United Kingdom general election, 2005 (Cornwall)

United Kingdom general election, 2005

5 May 2005

All 6 Cornish seats to the House of Commons

	First party	Second party

Leader	Charles Kennedy	Tony Blair
Party	Liberal Democrat	Labour
Leader since	9 August 1999	21 July 1994
Last election	4 Seats	1 Seat
Seats before	4	1
Seats won	'5	0
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	115,241	41,140
Percentage	44.4%	15.9%
Swing	0.5%	1.4%

Constituency map of Cornwall, coloured by winning party

Prime Minister before election

Tony Blair
Labour

Subsequent Prime Minister

Tony Blair
Labour

The results of the 2005 United Kingdom general election in Cornwall were all announced on Friday 6 May 2005.

Overall results

Constituency		Party	MP	Majority	Result	Swing
	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Julia Goldsworthy	1,886	LibDem gain from Lab	9.5% from Labour to Liberal Democrats
	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Dan Rogerson	3,076	LibDem hold	6.4% from Liberal Democrats to Conservative
	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Colin Breed	6,507	LibDem hold	0.9% from Conservative to Liberal Democrats
	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Andrew George	11,602	LibDem hold	1.3% from Conservative to Liberal Democrats
	Truro and St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Taylor	7,403	LibDem hold	0.8% from Liberal Democrats to Conservative

United Kingdom general elections in Cornwall

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United Kingdom general election, 2005

Constituency results Marginal constituencies MPs elected Pre-election Parties Results breakdown

Re-Elected Prime Minister: Tony Blair (Labour)

Parties elected to the House of Commons and their leaders	Tony Blair (Labour) Michael Howard (Conservative) Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrats) Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party) Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party) Gerry Adams (Sinn Féin) Ieuan Wyn Jones (Plaid Cymru) Mark Durkan (Social Democratic and Labour Party) Richard Taylor (Health Concern) George Galloway (Respect)

Results by area	Bristol Cornwall Greater Manchester Lancashire London Merseyside Northern Ireland Scotland Edinburgh Glasgow Surrey West Yorkshire

United Kingdom local elections, 2005

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