Thursday 5 May 2005

2005 UK general election results

Labour won 355 of 646 seats with 35.2% of the vote, an overall majority of 64. Afterwards: Labour majority government, with Tony Blair as prime minister.

324 for a majority

Lab355
Con198
LD62
DUP9
SNP6
SF5
Oth4
PC3
Smaller parties4

Results by party
Party	Leader	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Labour	Tony Blair	355	−57	9,552,372	35.2%	−5.5	627
Conservative	Michael Howard	198	+32	8,785,942	32.4%	+0.7	630
Liberal Democrats	Charles Kennedy	62	+10	5,985,704	22.1%	+3.8	626
Democratic Unionist Party	—	9	+4	241,856	0.9%	+0.2	18
Scottish National Party	—	6	+1	412,267	1.5%	−0.2	59
Sinn Féin	—	5	+1	174,530	0.6%	0	18
Others	—	4	+2	1,568,783	5.8%	+1.7	620
Plaid Cymru	—	3	−1	174,838	0.6%	−0.1	40
Social Democratic and Labour Party	—	3	0	125,626	0.5%	−0.2	18
Ulster Unionist Party	—	1	−5	127,414	0.5%	−0.4	18

Change is compared with the 2001 general election. Before 2010 “Others” groups all smaller parties and independents, as in the source.

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Crawley Lab by 37 votes
Croydon Central Con by 75 votes
Sittingbourne and Sheppey Lab by 79 votes
Harlow Lab by 97 votes
Romsey LD by 125 votes
Clwyd West Con by 133 votes
Battersea Lab by 163 votes
Medway Lab by 213 votes
Ceredigion LD by 219 votes
Gillingham Lab by 254 votes

