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Political Science Resources: UK General Election, 5th May 2005

BBC/ITN exit poll 10.0pm
	votes	seats
Conservative	33%	209
Labour	37%	356
LibDem	22%	53
Others	8%	28
predicted Labour majority of 66 Sky 2.0am forecast: majority of 80

Full constituency results

Labour had a majority of 71, including the Staffordshire South and Cheadle results, see note § at end:

Con 198 (+32); Lab 355 (-57); LibD 62 (+10); SNP 6 (+1); PC 3 (-1);
DUP 9 (+4); SF 5 (+1); SDLP 3 (n/c); UUP 1 (-5); Speaker 1 (-); Respect 1 (+1); IKHHC 1 (-); Independent 1 (+1)
Turnout: 61.3% (+1.9)

Candidates	Election Blogs & Forums	Election Timetable
Election Law and Voting Fraud	Electoral Commission	Party Election Broadcasts
PA estimated declaration times	Party websites (national)	Party websites (local)
Retiring MPs

Party manifestos

Party manifestos have been moved and may be found here

Polls, predictions, statistics, and tactical voting

BBC/ITV joint exit poll	BES rolling survey	Boundary changes
CommunicateResearch poll digest	Do You Count?	ElectionsIreland.org
Electoral Calculus forecast	Electoral map 2001	Evidence on Negative Campaigning
Factiva Election Media Monitor	Full Election results since 1959	Guardian election map
Hill & Knowlton Election Watch	ICM latest polls	Marginal seats
MORI election page	MP's voting records	Northern Ireland elections
One Big Vote	Online betting odds	Ordnance Survey Election Maps
Politicalbetting.com	Political Forecasting	Political Survey
Populus poll archive	PMs since 1721	Scottish Political data
Strategic Voter	tactical-voter.org.uk	Turnout
UK Elect forecast	UK Polling Report	University constituencies
Vote-2005 prediction forum	Vote Dorset	Vote-OK - targets anti-hunting
Votes that determine elections	YouGov archive

Newspaper and TV sites

BBC Asian Network	BBC British Election 2005	Cambridge Evening News
Channel 4 News Election 2005	CNN	D Telegraph Countdown to Election
Ealing Times	East Anglian Daily Times	The Economist
FT UK Elections 2005	Five Live	GMTV
Guardian Election 2005	The Herald	The Independent Vote 2005
London24	New Scientist	New Statesman
Northern Echo Election 2005	Peter Snow's election alerts	Press Association election site
PR Newswire	Radio 4	Reuters Election 2005
Scotsman	The Spectator Election Special	The Sun Election 2005
The Times General Election 2005	Sky News Vote 05	Western Daily Press

Interest group manifestos and election sites

Since the number of interest group manifestos and election websites is so large, it has been
moved to a separate page

Other sites and information

2005 Election Leaflets	aboutmyvote.co.uk	About UK General Elections
Att. General legal advice, Mar 7	Backing Blair has a FAQ	Blair2005.com
Blair Ditch Project	BBC Producer Guidelines	British Election Study 2005
Cabinet Office election guidance	Campaign comments	Conservatives Direct
Contract With Scotland	DCA Elections Page	Dod's election coverage
Don't Vote Labour	dontvotemilburn	Dump Blair
Election selector (humourous)	Eurolegal election page	Filmmakers Against War
The Freedom Association	how 2 vote .co.uk	ImpeachBlair.org
Independent Network	Institute for Fiscal Studies	Fabian Society
Labour Against the War	Labour Mobile	LibDem schools mock election
make my vote count	Media Bulletin: on targeting	MPs reunited
newgolddream site	No2ID	Operation Black Vote
Planning Sanity	Political party selector	Polidex - trading game
politics.co.uk	Polls Apart 2005	Positive Abstention
Postcade constituency location	Prescott campaigns in Wales	How They Votes 2005
so now who do we vote for?	SOSIG election news	Spiked Politics
Spoil Your Vote	Spoof Labour Manifesto	Starteller: Blair horoscope ;)
Stolen Votes	Stop Nuisance Election Calls	Stop the Election!
Stop the War Coalition	The Big Project - General Election	UK Election meetup groups
UK election wall chart	uk.gay.com election page	UK Parliament - elections page
Vote4Peace	Vote-4-Me	Vote out Tom Levitt
Wales Yearbook election guide	Wikipedia general election, 2005	Y Vote Mock Elections
Who do I vote for?	Who Should You Vote For?	Winning Women's Votes

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View Results

At the last general election (7th June 2001) Labour had a majority of 166, excluding the Speaker:

Con 166 (+1); Lab 412 (+ Speaker) (-6); LibD 52 (+6); SNP 5 (-1); PC 4 (n/c); UUP 6 (-4); DUP 5 (+3); SF 4 (+2); SDLP 3 (n/c); Independent 1 (-1)

Complete results and statistics for the 2001 election

§ Majority: This figure assumes that the Speaker and three Deputy Speakers (who do not normally vote) are excluded, along with the 5 Sinn Féin MPs (who did not take up their seats)

British General Election 2005