UK Polling History: Election of 5 May 2005
The map below is experimental, as the geographic locations and boundaries of historical constituencies are
not readily available. For an alphabetical table of constituencies,
click here.
Election result map
Result summary
| Parties | ||||||||||
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat |
DUP | SNP | Sinn Fein |
Other | Plaid Cymru |
SDLP | Ulster Unionist |
|
| Total seats | 355 | 198 | 62 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Total votes | 9,552,372 | 8,785,942 | 5,985,704 | 241,856 | 412,267 | 174,530 | 1,568,783 | 174,838 | 125,626 | 127,414 |
| Seats gained | -42 | +31 | +7 | +4 | +2 | +1 | +1 | -1 | – | -5 |
| Votes gained | -1,006,729 | +404,696 | +1,094,463 | +29,080 | +5,444 | -1,403 | +441,050 | -20,623 | -44,239 | -96,491 |
| Share of votes | 35.2% | 32.4% | 22.0% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 5.8% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Share of eligible voters | 21.6% | 19.9% | 13.5% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 3.6% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Gain in share of votes | -5.0% | -0.4% | +3.6% | +0.2% | +0.7% | -0.1% | +1.9% | -0.1% | -0.2% | -0.4% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | -2.3% | +0.4% | +2.6% | +0.1% | +0.4% | -0.0% | +1.2% | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.2% |
| Total votes: | 27,149,332 | |
| Electorate: | 44,179,682 | |
| Turnout: | 61.5% | |
| Swing: | 4.3% | Liberal Democrat from Labour |