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Constituency	Region	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout
Aberavon	Wales	Lab	13,937	46.3	58.7%
Aberdeen North	Scotland	Lab	6,795	18.6	56.5%
Aberdeen South	Scotland	Lab	1,348	3.2	63.1%
Airdrie and Shotts	Scotland	Lab	14,084	42.5	53.6%
Aldershot	South East	Con	5,334	11.1	62.0%
Aldridge-Brownhills	West Midlands	Con	5,507	13.9	64.1%
Altrincham and Sale West	North West	Con	7,159	16.2	68.3%
Alyn and Deeside	Wales	Lab	8,378	23.6	59.9%
Amber Valley	East Midlands	Lab	5,275	11.1	63.1%
Angus	Scotland	SNP	1,601	4.2	60.0%
Argyll and Bute	Scotland	LD	5,726	13.2	63.9%
Arundel and South Downs	South East	Con	11,309	22.8	69.3%
Ashfield	East Midlands	Lab	10,213	24.3	57.2%
Ashford	South East	Con	13,298	25.7	65.5%
Ashton under Lyne	North West	Lab	13,952	37.7	51.6%
Aylesbury	South East	Con	11,067	21.5	63.1%
Ayr Carrick and Cumnock	Scotland	Lab	9,997	22.2	60.9%
Banbury	South East	Con	10,797	19.2	64.5%
Banff and Buchan	Scotland	SNP	11,837	31.8	56.7%
Barking	London	Lab	6,900	23.7	50.8%
Barnsley Central	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	12,732	44.5	47.2%
Barnsley East and Mexborough	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	14,125	42.8	49.3%
Barnsley West and Penistone	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	11,314	30.7	55.0%
Barrow and Furness	North West	Lab	6,037	16.5	58.5%
Basildon	East of England	Lab	3,142	7.3	58.3%
Basingstoke	South East	Con	4,680	9.7	63.6%
Bassetlaw	East Midlands	Lab	10,837	26.9	58.6%
Bath	South West	LD	4,638	10.1	68.8%
Batley and Spen	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	5,788	14.8	62.1%
Battersea	London	Lab	163	0.4	59.4%
Beaconsfield	South East	Con	15,253	35.1	64.4%
Beckenham	London	Con	8,401	17.2	65.2%
Bedford	East of England	Lab	3,383	8.0	62.3%
Belfast East	Northern Ireland	DUP	5,877	19.1	63.7%
Belfast North	Northern Ireland	DUP	5,188	17.0	66.5%
Belfast South	Northern Ireland	SDLP	1,235	3.9	68.9%
Belfast West	Northern Ireland	SF	19,315	55.9	75.1%
Berwick-upon-Tweed	North East	LD	8,632	23.9	63.4%
Berwickshire Roxburgh and Selkirk	Scotland	LD	5,901	13.0	63.3%
Bethnal Green and Bow	London	Oth	2,879	6.5	53.6%
Beverley and Holderness	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	2,580	5.1	64.8%
Bexhill and Battle	South East	Con	13,449	28.7	67.2%
Bexleyheath and Crayford	London	Con	4,551	10.7	65.7%
Billericay	East of England	Con	11,206	22.9	61.5%
Birkenhead	North West	Lab	12,934	46.6	48.7%
Birmingham Edgbaston	West Midlands	Lab	2,349	6.2	57.6%
Birmingham Erdington	West Midlands	Lab	9,575	30.2	48.4%
Birmingham Hall Green	West Midlands	Lab	5,714	16.6	59.8%
Birmingham Hodge Hill	West Midlands	Lab	5,449	19.2	52.2%
Birmingham Ladywood	West Midlands	Lab	6,801	20.5	46.8%
Birmingham Northfield	West Midlands	Lab	6,454	20.8	56.0%
Birmingham Perry Barr	West Midlands	Lab	7,948	20.4	55.0%
Birmingham Selly Oak	West Midlands	Lab	8,851	21.2	59.0%
Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath	West Midlands	Lab	589	1.5	51.4%
Birmingham Yardley	West Midlands	LD	2,672	9.1	57.2%
Bishop Auckland	North East	Lab	10,047	26.4	56.3%
Blaby	East Midlands	Con	7,873	15.9	65.5%
Blackburn	North West	Lab	8,009	19.2	57.4%
Blackpool North and Fleetwood	North West	Lab	5,062	11.7	57.2%
Blackpool South	North West	Lab	7,922	20.7	51.6%
Blaenau Gwent	Wales	Oth	9,313	26.4	66.0%
Blaydon	North East	Lab	5,335	13.7	62.2%
Blyth Valley	North East	Lab	8,527	23.8	56.3%
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	South East	Con	7,822	19.2	63.3%
Bolsover	East Midlands	Lab	18,437	47.6	56.0%
Bolton North East	North West	Lab	4,103	11.1	54.9%
Bolton South East	North West	Lab	11,638	36.5	50.2%
Bolton West	North West	Lab	2,064	5.1	63.7%
Bootle	North West	Lab	16,357	63.8	47.7%
Boston and Skegness	East Midlands	Con	5,907	14.1	58.9%
Bosworth	East Midlands	Con	5,319	11.2	66.0%
Bournemouth East	South West	Con	5,244	14.0	59.2%
Bournemouth West	South West	Con	4,031	11.9	53.4%
Bracknell	South East	Con	12,036	23.5	63.4%
Bradford North	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	3,511	10.2	53.8%
Bradford South	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	9,167	25.0	54.6%
Bradford West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	3,026	8.3	54.8%
Braintree	East of England	Con	3,893	7.3	65.5%
Brecon and Radnorshire	Wales	LD	3,905	10.2	70.0%
Brent East	London	LD	2,712	8.7	56.4%
Brent North	London	Lab	5,641	15.8	59.8%
Brent South	London	Lab	11,326	38.1	53.4%
Brentford and Isleworth	London	Lab	4,411	9.6	57.9%
Brentwood and Ongar	East of England	Con	11,612	26.3	68.6%
Bridgend	Wales	Lab	6,523	17.2	59.3%
Bridgwater	South West	Con	8,469	17.6	63.7%
Brigg and Goole	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	2,894	6.8	63.1%
Brighton Kemptown	South East	Lab	2,737	6.9	60.2%
Brighton Pavilion	South East	Lab	4,885	11.2	64.1%
Bristol East	South West	Lab	8,621	20.7	61.4%
Bristol North West	South West	Lab	8,962	18.9	61.0%
