Constituency results of the United Kingdom general election, 2005
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Results of the 2005 general election.


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North East Scotland


Mid Scotland and Fife


Central Scotland


West of Scotland


Lothian


South of Scotland


Northern Ireland


Wales


North West England


The Lakes, Lancashire, & Cheshire


Greater Manchester


Merseyside


North East England


Tyne & Wear


Northumberland, Durham & Cleveland


Yorkshire and the Humber


North Yorkshire, East Riding & North/North East Lincolnshire


West Yorkshire


South Yorkshire


East Midlands


Derbyshire, Western Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire


Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Eastern Leicestershire


West Midlands


Mercia


Birmingham & Coventry


Anglia


Mid-Anglia


East Anglia


South West England


Devon & Cornwall


West England


South East England


Wessex


Channel Coast


London


North East London


North West London


South West London


South East London


Seats that changed hands

A total of 63 seats changed hands, since the 2001 general election.


Labour gains

; from Liberal Democrats #
Leicester South Leicester South is a constituency, recreated in 1974, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2011 by Jonathan Ashworth of the Labour Co-op Party (which denotes he is a member of the Labour Party and Co-operative Part ...
(lost in a by-election, regained)


Conservative gains

; from Labour #
Bexleyheath and Crayford Bexleyheath and Crayford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by David Evennett, a Conservative. It was created in 1997 from parts of the former seats of Bexleyheath and Erith & Crayford. Bound ...
# Braintree # Clwyd West # Croydon Central # Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale, and Tweeddale Ø #
Enfield Southgate Enfield Southgate is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was created in 1950 as Southgate, and has been represented since 2017 by Bambos Charalambous, a member of the Labour Party. History From 1950 to the 1983 ge ...
# Forest of Dean # Gravesham # Hammersmith and Fulham #
Harwich Harwich is a town in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the north-east, Ipswich to the north-west, Colchester to the south-west and Clacton-on- ...
# Hemel Hempstead #
Hornchurch Hornchurch is a suburban town in East London, England, and part of the London Borough of Havering. It is located east-northeast of Charing Cross. It comprises a number of shopping streets and a large residential area. It historically formed ...
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Ilford North Ilford North is a constituency created in 1945 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Wes Streeting of the Labour Party. History The seat was created for the 1945 general election, from the northern part of ...
# Kettering # Lancaster and Wyre #
Monmouth Monmouth ( , ; cy, Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is a town and community in Wales. It is situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Monmouth is northeast of Cardiff, and west of London. I ...
#
Milton Keynes North East North East Milton Keynes was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1992 to 2010. It elected one member of parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. History C ...
# Northampton South # Peterborough #
Preseli Pembrokeshire Preseli Pembrokeshire (, ; cy, Preseli Sir Benfro) was one of six local government districts of Dyfed in West Wales from 1974 to 1996. Until 1987 the name of the district was Preseli. The district took its name from the Preseli Hills. Creation Th ...
# Putney #
Reading East Reading East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Matt Rodda, of the Labour Party. The seat is one of two won (held or gained) by a Labour candidate in 2017 from a total of eight covering ...
# Rugby and Kenilworth #
Scarborough and Whitby Scarborough and Whitby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Robert Goodwill, a Conservative. History The constituency name has had two separate periods of existence. ;1918–1974 A Scarborou ...
# Shipley # Shrewsbury and Atcham #
St Albans St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major ...
# The Wrekin # Wellingborough (UK Parliament constituency), Wellingborough # Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency), Welwyn Hatfield # Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency), Wimbledon ; from the Liberal Democrats # Devon West and Torridge (UK Parliament constituency), Devon West and Torridge # Guildford (UK Parliament constituency), Guildford # Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency), Ludlow # Newbury (UK Parliament constituency), Newbury # Weston-super-Mare (UK Parliament constituency), Weston-super-Mare


Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat gains

; from Labour # Birmingham Yardley (UK Parliament constituency), Birmingham Yardley # Brent East (UK Parliament constituency), Brent East (in a 2003 Brent East by-election, by-election, retained) # Bristol West (UK Parliament constituency), Bristol West # Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency), Cambridge # Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency), Cardiff Central # East Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency), Dunbartonshire East # Falmouth and Camborne (UK Parliament constituency), Falmouth and Camborne # Hornsey and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency), Hornsey and Wood Green # Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (UK Parliament constituency), Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey # Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency), Leeds North West # Manchester Withington (UK Parliament constituency), Manchester Withington # Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency), Rochdale ; from the Conservatives # Solihull (UK Parliament constituency), Solihull # Taunton (UK Parliament constituency), Taunton # Westmorland and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency), Westmorland and Lonsdale ; from Plaid Cymru # Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency), Ceredigion


Scottish National Party (SNP) gains

; from Labour # Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency), Dundee East # Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency), Na h-Eileanan an Iar


Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) gains

; from the Ulster Unionists # East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency), East Antrim # Lagan Valley (UK Parliament constituency), Lagan Valley # South Antrim (UK Parliament constituency), South Antrim # Upper Bann (UK Parliament constituency), Upper Bann


Social Democrat and Labour Party (SDLP) gain

; from the Ulster Unionists # Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency), Belfast South


Sinn Féin gain

; from the SDLP # Newry and Armagh (UK Parliament constituency), Newry and Armagh


RESPECT The Unity Coalition, Respect gain

; from Labour # Bethnal Green and Bow (UK Parliament constituency), Bethnal Green and Bow


Independent candidate gain

; from Labour # Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency), Blaenau Gwent Ø Indicates Scottish seat. Due to boundary changes, these are notional gains/losses. {{United Kingdom general election, 2005A 2005 United Kingdom general election Results of United Kingdom general elections by parliamentary constituency