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2005 Cheadle by-election, a Common card
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Cheadle was held on 14 July 2005, following the death of incumbent Liberal Democrat MP Patsy Calton.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 49
- DEF
- 21
- Power
- 70
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,100
Power 70 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
2005 Cheadle by-election quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the 2005 Cheadle by-election card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was won by Mark Hunter, who retained the seat for the ______ Democrats.
Answer
Liberal. It was won by Mark Hunter, who retained the seat for the Liberal Democrats. From the 2005 Cheadle by-election article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Cheadle was held on 14 July ____, following the death of incumbent Liberal Democrat MP Patsy Calton.
Answer
2000s. A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Cheadle was held on 14 July 2005, following the death of incumbent Liberal Democrat MP Patsy Calton. From the 2005 Cheadle by-election article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was won by Mark Hunter, who retained the seat for the Liberal Democrats.
- The Conservative candidate was Stephen Day, who held the seat from 1987 to 2001, and was defeated by Calton in the 2005 general election two months earlier.
- The campaign was marred by accusations of dirty tricks and ruthless negative campaigning, principally accusing the Conservative campaign, in his victory speech, Hunter described the campaign of the Conservatives as 'nasty' and 'misleading'.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 2005 Cheadle by-election article was read about 1,100 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 49 and blocks with 21: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, 2005 Cheadle by-election (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Wereon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