Bristol South	South West	Lab	11,142	26.3	59.2%
Bristol West	South West	LD	5,128	8.9	71.4%
Bromley and Chislehurst	London	Con	13,342	28.9	64.5%
Bromsgrove	West Midlands	Con	10,080	21.1	67.6%
Broxbourne	East of England	Con	11,509	28.3	59.4%
Broxtowe	East Midlands	Lab	2,296	4.7	69.2%
Buckingham	South East	Con	18,129	37.5	69.4%
Burnley	North West	Lab	4,442	11.4	59.0%
Burton	West Midlands	Lab	1,421	3.0	61.6%
Bury North	North West	Lab	2,926	6.6	61.9%
Bury South	North West	Lab	8,912	22.8	58.3%
Bury St Edmunds	East of England	Con	9,930	18.9	67.0%
Caernarfon	Wales	PC	5,209	18.6	60.3%
Caerphilly	Wales	Lab	15,359	39.2	58.8%
Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross	Scotland	LD	8,168	29.5	59.0%
Calder Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	1,367	2.9	66.3%
Camberwell and Peckham	London	Lab	13,483	46.5	52.0%
Cambridge	East of England	LD	4,339	10.0	62.1%
Cannock Chase	West Midlands	Lab	9,227	21.4	57.4%
Canterbury	South East	Con	7,471	15.7	66.4%
Cardiff Central	Wales	LD	5,593	15.5	59.0%
Cardiff North	Wales	Lab	1,146	2.5	69.9%
Cardiff South and Penarth	Wales	Lab	9,237	25.0	56.0%
Cardiff West	Wales	Lab	8,167	23.6	57.3%
Carlisle	North West	Lab	5,695	16.1	59.0%
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Wales	PC	6,718	17.5	71.7%
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Wales	Lab	1,910	5.0	67.0%
Carshalton and Wallington	London	LD	1,068	2.5	64.3%
Castle Point	East of England	Con	8,201	17.9	66.2%
Central Ayrshire	Scotland	Lab	10,423	24.3	62.2%
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	East of England	Con	7,856	15.4	67.1%
Ceredigion	Wales	LD	219	0.6	66.4%
Charnwood	East Midlands	Con	8,809	17.4	66.3%
Chatham and Aylesford	South East	Lab	2,332	5.5	60.7%
Cheadle	North West	LD	4,020	8.5	70.1%
Cheltenham	South West	LD	2,303	5.3	61.3%
Chesham and Amersham	South East	Con	13,798	29.3	67.7%
Chester, City of	North West	Lab	915	2.0	—
Chesterfield	East Midlands	LD	3,045	6.9	61.5%
Chichester	South East	Con	10,860	20.7	66.3%
Chingford and Woodford Green	London	Con	10,641	27.5	62.8%
Chipping Barnet	London	Con	5,960	14.1	64.0%
Chorley	North West	Lab	7,625	15.4	62.3%
Christchurch	South West	Con	15,559	30.2	70.0%
Cities of London and Westminster	London	Con	8,095	22.2	51.2%
Cleethorpes	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	2,642	6.1	61.0%
Clwyd South	Wales	Lab	6,348	19.3	62.8%
Clwyd West	Wales	Con	133	0.4	64.2%
Coatbridge Chryston and Bellshill	Scotland	Lab	19,519	50.9	56.5%
Colchester	East of England	LD	6,277	14.0	57.7%
Colne Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	1,501	3.1	65.9%
Congleton	North West	Con	8,246	17.7	63.8%
Conwy	Wales	Lab	3,081	9.2	62.7%
Copeland	North West	Lab	6,320	18.7	61.8%
Corby	East Midlands	Lab	1,517	3.2	64.1%
Cotswold	South West	Con	9,688	20.5	67.2%
Coventry North East	West Midlands	Lab	14,222	38.2	53.7%
Coventry North West	West Midlands	Lab	9,315	21.4	60.2%
Coventry South	West Midlands	Lab	6,255	15.4	60.5%
Crawley	South East	Lab	37	0.1	58.2%
Crewe and Nantwich	North West	Lab	7,078	16.3	60.3%
Crosby	North West	Lab	5,840	16.1	64.2%
Croydon Central	London	Con	75	0.2	60.4%
Croydon North	London	Lab	13,888	31.7	52.3%
Croydon South	London	Con	13,528	27.7	63.4%
Cumbernauld Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East	Scotland	Lab	11,562	29.6	59.8%
Cynon Valley	Wales	Lab	13,259	49.8	58.8%
Dagenham	London	Lab	7,605	24.7	51.1%
Darlington	North East	Lab	10,404	26.4	60.0%
Dartford	South East	Lab	706	1.5	63.6%
Daventry	East Midlands	Con	14,686	24.3	69.2%
Delyn	Wales	Lab	6,644	19.5	63.9%
Denton and Reddish	North West	Lab	13,498	38.1	52.4%
Derby North	East Midlands	Lab	3,757	8.6	65.3%
Derby South	East Midlands	Lab	5,657	13.0	63.1%
Devizes	South West	Con	13,194	23.5	65.1%
Dewsbury	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	4,615	12.0	62.0%
Don Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	8,598	23.3	55.1%
Doncaster Central	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	9,802	28.5	52.4%
Doncaster North	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	12,159	38.5	51.2%
Dover	South East	Lab	4,941	10.3	67.5%
Dudley North	West Midlands	Lab	5,432	13.1	60.2%
Dudley South	West Midlands	Lab	4,244	10.8	60.2%
Dulwich and West Norwood	London	Lab	8,807	21.0	58.2%
Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	Lab	2,922	5.7	69.5%
Dumfriesshire Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Scotland	Con	1,738	3.9	68.1%
Dundee East	Scotland	SNP	383	1.0	58.2%
Dundee West	Scotland	Lab	5,379	14.6	59.7%
Dunfermline and West Fife	Scotland	Lab	11,562	27.3	59.6%
Durham City of	North East	Lab	3,274	7.4	62.8%
Ealing Acton and Shepherd'S Bush	London	Lab	5,520	13.9	56.5%
Ealing North	London	Lab	7,059	15.2	59.5%
Ealing Southall	London	Lab	11,440	24.3	56.4%
Easington	North East	Lab	18,636	58.5	51.9%
East Antrim	Northern Ireland	DUP	7,304	23.0	59.7%
East Devon	South West	Con	7,936	16.1	69.7%
East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	LD	4,061	8.7	72.4%
