2005 United Kingdom general election

The 2005 United Kingdom general election was an election held on May 5, 2005 to elect 646 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The three main candidates to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom are shown to the right. 

The election resulted in the Labour Party and it's leader Tony Blair winning a majority in the House of Commons for the third time in a row. The Labour Party did lose 47 of their seats in parliament and the amount of votes they got dropped by 5.5% from the 2001 General Election. Many people believe the Labour Party lost support because of Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair's unpopular decision to send troops to Iraq in 2003.

Results
 Labour Party (355 MP's, 35.2% of vote)
 Conservative Party (198 MP's, 32.4% of vote)
 Liberal Democrats (62 MP's, 22.0% of vote)
 UK Independence Party (0 MP's, 2.2% of vote)
 Scottish National Party (6 MP's, 1.5% of vote) - Scotland only
 Green Party (0 MP's, 1.0% of vote) - England and Wales only
 Democratic Unionist Party (9 MP's, 0.9% of vote) - Northern Ireland only  
 British National Party (0 MP's, 0.7% of vote)
 Plaid Cymru (3 MP's, 0.6% of vote) - Wales only
 Sinn Féin (5 MP's, 0.6% of vote) - Northern Ireland only
 Ulster Unionist Party (1 MP, 0.5% of vote) - Northern Ireland only
 Social Democratic and Labour Party (3 MP's, 0.5% of vote) - Northern Ireland only 
 Respect Party (1 MP, 0.3% of vote)
 Scottish Socialist Party (0 MP's, 0.2% of vote) - Scotland only
 Veritas (0 MP's, 0.1% of vote)
 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (0 MP's, 0.1% of vote) - Northern Ireland only
 Scottish Green Party (0 MP's, 0.1% of vote) - Scotland only
 Socialist Labour Party (0 MP's, 0.1% of vote)
 Liberal Party (0 MP's, 0.1% of vote)
 English Democrats (0 MP's, 0.1% of vote) - England only

The constituencies of Blaenau Gwent and Wyre Forest elected Independent candidates. The seat of Glasgow East was won by the Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin, who is not considered to be of any political party.

The next election was held on May 6, 2010. See United Kingdom general election, 2010

Related pages
MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005

Category:2005 in the United Kingdom
Category:2005 elections
Category:United Kingdom general elections
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