2005 General election results summary
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Held on Thursday, 5th May
Electorate – 44,180,243
Turnout – 61.5%
| Party |
Seats |
Votes |
% Share |
Candidates |
| |
Labour |
356 |
9,556,183 |
35.2 |
627 |
|
Conservative |
197 |
8,772,599 |
32.3 |
630 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
62 |
5,982,164 |
22.1 |
626 |
|
Democratic Unionist |
9 |
241,856 |
0.9 |
18 |
|
Scottish National |
6 |
412,267 |
1.5 |
59 |
|
Sinn Féin |
5 |
174,530 |
0.6 |
18 |
|
Plaid Cymru |
3 |
174,838 |
0.6 |
40 |
|
SDLP |
3 |
125,626 |
0.5 |
18 |
|
UUP |
1 |
127,414 |
0.5 |
18 |
|
Respect |
1 |
68,094 |
0.3 |
26 |
|
Ind Kid Hosp |
1 |
18,739 |
0.1 |
1 |
|
Others |
1 |
251,646 |
0.9 |
500 |
|
|
Total 645* |
|
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*Excludes South Staffordshire, which
postponed election due to death of a candidate |
Election manifestos
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