East Ham	London	Lab	12,575	31.8	51.0%
East Hampshire	South East	Con	5,509	10.4	67.2%
East Kilbride Strathaven and Lesmahagow	Scotland	Lab	14,723	30.8	62.5%
East Londonderry	Northern Ireland	DUP	7,727	21.8	65.0%
East Lothian	Scotland	Lab	7,620	16.7	64.6%
East Renfrewshire	Scotland	Lab	6,657	14.0	72.1%
East Surrey	South East	Con	15,921	32.3	66.3%
East Worthing and Shoreham	South East	Con	8,183	18.4	62.1%
East Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	6,283	13.4	61.2%
Eastbourne	South East	Con	1,124	2.3	68.7%
Eastleigh	South East	LD	568	1.1	65.2%
Eccles	North West	Lab	12,886	37.2	50.7%
Eddisbury	North West	Con	6,195	13.6	63.5%
Edinburgh East	Scotland	Lab	6,202	15.6	61.1%
Edinburgh North and Leith	Scotland	Lab	2,153	5.1	62.9%
Edinburgh South	Scotland	Lab	405	1.0	69.3%
Edinburgh South West	Scotland	Lab	7,242	16.5	64.8%
Edinburgh West	Scotland	LD	13,600	30.1	68.1%
Edmonton	London	Lab	8,075	23.3	59.1%
Ellesmere Port and Neston	North West	Lab	6,486	15.4	61.6%
Elmet	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	4,528	9.6	68.3%
Eltham	London	Lab	3,276	9.3	61.6%
Enfield North	London	Lab	1,920	4.7	61.4%
Enfield Southgate	London	Con	1,747	4.1	66.4%
Epping Forest	East of England	Con	14,358	32.0	62.3%
Epsom and Ewell	South East	Con	16,447	33.0	66.1%
Erewash	East Midlands	Lab	7,084	14.0	64.3%
Erith and Thamesmead	London	Lab	11,500	30.5	52.5%
Esher and Walton	South East	Con	7,727	16.1	64.2%
Exeter	South West	Lab	7,665	13.9	65.8%
Falkirk	Scotland	Lab	13,475	29.5	59.3%
Falmouth and Camborne	South West	LD	1,886	3.9	66.8%
Fareham	South East	Con	11,702	24.1	66.4%
Faversham and Mid Kent	South East	Con	8,720	20.0	65.9%
Feltham and Heston	London	Lab	6,820	18.3	46.3%
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Northern Ireland	SF	4,582	9.4	79.3%
Finchley and Golders Green	London	Lab	741	1.7	62.4%
Folkestone and Hythe	South East	Con	11,680	24.1	69.3%
Forest of Dean	South West	Con	2,049	4.3	70.8%
Foyle	Northern Ireland	SDLP	5,957	13.1	74.4%
Fylde	North West	Con	12,459	27.4	60.7%
Gainsborough	East Midlands	Con	8,003	17.5	64.9%
Gateshead East and Washington West	North East	Lab	13,407	38.7	56.2%
Gedling	East Midlands	Lab	3,811	8.7	64.1%
Gillingham	South East	Lab	254	0.6	63.9%
Glasgow Central	Scotland	Lab	8,531	30.4	44.1%
Glasgow East	Scotland	Lab	13,507	43.7	48.4%
Glasgow North	Scotland	Lab	3,338	12.0	50.1%
Glasgow North East	Scotland	Oth	18,380	64.7	45.9%
Glasgow North West	Scotland	Lab	10,093	29.6	55.1%
Glasgow South	Scotland	Lab	10,832	28.2	55.7%
Glasgow South West	Scotland	Lab	13,896	44.9	50.1%
Glenrothes	Scotland	Lab	10,664	28.5	55.7%
Gloucester	South West	Lab	4,271	8.2	63.1%
Gordon	Scotland	LD	11,026	24.8	62.3%
Gosport	South East	Con	5,730	13.3	61.2%
Gower	Wales	Lab	6,703	17.0	64.8%
Grantham and Stamford	East Midlands	Con	7,445	15.8	63.4%
Gravesham	South East	Con	654	1.5	65.5%
Great Grimsby	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	7,654	23.2	51.0%
Great Yarmouth	East of England	Lab	3,055	7.4	59.7%
Greenwich and Woolwich	London	Lab	10,146	28.5	55.9%
Guildford	South East	Con	347	0.7	68.4%
Hackney North and Stoke Newington	London	Lab	7,427	25.3	50.1%
Hackney South and Shoreditch	London	Lab	10,204	31.7	50.5%
Halesowen and Rowley Regis	West Midlands	Lab	4,337	10.5	62.9%
Halifax	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	3,417	8.6	61.2%
Haltemprice and Howden	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	5,116	10.7	69.7%
Halton	North West	Lab	14,606	42.7	52.7%
Hammersmith and Fulham	London	Con	5,029	10.2	63.0%
Hampstead and Highgate	London	Lab	3,729	9.8	57.2%
Harborough	East Midlands	Con	3,892	8.1	64.4%
Harlow	East of England	Lab	97	0.2	62.9%
Harrogate and Knaresborough	Yorkshire and the Humber	LD	10,429	24.3	66.2%
Harrow East	London	Lab	4,730	9.3	60.5%
Harrow West	London	Lab	2,028	4.3	64.3%
Hartlepool	North East	Lab	7,478	21.1	51.3%
Harwich	East of England	Con	920	1.8	62.7%
Hastings and Rye	South East	Lab	2,026	4.7	58.7%
Havant	South East	Con	6,508	15.7	60.7%
Hayes and Harlington	London	Lab	10,847	33.5	56.0%
Hazel Grove	North West	LD	7,748	19.8	61.0%
Hemel Hempstead	East of England	Con	499	1.1	64.4%
Hemsworth	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	13,481	36.6	54.6%
Hendon	London	Lab	2,699	6.5	59.0%
Henley	South East	Con	12,793	27.5	68.8%
Hereford	West Midlands	LD	962	2.1	66.4%
Hertford and Stortford	East of England	Con	13,097	26.4	67.4%
Hertsmere	East of England	Con	11,093	26.1	64.0%
Hexham	North East	Con	5,020	12.1	68.8%
Heywood and Middleton	North West	Lab	11,083	28.4	54.1%
High Peak	East Midlands	Lab	735	1.5	66.4%
Hitchin and Harpenden	East of England	Con	11,393	24.0	70.8%
Holborn and St Pancras	London	Lab	4,787	13.9	51.8%
Hornchurch	London	Con	480	1.3	63.3%
Hornsey and Wood Green	London	LD	2,395	5.1	61.8%
Horsham	South East	Con	12,627	23.2	68.1%
Houghton and Washington East	North East	Lab	16,065	46.3	51.5%
Hove	South East	Lab	420	0.9	64.4%
