  • I've added the note to Trafford, but since it mentions that Lenshulme is in Gorton and Denton, I think it can be inferred by the reader that it's also in Manchester. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 21:11, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
    • fine by me JuniperChill (talk) 23:13, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Verifiability, copyright and spot checks (2)

• Earwig returned 25% similarity, which is largely down to her quote from the Guardian 'I promised you I would try and improve the world...' so no problems there. JuniperChill (talk) 22:40, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
• However, I found a source from The Canary (not the Norwich football club), which is unreliable per WP:RSP. The youtube source is fine as two of them are from Novara and the other one is from Ed Poole interviewing her. JuniperChill (talk) 23:00, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

  I'll fix the Canary source tomorrow. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 23:23, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

  thank you. I will continue on with the review within several hours time (ie, before midnight UTC) JuniperChill (talk) 16:34, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Spotchecks

I'll be checking 11/62 (17.7%) sources. Source numbers are checked according to revision 31/03/2026 1702. JuniperChill (talk) 23:26, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

• 2 - not sure what that MEN source is doing, seeing as its only used once, and it has no mention of 'Katherine' JuniperChill (talk) 23:26, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
  • It does include "Kathrine", you just need to scroll down to the live results section and expand the box that says "Hale". {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 07:30, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
    • Y found it! I didn't think it would be hidden in the results section. (My comment was a typo, but nether 'Kathrine' nor 'Katherine' appear in the main body anyway) JuniperChill (talk) 10:43, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
• 5 - Y
• 11 - Y
• 15 - Y
• 20 - Y
• 30 - Y
• 36 - Y
• 40 - Y (archive link as this is a paywall; already checked earlier)
• 43 - Y
• 50 - Y
• 56 - Y (i accidentally checked 11 instead of 10, but all of the sources check out)

Other criteria (3-6)

• 3 -  Broad - article is broad as it talks about her life from when she left school at 16 to become a plumber, to when she became the MP for Gorton and Denton last month. JuniperChill (talk) 21:32, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
• 4 -  Neutral - article is neutral and BLP compliant JuniperChill (talk) 21:32, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
• 5 -  Stable - (see also my above comment) The article is currently stable as the last time the edit was reverted was on the 17th, although according to the criteria reverts due to vandalism are not counted. Likewise, I don't see any edit war happening over the last 7 days. I couldn't believe this article was edited over 100 times on the 27th. JuniperChill (talk) 17:20, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
• 6 -  Illustrated - [note: this was the review of File:Hannah_Spencer_(cropped)2.jpg. A review of the new image is below] this article only has one image. It is relevant to the article, has captions and has been tagged with a copyright status saying that the image is in the public domain JuniperChill (talk) 17:27, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
  • I see that the image has changed to File:Official_portrait_of_Hannah_Spencer_MP_crop_2.jpg. Its pretty much the same as the previous comment, except for the fact that its from the House of Commons and is licensed under Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) after checking both Commons and the HoC link. JuniperChill (talk) 15:02, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Sentence removal

@GOLDIEM J can you explain why you removed a sentence from the article? You say that it is "unnecessary and inaccurate", but it's backed up by the cited sources, so I can't see where the inaccuracy is there. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 16:34, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@GearsDatapacks: It's misleading because it simply said 16-year-olds in Wales and Scotland are able to vote in "Parliamentary elections" implying elections to the Westminster Parliament, which isn't true. In the case that it simply meant devolved legislative elections (in which case it is true,) then it's not strictly necessary for context on UK-wide general elections. GOLDIEM J (talk) 17:54, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

I was thinking its relevant because she proposed to lower the voting age to 16 and that those living in Scotland/Wales could already vote for their parliamentary elections (ie not Westminster) at 16. Note that I have reviewed this for GA and GearsDatapacks is the GA nominator. JuniperChill (talk) 20:32, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, just seems like I got the wording a little wrong based on the sources. Need to figure out how to phrase it correctly. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs}} 20:42, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, I meant to say the context isn't necessary regarding Hannah Spencer's career, as it's about Green Party policy rather than her voting record. GOLDIEM J (talk) 02:59, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Article reads like a puff piece

This article reads like a puff piece and seems to lack balance. It is also too long and detailed for an article about a minor backbench MP who has only been in Parliament for a few months. It gives the impression of having been written by somebody close to the subject. ~2026-35274-07 (talk) 12:17, 16 June 2026 (UTC)