2005 United Kingdom general election in England

2005 United Kingdom general election in England

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All 529 English seats to the House of Commons 265 seats needed for English majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tony Blair Michael Howard Charles Kennedy Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 21 July 1994 6 November 2003 9 August 1999 Last election 323 seats, 41.4% 165 seats, 35.2% 40 seats, 19.4% Seats won 286 194 47 Seat change 37 29 7 Popular vote 8,043,461 8,116,005 5,201,286 Percentage 35.4% 35.7% 22.9% Swing 6.0% 0.5% 3.6%

The 2005 United Kingdom general election in England took place on 5 May 2005 for 529 English seats in the British House of Commons. The governing Labour Party under Tony Blair won an overall majority of seats for the third successive election.

Within England, the opposition Conservative Party received 72,544 more votes than the Labour Party, but Labour won an overall majority of English seats.^[1][2] The Liberal Democrats made modest gains, finishing with 23% of the vote and 47 seats. The only other parties to win seats were the Respect Party, who gained Bethnal Green and Bow from Labour, and Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern, who won Wyre Forest for the second election in a row.