Huddersfield	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	8,351	23.9	56.6%
Huntingdon	East of England	Con	12,847	24.5	63.5%
Hyndburn	North West	Lab	5,587	14.2	58.9%
Ilford North	London	Con	1,653	3.8	61.5%
Ilford South	London	Lab	9,228	21.6	54.5%
Inverclyde	Scotland	Lab	11,259	31.2	60.8%
Inverness Nairn Badenoch and Strathspey	Scotland	LD	4,148	9.4	63.6%
Ipswich	East of England	Lab	5,332	12.7	60.9%
Isle of Wight	South East	Con	12,978	19.4	61.7%
Islington North	London	Lab	6,716	21.3	55.3%
Islington South and Finsbury	London	Lab	484	1.6	54.8%
Islwyn	Wales	Lab	15,740	51.0	61.2%
Jarrow	North East	Lab	13,904	40.9	54.4%
Keighley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	4,852	10.5	68.6%
Kensington and Chelsea	London	Con	12,418	39.6	51.0%
Kettering	East Midlands	Con	3,301	5.9	69.0%
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scotland	Lab	8,703	19.6	61.0%
Kingston and Surbiton	London	LD	8,966	18.0	69.8%
Kingston upon Hull East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	11,747	37.8	45.2%
Kingston upon Hull North	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	7,351	24.9	48.6%
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	9,450	34.0	45.0%
Kingswood	South West	Lab	7,873	14.0	67.2%
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Scotland	Lab	18,216	43.6	58.0%
Knowsley North and Sefton East	North West	Lab	16,269	43.9	54.1%
Knowsley South	North West	Lab	17,688	48.5	51.3%
Lagan Valley	Northern Ireland	DUP	14,117	33.2	64.8%
Lanark and Hamilton East	Scotland	Lab	11,947	27.4	58.1%
Lancaster and Wyre	North West	Con	4,171	8.0	63.9%
Leeds Central	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	11,866	40.7	46.2%
Leeds East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	11,578	38.5	54.6%
Leeds North East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	5,262	12.7	65.1%
Leeds North West	Yorkshire and the Humber	LD	1,877	4.2	62.2%
Leeds West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	12,810	38.0	53.3%
Leicester East	East Midlands	Lab	15,876	38.4	62.8%
Leicester South	East Midlands	Lab	3,717	8.8	59.2%
Leicester West	East Midlands	Lab	9,070	27.3	53.8%
Leigh	North West	Lab	17,272	47.3	50.3%
Leominster	West Midlands	Con	13,187	27.0	69.3%
Lewes	South East	LD	8,474	18.2	69.9%
Lewisham Deptford	London	Lab	11,811	38.9	53.8%
Lewisham East	London	Lab	6,751	21.7	54.0%
Lewisham West	London	Lab	9,932	31.1	55.0%
Leyton and Wanstead	London	Lab	6,857	20.6	55.4%
Lichfield	West Midlands	Con	7,080	16.2	66.5%
Lincoln	East Midlands	Lab	4,614	12.5	56.8%
Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Scotland	Lab	11,202	24.2	60.2%
Liverpool Garston	North West	Lab	7,193	20.6	54.5%
Liverpool Riverside	North West	Lab	10,214	32.8	41.4%
Liverpool Walton	North West	Lab	15,957	57.1	44.5%
Liverpool Wavertree	North West	Lab	5,173	14.7	50.5%
Liverpool West Derby	North West	Lab	14,298	46.9	47.1%
Livingston	Scotland	Lab	13,097	29.5	58.3%
Llanelli	Wales	Lab	7,234	20.5	63.7%
Loughborough	East Midlands	Lab	1,996	4.3	63.9%
Louth and Horncastle	East Midlands	Con	9,896	21.2	62.1%
Ludlow	West Midlands	Con	2,027	4.4	71.7%
Luton North	East of England	Lab	6,487	16.6	56.8%
Luton South	East of England	Lab	5,650	14.5	53.9%
Macclesfield	North West	Con	9,401	20.6	62.9%
Maidenhead	South East	Con	6,231	13.6	71.1%
Maidstone and the Weald	South East	Con	14,856	30.5	65.6%
Makerfield	North West	Lab	17,542	49.3	51.5%
Maldon and East Chelmsford	East of England	Con	12,573	27.3	66.0%
Manchester Blackley	North West	Lab	12,027	43.6	46.3%
Manchester Central	North West	Lab	9,776	33.4	43.1%
Manchester Gorton	North West	Lab	5,808	19.9	45.9%
Manchester Withington	North West	LD	667	1.8	56.1%
Mansfield	East Midlands	Lab	10,875	28.4	56.3%
Medway	South East	Lab	213	0.5	62.7%
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Wales	PC	6,614	32.0	61.7%
Meriden	West Midlands	Con	7,009	15.1	60.3%
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Wales	Lab	13,934	46.5	54.9%
Mid Bedfordshire	East of England	Con	11,355	22.5	68.6%
Mid Dorset and North Poole	South West	LD	5,482	12.1	68.6%
Mid Norfolk	East of England	Con	7,560	13.8	67.3%
Mid Sussex	South East	Con	5,890	11.9	70.0%
Mid Ulster	Northern Ireland	SF	10,976	24.2	78.0%
Mid Worcestershire	West Midlands	Con	13,327	27.7	67.0%
Middlesbrough	North East	Lab	12,567	39.1	48.9%
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	North East	Lab	8,000	18.3	60.8%
Midlothian	Scotland	Lab	7,265	19.3	62.2%
Milton Keynes South West	South East	Lab	4,010	8.2	61.0%
Mitcham and Morden	London	Lab	12,560	31.5	60.8%
Mole Valley	South East	Con	11,997	24.3	71.5%
Monmouth	Wales	Con	4,527	9.9	73.3%
Montgomeryshire	Wales	LD	7,173	23.8	64.5%
Moray	Scotland	SNP	5,676	14.6	58.7%
Morecambe and Lunesdale	North West	Lab	4,768	11.5	61.3%
Morley and Rothwell	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	12,343	29.1	58.4%
Motherwell and Wishaw	Scotland	Lab	15,222	41.0	55.5%
Na H-Eileanan An Iar	Scotland	SNP	1,441	10.4	64.8%
Neath	Wales	Lab	12,710	35.5	62.0%
