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Results of 2005 United Kingdom General Election

From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!

May 6, 2005 

The United Kingdom General Election Tony Blair continues as the Prime Minister Labour Conservative Lib Dems 355 197 62 DUP SNP Sinn Féin 7 6 5 Plaid Cymru SDLP UUP 3 3 1 RESPECT IKHH Ind.   1 1 1   Other Wikinews election coverage:
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At 21:00 UTC yesterday, the polls closed in the United Kingdom general election. With only a handful of seats left to declare, Labour reached the 324 seats necessary to form a majority in the House of Commons, with the result in Corby at 03:28 UTC.

The Conservative Party remains the Opposition party, with the Liberal Democrats being the third largest party in the House of Commons.

Both the Labour victory and the reduced majority were widely predicted by opinion polls before the election. The BBC/ITV exit poll predicted Tony Blair a majority of 66 seats, which continued to be forecast as the final result as declarations were made. Some early results in the north-east indicated a bigger swing away from Labour than the opinion polls had been suggesting, but later results confirmed the survey.

Overall, there has been no clear swing in votes between the parties. Many seats have seen large swings, but in many different directions, with perhaps the national swing of 5% from Conservative to Liberal Democrat being the most dramatic with many much larger local swings.

The new Labour government has been elected with the lowest proportion of the popular vote ever - just 35.2%. However, the Tories only gained 32.3% barely more than the last election in 2001. The biggest winners in terms of popular vote were the Liberal Democrats led by Charles Kennedy, who secured 22.1% of the vote. With 645 of 646 seats declared so far, this has given the Liberal Democrats another 11 seats in Parliament, but the Conservatives have gained another 33 seats. Labour have lost 47.

As a result, Tony Blair is forecast to be governing with a majority of 66 in the new Parliament. However, on some major issues such as university fees and anti-terror laws, many Labour MPs have voted against their leadership. With a greatly reduced majority, Tony Blair may be forced to water down many more controversial policies in order to guarantee their passage through the House of Commons. Speaking on BBC News, commentator David Dimbleby pointed out the uncertainty of such possibilities, and noted that a majority of 66 was larger than the 43 seat majority won by Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom general election, 1979.

One surprise vote was the election of ex-Labour member George Galloway in Bethnal Green & Bow, in East London. The area has a very high number of Muslims in it, and Galloway moved from his home in Scotland in order to gain their anti-war support. He ousted Britain's only second female black MP, Oona King, in the process.

Robert Kilroy-Silk, the ex-talkshow host who was sacked from the BBC after writing racist newspaper articles, only came fourth in his election in Erewash in the East Midlands. His party, Veritas, which fielded 65 candidates across the country, stood for withdrawing from the European Union and blocking immigration.

Turnout in the general election is 60%, up 2% on 2001.

Sources

The race to declare

In every General Election there is an informal race amongst the constituencies to declare a result first.

For comparison:

2005 General Election

Constituencies declared before 23:00 BST

ConstituencyTime declared Sunderland South 22:45 Constituencies declared before 00:00 BSTConstituencyTime declared Sunderland North 23:25 Houghton and Washington East 23:32 Rutherglen and Hamilton West 23:57 2001 General Election

Constituencies declared before 00:00 BST

ConstituencyTime declared Sunderland South 22:43 Hamilton South 23:21 Sunderland North 23:24 Houghton and Washington East 23:38 Barnsley Central 23:45

Timetable for the new Parliament

The new Parliament met on Wednesday May 11. Its first business was the election of the Speaker. Michael Martin was re-elected.

The State Opening of Parliament is scheduled to be on Tuesday May 17.

