United Kingdom general election, 2005 (London)

United Kingdom general election, 2005
5 May 2005

All 74 London seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tony Blair Michael Howard
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 21 July 1994 6 November 2003
Last election 55 Seats 13 Seats
Seats before 55 13
Seats won 44 22
Seat change Decrease11 Increase8
Popular vote 1,135,687 931,966
Percentage 38.9% 31.9%
Swing Decrease8.4% Increase1.4%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Charles Kennedy Salma Yaqoob
Party Liberal Democrat Respect
Leader since 9 August 1999 2004
Last election 6 Seats 0 Seats
Seats before 6 0
Seats won 8 1
Seat change +2 Increase1
Popular vote 638,333 40,735
Percentage 21.9% 1.4%
Swing +4.4% Increase1.4%

Prime Minister before election

Tony Blair
Labour

Subsequent Prime Minister

Tony Blair
Labour

These are the results in Greater London of the United Kingdom general election, 2005.

Labour suffered a significant swing against it, but still won an absolute majority of seats in London (59% of seats).

Overall result

Party MPs +/- Seats Contested Votes % +/- %
Labour Party 44 -11 74 1,135,687 38.9% -8.4%
Conservative Party 21 +8 74 931,966 31.9% +1.4%
Liberal Democrats 8 +2 74 638,333 21.9% +4.4%
Green 78,595 2.7% +1.0%
United Kingdom Independence Party 42,956 1.6% +0.5%
Respect Party 1 +1 40,735 1.4% +1.4
British National Party 19,024 0.7% +0.2

See also

References

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