New Forest East	South East	Con	6,551	14.5	66.2%
New Forest West	South East	Con	17,285	37.5	66.8%
Newark	East Midlands	Con	6,464	14.2	63.7%
Newbury	South East	Con	3,460	6.3	72.8%
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	North East	Lab	3,982	11.1	59.2%
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	North East	Lab	7,565	23.9	55.1%
Newcastle upon Tyne North	North East	Lab	7,023	18.3	61.9%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	Lab	8,108	20.4	57.8%
Newport East	Wales	Lab	6,838	21.5	57.8%
Newport West	Wales	Lab	5,458	15.3	59.0%
Newry and Armagh	Northern Ireland	SF	8,195	16.2	76.3%
Normanton	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	10,002	26.7	57.4%
North Antrim	Northern Ireland	DUP	17,965	39.1	65.6%
North Ayrshire and Arran	Scotland	Lab	11,296	25.6	59.6%
North Cornwall	South West	LD	3,076	5.5	64.4%
North Devon	South West	LD	4,972	9.6	68.5%
North Dorset	South West	Con	2,244	4.3	71.4%
North Down	Northern Ireland	UUP	4,944	15.3	59.1%
North Durham	North East	Lab	16,781	44.9	55.1%
North East Bedfordshire	East of England	Con	12,251	24.8	68.2%
North East Cambridgeshire	East of England	Con	8,901	17.5	59.4%
North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	Lab	10,065	23.2	59.8%
North East Fife	Scotland	LD	12,571	32.6	61.7%
North East Hampshire	South East	Con	12,549	26.5	65.2%
North East Hertfordshire	East of England	Con	9,138	19.3	66.0%
North East Milton Keynes	South East	Con	1,665	3.3	64.5%
North Essex	East of England	Con	10,903	22.7	66.4%
North Norfolk	East of England	LD	10,606	18.0	72.5%
North Shropshire	West Midlands	Con	11,020	23.7	63.3%
North Southwark and Bermondsey	London	LD	5,406	14.2	49.2%
North Swindon	South West	Lab	2,571	5.7	61.3%
North Thanet	South East	Con	7,634	17.5	60.3%
North Tyneside	North East	Lab	15,037	40.7	57.1%
North Warwickshire	West Midlands	Lab	7,553	16.1	62.0%
North West Cambridgeshire	East of England	Con	9,833	20.0	63.2%
North West Durham	North East	Lab	13,443	34.0	57.7%
North West Hampshire	South East	Con	13,264	25.9	64.9%
North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	Lab	4,477	9.5	67.0%
North West Norfolk	East of England	Con	9,180	18.1	62.3%
North Wiltshire	South West	Con	5,303	9.5	69.3%
Northampton North	East Midlands	Lab	3,960	9.4	57.4%
Northampton South	East Midlands	Con	4,419	8.1	61.5%
Northavon	South West	LD	11,033	18.7	72.8%
Norwich North	East of England	Lab	5,459	11.6	60.6%
Norwich South	East of England	Lab	3,653	8.7	60.6%
Nottingham East	East Midlands	Lab	6,939	23.1	49.6%
Nottingham North	East Midlands	Lab	12,171	40.1	48.9%
Nottingham South	East Midlands	Lab	7,486	21.5	50.4%
Nuneaton	West Midlands	Lab	2,280	5.0	61.1%
Ochil and South Perthshire	Scotland	Lab	688	1.5	65.7%
Ogmore	Wales	Lab	13,703	45.3	57.4%
Old Bexley and Sidcup	London	Con	9,920	22.3	65.5%
Oldham East and Saddleworth	North West	Lab	3,590	8.3	57.5%
Oldham West and Royton	North West	Lab	10,454	27.8	53.4%
Orkney and Shetland	Scotland	LD	6,627	37.4	54.0%
Orpington	London	Con	4,947	9.0	69.3%
Oxford East	South East	Lab	963	2.3	58.2%
Oxford West and Abingdon	South East	LD	7,683	14.6	66.2%
Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Scotland	Lab	11,001	26.9	64.7%
Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Scotland	Lab	13,232	35.0	63.3%
Pendle	North West	Lab	2,180	5.3	63.5%
Penrith and the Border	North West	Con	11,904	25.4	66.1%
Perth and North Perthshire	Scotland	SNP	1,521	3.3	65.2%
Peterborough	East of England	Con	2,740	6.7	60.9%
Plymouth Devonport	South West	Lab	8,103	19.3	57.4%
Plymouth Sutton	South West	Lab	4,109	10.8	56.8%
Pontefract and Castleford	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	15,246	46.3	53.2%
Pontypridd	Wales	Lab	13,191	33.3	61.1%
Poole	South West	Con	5,988	14.8	63.8%
Poplar and Canning Town	London	Lab	6,165	15.8	46.9%
Portsmouth North	South East	Lab	1,139	3.0	60.5%
Portsmouth South	South East	LD	3,362	8.3	58.3%
Preseli Pembrokeshire	Wales	Con	607	1.6	68.9%
Preston	North West	Lab	9,407	27.6	57.0%
Pudsey	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	5,870	12.6	65.6%
Putney	London	Con	1,766	4.8	59.7%
Rayleigh	East of England	Con	14,726	31.9	64.3%
Reading East	South East	Con	475	1.1	58.6%
Reading West	South East	Lab	4,682	11.1	60.0%
Redcar	North East	Lab	12,116	31.2	58.0%
Redditch	West Midlands	Lab	2,716	6.7	63.7%
Regent'S Park and Kensington North	London	Lab	6,131	15.1	52.6%
Reigate	South East	Con	10,988	25.8	64.6%
Rhondda	Wales	Lab	16,242	52.1	61.1%
Ribble Valley	North West	Con	14,171	28.5	66.3%
Richmond (Yorks)	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	17,807	39.4	—
Richmond Park	London	LD	3,731	7.3	74.4%
Rochdale	North West	LD	442	1.1	57.9%
Rochford and Southend East	East of England	Con	5,490	13.9	55.4%
Romford	London	Con	11,589	31.8	61.8%
Romsey	South East	LD	125	0.3	70.6%
Ross Skye and Lochaber	Scotland	LD	14,249	43.8	64.3%
Rossendale and Darwen	North West	Lab	3,676	8.3	62.0%
