United Kingdom general election, 2005

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 will be held on 5 May, 2005, just over three weeks after the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April by Queen Elizabeth II, at the request of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. The general election is a first-past-the-post election in each of the 646 constituencies in the United Kingdom, for seats in the House of Commons. The party which wins the largest number of seats is likely to form the country's next government.

Contents

1 Results

2 References

3 External links

3.1 Media coverage
3.2 Electoral information
3.3 Manifestos
3.4 Web directories
3.5 Betting
3.6 Miscellaneous

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Number of Seats				Popular Vote
Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	2001	Dissolution	Elected	Change	2001 (millions)	2005 (millions)	% Change
	Labour	Tony Blair	627	412	409			10.72 (40.7%)
	Conservative	Michael Howard	630	166	162			8.36 (31.7%)
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Kennedy	626	52	54			4.81 (18.3%)
	Democratic Unionist	Ian Paisley	18	5	7			0.18 (0.7%)
	Scottish National	Alex Salmond	59	5	5			0.46 (1.8%)
	Ulster Unionist	David Trimble	18	6	5			0.22 (0.8%)
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Iwan	59	4	4			0.20 (0.8%)
	Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	16	4	4			0.18 (0.7%)
	SDLP	Mark Durkan	17	3	3			0.17 (0.6%)
	Respect	George Galloway	26	—	1			—
	UKIP	Roger Knapman	488	0	0			0.39 (1.5%)
	Green (Eng/Wls)	none	183	0	0			0.16 (0.6%)
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Fox	58	0	0			0.07 (0.3%)
	Scottish Green	none	19	0	0			<0.01 (<0.0%)
	Veritas	Robert Kilroy-Silk	62	—	0			—
	Independents		155 ^{Electoral Calculus As reported in the newspaper article References 'The Media Guide to the New Scottish Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies' by David Denver, Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher (Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, Plymouth, 2004) "State of the Parties" at the Parliament of the United Kingdom website. Accessed 7 April, 2005. "The 2001 British General Election", Mori. Accessed 7 April, 2005. External links Media coverage BBC Election 2005 Channel 4 - Election 2005 The Guardian Election 2005 weblog The Guardian Politics - Special Report: Election 2005 The Times Election 2005 Log Yahoo! News - Election 2005 Electoral information Electoral Calculus: If there were a General Election tomorrow, what would happen? UK Polling Report - analysis of polls on a day-by-day basis. SourceWatch's article on the 2005 UK general election - with a focus on the strategists and public relations experts involved in the campaigns of the various parties. Manifestos Conservatives: It's Time For Action/The British Dream Green Party of England and Wales: People, Planet, Peace Labour: Britain: forward not back Liberal Democrats: The REAL Alternative Scottish National Party: Make Scotland Matter (PDF file) Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales: We can build a better Wales (PDF file) Respect – The Unity Coalition: Policy Scottish Socialist Party: Make Capitalism History Third Way: Radical Centre United Kingdom Independence Party: We want our country back Web directories Democracies Online - UK Election 2005 Links Wiki Open Directory Project - UK Election 2005 directory category Political Science Resources: UK General Election Links to manifestos, polls and other sites LookSmart - UK 2005 General Election directory category Betting bestbetting.com - compilation of latest betting companies odds Miscellaneous Who should you vote for? - A tool to show which party's policies most closely match your priorities Who Do I Vote For? - An alternative tool to show which party's policies most closely match your opinions on 20 key policy areas}

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