2005 United Kingdom general election results in Wales

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2005 United Kingdom general election results in Wales

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United Kingdom general election, 2001
Wales
2001 ←
members
5 May 2005 (2005-05-05)
Members elected
→ 2010
members

All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party
  TonyBlairBasra.JPG Michael Howard.jpg
Leader Tony Blair Michael Howard
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 21 July 1994 6 November 2003
Last election 34 Seats 0 Seats
Seats before 34 0
Seats won 29 3
Seat change decrease5 increase3
Popular vote 594,821 297,830
Percentage 42.7% 21.4%
Swing decrease5.9% increase0.4%

  Third party Fourth party
  Charles Kennedy.jpg Ieuan Wyn Jones 2011.jpg
Leader Charles Kennedy Ieuan Wyn Jones
Party Liberal Democrat Plaid Cymru
Leader since 9 August 1999 2000
Last election 2 Seats 4 Seats
Seats before 2 4
Seats won 4 3
Seat change increase2 decrease1
Popular vote 256,249 174,838
Percentage 18.4% 12.6%
Swing increase4.6% decrease1.7%

Prime Minister before election

Tony Blair
Labour

Subsequent Prime Minister

Tony Blair
Labour

These are the results of the United Kingdom general election, 2005 for the country of Wales. The election was held on 5 May 2010 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested.

Results

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

Party MPs +/- Votes %
Labour Party 29 -5 594,821 42.7
Conservative Party 3 +3 297,830 21.4
Liberal Democrats 4 +2 256,249 18.4
Plaid Cymru 3 -1 174,838 12.6
UKIP 0 0 20,297 1.5
Green Party 0 0 7,144 0.5
Forward Wales 0 0 3,461 0.2
Legalise Cannabis 0 0 1,772 0.1
BNP 0 0 1,689 0.1
Socialist Labour 0 0 1,605 0.1
Veritas 0 0 1,437 0.1
Respect Party 0 0 643 0.0
Liberal 0 0 605 0.0
Socialist Alliance 0 0 557 0.0
Communist 0 0 440 0.0
Yourself 0 0 284 0.0
Bean Party 0 0 159 0.0
Others 1 +1 28,888 2.3

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