United Kingdom general election, 2005
Template:Country data United Kingdom
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All 646 seats to the House of Commons 324 seats needed for a majority
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Turnout
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61.4%
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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Leader
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Tony Blair |
Michael Howard |
Charles Kennedy
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Party
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[[Labour Party (UK)|Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]
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[[Conservative Party (UK)|Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]
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Liberal Democrats
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Leader since
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21 July 1994 |
6 November 2003 |
9 August 1999
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Leader's seat
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Sedgefield |
Folkestone & Hythe |
Ross, Skye, & Lochaber
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Last election
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413 seats, 40.7% |
166 seats, 31.7% |
52 seats, 18.3%
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Seats before
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403 |
165 |
51
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Seats won
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355^ |
198 |
62
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Seat change
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47^ |
33* |
11*
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Popular vote
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9,552,436 |
8,784,915 |
5,985,454
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Percentage
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35.2% |
32.4% |
22.0%
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Swing
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5.5% |
0.7% |
3.7%
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File:2005UKElectionMap.svg
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Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
* Indicates boundary change - so this is a nominal figure
^ Figure does not include the speaker
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