2005 United Kingdom general election in Wales

These are the results of the 2005 United Kingdom general election in Wales. The election was held on 5 May 2005 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested.

2005 United Kingdom general election in Wales

5 May 2005
All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
First party Second party   Leader Tony Blair Charles Kennedy Party Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since 21 July 1994 9 August 1999 Last election 34 seats, 48.6% 2 seats, 13.8% Seats won 29 4 Seat change 5 2 Popular vote 594,821 256,249 Percentage 42.7% 18.4% Swing 5.9% 4.6%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Michael Howard Ieuan Wyn Jones Party Conservative Plaid Cymru Leader since 6 November 2003 3 August 2000 Last election 0 seats, 21.0% 4 seats, 14.3% Seats won 3 3 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 297,830 174,838 Percentage 21.4% 12.6% Swing 0.4% 1.7%

Main article: 2005 United Kingdom general election

Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the 2005 general election in Wales.[1]

Party		Seats					Votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	% seats	Total	% votes	Change
	Labour	29	0	5	5	72.5	594,821	42.7	5.9
	Conservative	3	3	0	3	7.5	297,830	21.4	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	4	2	0	2	10.0	256,249	18.4	4.6
	Plaid Cymru	3	0	1	1	7.5	174,838	12.6	1.7
	Independent	1	1	0	1	2.5	23,230	1.7	1.1
	UKIP	0	0	0		—	20,297	1.5	0.6
	Green	0	0	0		—	7,144	0.5	0.2
	Forward Wales	0	0	0		—	3,461	0.2	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis	0	0	0		—	1,772	0.1	N/A
	BNP	0	0	0		—	1,689	0.1	0.1
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0		—	1,605	0.1	0.1
	Veritas	0	0	0		—	1,437	0.1	N/A
	Others	0	0	0		—	8,346	0.6	0.5
Total		40					1,392,719		62.4

References

1. "Election 2005 | Wales". BBC News. 23 May 2005. Retrieved 4 November 2011.