Rother Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	14,224	36.0	58.1%
Rotherham	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	10,681	35.6	54.9%
Rugby and Kenilworth	West Midlands	Con	1,628	2.9	68.6%
Ruislip Northwood	London	Con	8,910	22.5	64.8%
Runnymede and Weybridge	South East	Con	12,349	28.4	60.0%
Rushcliffe	East Midlands	Con	12,974	23.0	70.3%
Rutherglen and Hamilton West	Scotland	Lab	16,112	37.2	57.7%
Rutland and Melton	East Midlands	Con	12,930	26.2	65.7%
Ryedale	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	10,469	23.7	65.4%
Saffron Walden	East of England	Con	13,008	24.5	68.0%
Salford	North West	Lab	7,945	35.2	43.3%
Salisbury	South West	Con	11,142	20.5	67.8%
Scarborough and Whitby	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	1,245	2.7	63.9%
Scunthorpe	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	8,963	27.4	53.8%
Sedgefield	North East	Lab	18,282	44.1	61.8%
Selby	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	467	0.9	67.4%
Sevenoaks	South East	Con	12,970	30.0	66.9%
Sheffield Attercliffe	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	15,967	43.1	55.0%
Sheffield Brightside	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	13,644	55.4	48.4%
Sheffield Central	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	7,055	23.5	51.4%
Sheffield Hallam	Yorkshire and the Humber	LD	8,682	21.5	69.0%
Sheffield Heeley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	11,370	33.4	57.6%
Sheffield Hillsborough	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	11,243	24.5	61.2%
Sherwood	East Midlands	Lab	6,652	14.1	62.3%
Shipley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	422	0.9	69.3%
Shrewsbury and Atcham	West Midlands	Con	1,808	3.6	68.8%
Sittingbourne and Sheppey	South East	Lab	79	0.2	65.4%
Skipton and Ripon	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	11,620	23.0	66.4%
Sleaford and North Hykeham	East Midlands	Con	12,705	23.8	67.3%
Slough	South East	Lab	7,851	21.2	53.7%
Solihull	West Midlands	LD	279	0.5	67.5%
Somerton and Frome	South West	LD	812	1.5	69.4%
South Antrim	Northern Ireland	DUP	3,448	9.1	63.0%
South Cambridgeshire	East of England	Con	8,001	15.2	69.5%
South Derbyshire	East Midlands	Lab	4,495	8.1	65.9%
South Dorset	South West	Lab	1,812	3.7	69.2%
South Down	Northern Ireland	SDLP	9,140	19.0	70.9%
South East Cambridgeshire	East of England	Con	8,624	15.4	66.0%
South East Cornwall	South West	LD	6,507	12.2	66.8%
South Holland and the Deepings	East Midlands	Con	15,780	32.7	62.2%
South Norfolk	East of England	Con	8,782	14.9	68.2%
South Ribble	North West	Lab	2,184	4.6	64.8%
South Shields	North East	Lab	12,312	40.8	50.4%
South Staffordshire	West Midlands	Con	8,847	34.5	37.2%
South Suffolk	East of England	Con	6,606	13.6	68.8%
South Swindon	South West	Lab	1,353	3.1	60.5%
South Thanet	South East	Lab	664	1.6	64.8%
South West Bedfordshire	East of England	Con	8,277	18.1	62.5%
South West Devon	South West	Con	10,141	20.7	68.4%
South West Hertfordshire	East of England	Con	8,473	16.9	69.3%
South West Norfolk	East of England	Con	10,086	18.3	62.1%
South West Surrey	South East	Con	5,711	10.9	72.0%
Southampton Itchen	South East	Lab	9,302	21.5	54.5%
Southampton Test	South East	Lab	7,018	16.8	57.1%
Southend West	East of England	Con	8,959	22.5	61.2%
Southport	North West	LD	3,838	9.3	60.8%
Spelthorne	South East	Con	9,936	23.2	62.5%
St Albans	East of England	Con	1,361	3.0	70.3%
St Helens North	North West	Lab	13,962	35.6	55.8%
St Helens South	North West	Lab	9,309	26.2	53.9%
St Ives	South West	LD	11,609	23.0	67.5%
Stafford	West Midlands	Lab	2,121	4.7	67.5%
Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	Lab	2,438	5.5	64.1%
Stalybridge and Hyde	North West	Lab	8,348	23.6	53.9%
Stevenage	East of England	Lab	3,139	7.5	63.1%
Stirling	Scotland	Lab	4,767	10.9	68.0%
Stockport	North West	Lab	9,163	25.6	54.8%
Stockton North	North East	Lab	12,437	34.1	57.0%
Stockton South	North East	Lab	6,139	13.7	62.5%
Stoke-on-Trent Central	West Midlands	Lab	9,774	35.0	48.6%
Stoke-on-Trent North	West Midlands	Lab	10,036	32.6	52.7%
Stoke-on-Trent South	West Midlands	Lab	8,681	23.0	53.7%
Stone	West Midlands	Con	9,089	19.3	67.0%
Stourbridge	West Midlands	Lab	407	1.0	64.8%
Strangford	Northern Ireland	DUP	13,049	35.2	58.1%
Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	Con	12,184	20.9	68.8%
Streatham	London	Lab	7,466	18.4	51.7%
Stretford and Urmston	North West	Lab	7,851	20.6	64.1%
Stroud	South West	Lab	350	0.6	70.9%
Suffolk Coastal	East of England	Con	9,685	18.4	67.6%
Sunderland North	North East	Lab	9,995	34.6	49.6%
Sunderland South	North East	Lab	11,059	36.0	49.2%
Surrey Heath	South East	Con	10,845	22.7	63.7%
Sutton and Cheam	London	LD	2,846	6.8	67.3%
Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	Con	12,283	26.5	62.9%
Swansea East	Wales	Lab	11,249	36.5	53.1%
Swansea West	Wales	Lab	4,269	12.9	56.2%
Tamworth	West Midlands	Lab	2,569	5.9	61.2%
Tatton	North West	Con	11,731	28.3	64.5%
Taunton	South West	LD	573	1.0	69.7%
