UK general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 . The general election took place in 646 constituencies across the United Kingdom, under the first-past-the-post system, for seats in the House of Commons. All but one constituency polled on 5 May; the South Staffordshire vote was postponed and took place on 23 June due to the death of a candidate.

The Equality Act 2010 is an Act Of Parliament Of The United Kingdom And Fulfils a manifesto commitment of the labour Party in 2005 General election.

A general election is for all constituencies, and a by-election is for just one TD in a single constituency.

234 assembly (election) constituencies

The most recent United Kingdom general election was held on May 6th 2010, with 649 out of 650 parliamentary constituencies returning a single member each to the House of Commons. Voting in the 650th constituency, Thirsk and Malton, took place on May 27th - the delay being due to the death of a candidate from the United Kingdom Independence Party, a minor political party with no parliamentary representation.