Election results in depth

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Total seats for each party

PartyCandidatesSeatsNotes  Labour 627 356 No candidates in Northern Ireland and Glasgow North East   Conservative 630 197 Only 3 candidates in Northern Ireland, no candidate in Glasgow North East   Liberal Democrats 626 62 No candidates in Northern Ireland, Glasgow North East, or Wyre Forest ">Richard Taylor). No nomination for Staffordshire South.   Democratic Unionist Party 18 9 Northern Ireland only   Green Party of England and Wales 183 0   Plaid Cymru 40 3 Wales only   RESPECT The Unity Coalition 26 1   Scottish Green Party 19 0   Scottish National Party 59 6 Scotland only   Scottish Socialist Party 58 0 Scotland only. No candidate opposing Rose Gentle.   Social Democratic and Labour Party 18 3 Northern Ireland only   Sinn Féin 18 5 Northern Ireland only   Ulster Unionist Party 18 1 Northern Ireland only   United Kingdom Independence Party 488 0   Veritas 62 0   Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern 1 1   Independents 1 Peter Law won the Blaenau Gwent constituency after an internal dispute in the Labour Party   Speaker 1 1

Results by constituency

Scotland

Scottish highlands & islands
IDConstituencyWinnerSecond placeNotes2 Aberdeen North Labour Liberal Democrat 3 Aberdeen South Labour Liberal Democrat 4 Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine Liberal Democrat Conservative 11 Angus SNP Conservative 15 Argyll & Bute Liberal Democrat Conservative 25 Banff & Buchan SNP Conservative Constituency of Alex Salmond, SNP leader 115 Caithness, Sutherland, & Easter Ross Liberal Democrat Labour 207 Dundee East SNP Labour 208 Dundee West Labour SNP 248 Fife North East Liberal Democrat Conservative First Liberal Democrat declaration 267 Gordon Liberal Democrat Labour 326 Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch, & Strathspey Liberal Democrat Labour 401 Moray SNP Conservative 405 Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP Labour 433 Ochil & Perthshire South Labour SNP 438 Orkney & Shetland Liberal Democrat Labour 446 Perth and Perthshire North SNP Conservative 477 Ross, Skye, & Lochaber Liberal Democrat Labour Constituency of Charles Kennedy, Liberal Democrat leader 529 Stirling Labour Conservative

Central Scotland
IDConstituencyWinnerSecond placeNotes5 Airdrie & Shotts Labour SNP 21 Ayr, Carrick, & Cumnock Labour Conservative 22 Ayrshire Central Labour Conservative 23 Ayrshire North & Arran Labour Conservative 152 Coatbridge, Chryston, & Bellshill Labour SNP 171 Cumbernauld, Kilsyth, & Kirkintilloch East Labour SNP 205 Dunbartonshire East Liberal Democrat Labour First Liberal Democrat gain declared 206 Dunbartonshire West Labour SNP 209 Dunfermline & Fife West Labour Liberal Democrat 218 East Kilbride, Strathaven, & Lesmahagow Labour SNP 224 Edinburgh East Labour Liberal Democrat 225 Edinburgh North & Leith Labour Liberal Democrat 226 Edinburgh South Labour Liberal Democrat 227 Edinburgh South West Labour Conservative 228 Edinburgh West Liberal Democrat Conservative 242 Falkirk Labour SNP 258 Glasgow Central Labour Liberal Democrat 259 Glasgow East Labour SNP 260 Glasgow North Labour Liberal Democrat 261 Glasgow North East Speaker Socialist Labour Constituency of incumbent Speaker of the House 262 Glasgow North West Labour Liberal Democrat 263 Glasgow South Labour Liberal Democrat 264 Glasgow South West Labour SNP 265 Glenrothes Labour SNP 325 Inverclyde Labour SNP 336 Kilmarnock & Loudoun Labour SNP 339 Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Labour SNP Constituency of Gordon Brown, the current Chancellor of the Exchequer 343 Lanark & Hamilton East Labour Liberal Democrat 364 Linlithgow & Falkirk East Labour SNP 370 Livingston Labour SNP 404 Motherwell & Wishaw Labour SNP 442 Paisley & Renfrewshire North Labour SNP 443 Paisley & Renfrewshire South Labour Liberal Democrat 467 Renfrewshire East Labour Conservative 485 Rutherglen & Hamilton West Labour Liberal Democrat

Scottish borders
IDConstituencyWinnerSecond placeNotes47 Berwickshire, Roxburgh, & Selkirk Liberal Democrat Conservative 203 Dumfries & Galloway Labour Conservative 204 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale, & Tweeddale Conservative Labour 219 East Lothian Labour Liberal Democrat 394 Midlothian Labour Liberal Democrat

Northern Ireland

Counting in Northern Ireland is not performed overnight, as in the rest of the United Kingdom, but instead is performed the next day. Counts began at 09:00 BST.

