Template:2005 United Kingdom general election

e • d Summary of the results of the 5 May 2005 United Kingdom general election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Political party
Leader
Candidates
Elected
Seats gained
Seats lost
Net change
in seats
% of seats
Number of votes
% of votes
Change in %
of vote
Votes per
seat won
Labour Tony Blair 627 355 0 47 –47 55.2 9,552,436 35.2 –5.5 26,908
Conservative Michael Howard 630 198 36 3 +33 30.7 8,784,915 32.4 +0.7 44,368
Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy 626 62 16 5 +11 9.6 5,985,454 22.0 +3.8 96,540
UKIP Roger Knapman 496 0 0 0 0 0.0 605,973 2.2 +0.8 N/A
SNP Alex Salmond 59 6 2 0 +2 0.9 412,267 1.5 –0.2 68,711
Green Caroline Lucas and Keith Taylor 182 0 0 0 0 0.0 257,758 1.0 +0.4 N/A
DUP Ian Paisley 18 9 4 0 +4 1.4 241,856 0.9 +0.2 26,873
BNP Nick Griffin 119 0 0 0 0 0.0 192,745 0.7 +0.5 N/A
Plaid Cymru Ieuan Wyn Jones 40 3 0 1 –1 0.5 174,838 0.6 –0.1 58,279
Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 18 5 1 0 +1 0.8 174,530 0.6 –0.1 34,906
UUP David Trimble 18 1 0 5 –5 0.2 127,414 0.5 –0.3 127,414
SDLP Mark Durkan 18 3 1 1 0 0.5 125,626 0.5 –0.1 41,875
Independent N/A 180 1 1 0 +1 0.2 122,416 0.5 +0.1 122,416
Respect Linda Smith 26 1 1 0 +1 0.2 68,094 0.3 N/A 68,094
Scottish Socialist Colin Fox 58 0 0 0 0 0.0 43,514 0.2 –0.1 N/A
Veritas Robert Kilroy-Silk 65 0 0 0 0 0.0 40,607 0.1 N/A N/A
Alliance David Ford 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 28,291 0.1 0.0 N/A
Scottish Green Shiona Baird and Robin Harper 19 0 0 0 0 0.0 25,760 0.1 +0.1 N/A
Socialist Labour Arthur Scargill 49 0 0 0 0 0.0 20,167 0.1 0.0 N/A
Liberal Michael Meadowcroft 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 19,068 0.1 0.0 N/A
Health Concern Richard Taylor 1 1 0 0 0 0.2 18,739 0.1 0.0 18,739
Speaker N/A 1 1 0 0 0 0.2 15,153 0.1 0.0 15,153
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 24 0 0 0 0 0.0 15,149 0.1 N/A N/A
Socialist Alternative Peter Taaffe 17 0 0 0 0 0.0 9,398 0.0 N/A N/A
National Front Tom Holmes 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 8,079 0.0 N/A N/A
Legalise Cannabis Alun Buffry 21 0 0 0 0 0.0 6,950 0.0 0.0 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 19 0 0 0 0 0.0 6,311 0.0 0.0 N/A
Community Action Peter Franzen 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 5,984 0.0 N/A N/A
Christian Vote George Hargreaves 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 4,004 0.0 N/A N/A
Mebyon Kernow Dick Cole 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 3,552 0.0 0.0 N/A
Forward Wales John Marek 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 3,461 0.0 N/A N/A
CPA Alan Craig 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 3,291 0.0 N/A N/A
Rainbow Dream Ticket Rainbow George Weiss 23 0 0 0 0 0.0 2,463 0.0 N/A N/A
Community Group Martin Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2,365 0.0 N/A N/A
Ashfield Independents Roy Adkins 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2,292 0.0 N/A N/A
Alliance for Green Socialism Mike Davies 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,978 0.0 N/A N/A
Residents Association of London Malvin Brown 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,850 0.0 N/A N/A
Workers' Party Seán Garland 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,669 0.0 0.0 N/A
Socialist Environmental Goretti Horgan 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,649 0.0 N/A N/A
Scottish Unionist Daniel Houston 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,266 0.0 0.0 N/A
Workers Revolutionary Sheila Torrance 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,241 0.0 0.0 N/A
New England Michael Tibby 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,224 0.0 N/A N/A
Communist Robert Griffiths 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,124 0.0 0.0 N/A
Community Group 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,118 0.0 N/A N/A
Peace and Progress Chris Cooper 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,036 0.0 N/A N/A
Scottish Senior Citizens John Swinburne 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,017 0.0 N/A N/A
Your Party Daniel Thompson 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,006 0.0 N/A N/A
SOS! Northampton Yvonne Dale 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 932 0.0 N/A N/A
Ind. Working Class None 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 892 0.0 N/A N/A
Democratic Labour Brian Powell 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 770 0.0 N/A N/A
British Public Party Kashif Rana 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 763 0.0 N/A N/A
Free Scotland Party Brian Nugent 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 743 0.0 N/A N/A
Pensioners Party Scotland George Rodger 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 716 0.0 N/A N/A
Publican Party Kit Fraser and Don Lawson 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 678 0.0 N/A N/A
English Independence Party Andrew Constantine 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 654 0.0 N/A N/A
Socialist Unity None 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 581 0.0 N/A N/A
Local Community Party Jack Crossfield 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 570 0.0 N/A N/A
Clause 28 David Braid 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 516 0.0 N/A N/A
UK Community Issues Party Michael Osman 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 502 0.0 N/A N/A
Total 646 Turnout 27,148,510 61.4 42,026