Teignbridge	South West	LD	6,215	10.2	69.0%
Telford	West Midlands	Lab	5,406	15.8	57.3%
Tewkesbury	South West	Con	9,892	21.8	63.3%
Thurrock	East of England	Lab	6,375	14.6	54.5%
Tiverton and Honiton	South West	Con	11,051	19.0	70.3%
Tonbridge and Malling	South East	Con	13,352	29.0	68.8%
Tooting	London	Lab	5,381	13.0	59.2%
Torbay	South West	LD	2,029	4.3	61.4%
Torfaen	Wales	Lab	14,791	41.1	58.8%
Torridge and West Devon	South West	Con	3,236	5.5	71.0%
Totnes	South West	Con	1,947	3.9	68.3%
Tottenham	London	Lab	13,034	41.2	47.7%
Truro and St Austell	South West	LD	7,403	14.4	63.9%
Tunbridge Wells	South East	Con	9,988	23.5	65.7%
Twickenham	London	LD	9,965	19.3	72.7%
Tyne Bridge	North East	Lab	10,400	39.4	48.7%
Tynemouth	North East	Lab	4,143	9.7	66.8%
Upminster	London	Con	6,042	17.4	62.5%
Upper Bann	Northern Ireland	DUP	5,298	11.9	66.6%
Uxbridge	London	Con	6,171	18.0	59.0%
Vale of Clwyd	Wales	Lab	4,669	14.5	61.9%
Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	Lab	1,808	3.8	69.2%
Vale of York	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	13,712	27.2	66.6%
Vauxhall	London	Lab	9,977	26.7	47.3%
Wakefield	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	5,154	11.9	59.4%
Wallasey	North West	Lab	9,109	24.8	57.6%
Walsall North	West Midlands	Lab	6,640	19.9	52.9%
Walsall South	West Midlands	Lab	7,946	22.5	58.7%
Walthamstow	London	Lab	7,993	23.2	54.8%
Wansbeck	North East	Lab	10,581	28.7	58.6%
Wansdyke	South West	Lab	1,839	3.6	72.5%
Wantage	South East	Con	8,017	15.4	68.8%
Warley	West Midlands	Lab	10,147	31.6	57.3%
Warrington North	North West	Lab	12,204	30.2	55.3%
Warrington South	North West	Lab	3,515	7.5	62.0%
Warwick and Leamington	West Midlands	Lab	266	0.5	67.8%
Watford	East of England	Lab	1,148	2.3	65.1%
Waveney	East of England	Lab	5,915	11.9	63.9%
Wealden	South East	Con	15,921	28.6	67.7%
Weaver Vale	North West	Lab	6,855	17.4	57.2%
Wellingborough	East Midlands	Con	687	1.3	66.8%
Wells	South West	Con	3,040	5.7	68.3%
Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	Con	5,946	13.3	68.3%
Wentworth	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	15,056	42.3	55.9%
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Scotland	LD	7,471	17.9	64.2%
West Bromwich East	West Midlands	Lab	11,652	32.8	58.7%
West Bromwich West	West Midlands	Lab	10,894	31.2	52.3%
West Chelmsford	East of England	Con	9,620	18.8	62.5%
West Derbyshire	East Midlands	Con	10,753	21.0	68.2%
West Dorset	South West	Con	2,461	4.6	76.2%
West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	Lab	12,553	30.2	60.8%
West Ham	London	Lab	7,696	24.9	50.2%
West Lancashire	North West	Lab	6,084	14.1	58.2%
West Suffolk	East of England	Con	8,909	20.2	61.1%
West Tyrone	Northern Ireland	SF	5,005	11.5	80.2%
West Worcestershire	West Midlands	Con	2,475	5.3	70.6%
Westbury	South West	Con	5,349	9.6	67.0%
Westmorland and Lonsdale	North West	LD	267	0.5	71.1%
Weston Super Mare	South West	Con	2,079	4.2	65.9%
Wigan	North West	Lab	11,767	34.3	53.3%
Wimbledon	London	Con	2,301	5.3	67.9%
Winchester	South East	LD	7,476	12.1	73.1%
Windsor	South East	Con	10,292	23.6	63.7%
Wirral South	North West	Lab	3,724	9.4	67.5%
Wirral West	North West	Lab	1,097	2.7	67.5%
Witney	South East	Con	14,156	26.3	69.6%
Woking	South East	Con	6,612	14.4	63.1%
Wokingham	South East	Con	7,240	15.7	68.4%
Wolverhampton North East	West Midlands	Lab	8,156	24.8	54.8%
Wolverhampton South East	West Midlands	Lab	10,495	37.2	52.5%
Wolverhampton South West	West Midlands	Lab	2,879	6.9	62.9%
Woodspring	South West	Con	6,016	11.7	72.1%
Worcester	West Midlands	Lab	3,144	6.8	64.0%
Workington	North West	Lab	6,895	17.4	64.4%
Worsley	North West	Lab	9,368	25.4	53.3%
Worthing West	South East	Con	9,379	20.9	62.5%
Wrekin The	West Midlands	Con	942	2.1	66.7%
Wrexham	Wales	Lab	6,819	22.4	63.0%
Wycombe	South East	Con	7,051	15.9	62.2%
Wyre Forest	West Midlands	Oth	9,293	19.8	64.2%
Wythenshawe and Sale East	North West	Lab	10,827	29.9	51.2%
Yeovil	South West	LD	8,562	17.2	64.1%
Ynys Môn	Wales	Lab	1,242	3.5	67.7%
York City of	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	10,472	22.5	62.2%

Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk / cbp-8647

Questions and answers

Who won the 2005 general election?

Labour won 355 of 646 seats with 35.2% of the vote, an overall majority of 64. Tony Blair became (or remained) prime minister: Labour majority government.

How many seats did each party win in 2005?

Labour 355; Conservative 198; Liberal Democrats 62; Democratic Unionist Party 9; Scottish National Party 6; Sinn Féin 5 (out of 646 seats; 324 were needed for a majority).

Who won the most votes in 2005?

Labour won the most votes: 9,552,372 (35.2% of the 27,149,332 votes counted).

What was the turnout at the 2005 general election?

Turnout was 61.5% in contested constituencies (valid votes as a share of the electorate).

What was the closest result in 2005?

Crawley, where Labour won by 37 votes.

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