IDConstituencyWinnerSecond placeNotes12 Antrim East DUP UUP 13 Antrim North DUP Sinn Féin Constituency of Ian Paisley, DUP leader 14 Antrim South DUP UUP 43 Belfast East DUP UUP 44 Belfast North DUP Sinn Féin 45 Belfast South SDLP DUP 46 Belfast West Sinn Féin SDLP First Northern Ireland declaration, Gerry Adams, Sinn Féin leader, retains his seat 198 Down North UUP DUP 199 Down South SDLP Sinn Féin 247 Fermanagh & South Tyrone Sinn Féin DUP 252 Foyle SDLP Sinn Féin Constituency of Mark Durkan, SDLP leader 342 Lagan Valley DUP UUP 372 Londonderry East DUP UUP 417 Newry & Armagh Sinn Féin SDLP 538 Strangford DUP UUP 581 Tyrone West Sinn Féin Independent 582 Ulster Mid Sinn Féin DUP 584 Upper Bann DUP UUP David Trimble, UUP leader, loses his seat. See UUP leader loses seat in 2005 UK General Election

Wales

IDConstituencyWinnerSecond placeNotes1 Aberavon Labour Liberal Democrat 9 Alyn and Deeside Labour Conservative 70 Blaenau Gwent Independent Labour 88 Brecon and Radnorshire Liberal Democrat Conservative 94 Bridgend Labour Conservative 113 Caernarfon Plaid Cymru Labour 114 Caerphilly Labour Plaid Cymru 125 Cardiff Central Liberal Democrat Labour 126 Cardiff North Labour Conservative 127 Cardiff South and Penarth Labour Conservative 128 Cardiff West Labour Conservative 130 Carmarthen East & Dinefwr Plaid Cymru Labour 131 Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South Labour Conservative 134 Ceredigion Liberal Democrat Plaid Cymru 150 Clwyd South Labour Conservative 151 Clwyd West Conservative Labour 156 Conwy Labour Conservative 172 Cynon Valley Labour Plaid Cymru 177 Delyn Labour Conservative 269 Gower Labour Conservative 331 Islwyn Labour Plaid Cymru 371 Llanelli Labour Plaid Cymru 389 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Plaid Cymru Labour 391 Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney Labour Liberal Democrat 399 Monmouth Conservative Labour 400 Montgomeryshire Liberal Democrat Conservative 406 Neath Labour Plaid Cymru 415 Newport East Labour Liberal Democrat 416 Newport West Labour Conservative 434 Ogmore Labour Liberal Democrat 451 Pontypridd Labour Liberal Democrat 456 Preseli Pembrokeshire Conservative Labour 468 Rhondda Labour Plaid Cymru 555 Swansea East Labour Liberal Democrat 556 Swansea West Labour Liberal Democrat 572 Torfaen Labour Conservative 586 Vale of Clwyd Labour Conservative 587 Vale of Glamorgan Labour Conservative 639 Wrexham Labour Liberal Democrat 644 Ynys Môn Labour Plaid Cymru

