Results of the United Kingdom general election, 2005.
Contents
Seats that changed hands
A total of 64 seats changed hands, since the 2001 general election.
Labour gains
- Leicester South
Conservative gains
- Bexleyheath and Crayford
- Braintree
- Clwyd West
- Croydon Central
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale, and Tweeddale Ø
- Enfield Southgate
- Forest of Dean
- Gravesham
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Harwich
- Hemel Hempstead
- Hornchurch
- Ilford North
- Kettering
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Monmouth
- Milton Keynes North East
- Northampton South
- Peterborough
- Preseli Pembrokeshire
- Putney
- Reading East
- Rugby and Kenilworth
- Scarborough and Whitby
- Shipley
- Shrewsbury and Atcham
- St Albans
- The Wrekin
- Wellingborough
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Wimbledon
- Devon West and Torridge
- Guildford
- Ludlow
- Newbury
- Weston-super-Mare
- Basingstoke
Liberal Democrat gains
- Birmingham Yardley
- Brent East (in a by-election, retained)
- Bristol West
- Cambridge
- Cardiff Central
- Dunbartonshire East
- Falmouth and Camborne
- Hornsey and Wood Green
- Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch, and Strathspey
- Leeds North West
- Manchester Withington
- Rochdale
- Solihull
- Taunton
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Ceredigion
Scottish National Party (SNP) gains
- Dundee East
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) gains
- East Antrim
- Lagan Valley
- South Antrim
- Upper Bann
Social Democrat and Labour Party (SDLP) gain
- BelfastSouth
Sinn Féin gain
- Newry and Armagh
Respect gain
- Bethnal Green and Bow
Independent candidate gain
- Blaenau Gwent
Ø Indicates Scottish seat. Due to boundary changes, these are notional gains/losses.
Collated results
For other collated results see:
References
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