North West England

The Lakes, Lancashire, & Cheshire
IDConstituencyWinnerSecond placeNotes30 Barrow and Furness Labour Conservative 67 Blackburn Labour Conservative Constituency of the current Foreign Secretary Jack Straw 68 Blackpool North and Fleetwood Labour Conservative 69 Blackpool South Labour Conservative 108 Burnley Labour Conservative 129 Carlisle Labour Conservative 141 Chester, City of Labour Conservative 146 Chorley Labour Conservative 155 Congleton Conservative Labour 157 Copeland Labour Conservative 166 Crewe & Nantwich Labour Conservative 223 Eddisbury Conservative Labour 230 Ellesmere Port and Neston Labour Conservative 253 Fylde Conservative Labour 281 Halton Labour Conservative 344 Lancashire West Labour Conservative 345 Lancaster and Wyre Conservative Labour 402 Morecambe and Lunesdale Labour Conservative 444 Pendle Labour Conservative 445 Penrith and The Border Conservative Liberal Democrat 457 Preston Labour Conservative 469 Ribble South Labour Conservative 470 Ribble Valley Conservative Liberal Democrat 478 Rossendale and Darwen Labour Conservative 560 Tatton Conservative Labour 599 Warrington North Labour Conservative 600 Warrington South Labour Conservative 606 Weaver Vale Labour Conservative 615 Westmorland and Lonsdale Liberal Democrat Conservative 634 Workington Labour Conservative

Greater Manchester
IDConstituencyWinnerSecond placeNotes8 Altrincham and Sale West Conservative Labour 19 Ashton under Lyne Labour Conservative 75 Bolton North East Labour Conservative 76 Bolton South East Labour Conservative 77 Bolton West Labour Conservative Constituency of Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for Education and Skills 110 Bury North Labour Conservative 111 Bury South Labour Conservative 137 Cheadle Liberal Democrat Conservative 178 Denton and Reddish Labour Conservative 222 Eccles Labour Conservative 297 Hazel Grove Liberal Democrat Conservative 308 Heywood and Middleton Labour Conservative 355 Leigh Labour Conservative 378 Macclesfield Conservative Labour 381 Makerfield Labour Conservative 383 Manchester Blackley Labour Liberal Democrat 384 Manchester Central Labour Liberal Democrat 385 Manchester Gorton Labour Liberal Democrat 386 Manchester Withington Liberal Democrat Labour 436 Oldham East and Saddleworth Labour Liberal Democrat 437 Oldham West and Royton Labour Conservative 473 Rochdale Liberal Democrat Labour 493 Salford Labour Liberal Democrat 527 Stalybridge and Hyde Labour Conservative 530 Stockport Labour Conservative 541 Stretford and Urmston Labour Conservative 617 Wigan Labour Conservative 635 Worsley Labour Conservative 642 Wythenshawe and Sale East Labour Conservative

Merseyside
IDConstituencyWinnerSecond placeNotes54 Birkenhead Labour Liberal Democrat 78 Bootle Labour Liberal Democrat 167 Crosby Labour Conservative 322 Hyndburn Labour Conservative 340 Knowsley North and Sefton East Labour Liberal Democrat 341 Knowsley South Labour Liberal Democrat 365 Liverpool Garston Labour Liberal Democrat 366 Liverpool Riverside Labour Liberal Democrat UK's lowest turnout of 2001 , increased to 41.4% in 2005 367 Liverpool Walton Labour Liberal Democrat 368 Liverpool Wavertree Labour Liberal Democrat 369 Liverpool West Derby Labour Liberal Democrat 490 St Helens North Labour Liberal Democrat 491 St Helens South Labour Liberal Democrat 521 Southport Liberal Democrat Conservative 591 Wallasey Labour Conservative 622 Wirral South Labour Conservative 623 Wirral West Labour Conservative

North East England

Tyne & Wear
IDConstituencyWinnerSecond placeNotes71 Blaydon Labour Liberal Democrat 255 Gateshead East and Washington West Labour Liberal Democrat 315 Houghton and Washington East Labour Liberal Democrat 332 Jarrow Labour Liberal Democrat 412 Newcastle upon Tyne Central Labour Liberal Democrat 413 Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend Labour Liberal Democrat 414 Newcastle upon Tyne North Labour Liberal Democrat 517 South Shields Labour Liberal Democrat 532 Stockton South Labour Conservative 547 Sunderland North Labour Conservative 548 Sunderland South Labour Conservative First to declare 578 Tyne Bridge Labour Liberal Democrat 579 Tynemouth Labour Conservative 580 Tyneside North Labour Conservative

Northumbria & Cleveland
IDConstituencyWinnerSecond placeNotes48 Berwick-upon-Tweed Liberal Democrat Conservative 65 Bishop Auckland Labour Liberal Democrat 72 Blyth Valley Labour Liberal Democrat 174 Darlington Labour Conservative 210 Durham North Labour Liberal Democrat 211 Durham North West Labour Liberal Democrat 212 Durham, City of Labour Liberal Democrat 216 Easington Labour Liberal Democrat 292 Hartlepool Labour Liberal Democrat 307 Hexham Conservative Labour 392 Middlesbrough Labour Liberal Democrat 393 Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East Labour Conservative 463 Redcar Labour Liberal Democrat 497 Sedgefield Labour Conservative Constituency of Tony Blair, Labour leader 531 Stockton North Labour Conservative 595 Wansbeck Labour Liberal Democrat

Yorkshire and Humberside

North Yorkshire & East Riding
IDConstituencyWinnerSecond placeNotes50 Beverley and Holderness Conservative Labour 96 Brigg and Goole Labour Conservative 149 Cleethorpes Labour Conservative 272 Great Grimsby Labour Conservative 280 Haltemprice and Howden Conservative Liberal Democrat 289 Harrogate and Knaresborough Liberal Democrat Conservative 318 Hull East Labour Liberal Democrat Constituency of John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister 319 Hull North Labour Liberal Democrat 320 Hull West and Hessle Labour Liberal Democrat 346 Leeds Central Labour Liberal Democrat 471 Richmond, North Yorkshire Conservative Labour 487 Ryedale Conservative Liberal Democrat 495 Scarborough and Whitby Conservative Labour 496 Scunthorpe Labour Conservative 498 Selby Labour Conservative 511 Skipton and Ripon Conservative Liberal Democrat 588 Vale of York Conservative Labour 645 York, City of Labour Conservative 646 Yorkshire East Conservative Labour

West Yorkshire
IDConstituencyWinnerSecond placeNotes35 Batley and Spen Labour Conservative 84 Bradford North Labour Liberal Democrat 85 Bradford South Labour Conservative 86 Bradford West Labour Conservative 116 Calder Valley Labour Conservative 154 Colne Valley Labour Conservative 189 Dewsbury Labour Conservative 231 Elmet Labour Conservative 279 Halifax Labour Conservative 299 Hemsworth Labour Conservative 317 Huddersfield Labour Liberal Democrat 333 Keighley Labour Conservative 347 Leeds East Labour Liberal Democrat 348 Leeds North East Labour Conservative 349 Leeds North West Liberal Democrat Labour 350 Leeds West Labour Liberal Democrat 403 Morley and Rothwell Labour Conservative 423 Normanton Labour Conservative 450 Pontefract and Castleford Labour Conservative 458 Pudsey Labour Conservative 507 Shipley Conservative Labour 590 Wakefield Labour Conservative

South Yorkshire
IDConstituencyWinnerSecond placeNotes27 Barnsley Central Labour Liberal Democrat 28 Barnsley East and Mexborough Labour Liberal Democrat 29 Barnsley West and Penistone Labour Conservative 190 Don Valley Labour Conservative 191 Doncaster Central Labour Liberal Democrat 192 Doncaster North Labour Conservative 479 Rother Valley Labour Conservative 480 Rotherham Labour Liberal Democrat 500 Sheffield Attercliffe Labour Liberal Democrat 501 Sheffield Brightside Labour Liberal Democrat 502 Sheffield Central Labour Liberal Democrat 503 Sheffield Hallam Liberal Democrat Conservative 504 Sheffield Heeley Labour Liberal Democrat 505 Sheffield Hillsborough Labour Liberal Democrat 610 Wentworth Labour Conservative

East Midlands

Peak District
IDConstituencyWinnerSecond placeNotes10 Amber Valley Labour Conservative 17 Ashfield Labour Conservative Constituency of Geoff Hoon, Defence Secretary 33 Bassetlaw Labour Conservative 66 Blaby Conservative Labour 74 Bolsover Labour Liberal Democrat 80 Bosworth Conservative Labour 106 Broxtowe Labour Conservative 135