UK General Election 2005

Unless otherwise stated, BBC and ITV broadcasts are in all regions, except Northern Ireland
The links are mostly to Windows format versions of the broadcast, and usually assume a broadband connection. A number of sites offer alternative formats

There are separate arrangements for the allocation of election broadcasts in Northern Ireland, on BBC1, BBC2, UTV, and Radio Ulster

• Conservative multimedia archive. The party also ran a cinema advertisement
• Labour party election broadcasts
• Liberal Democrat party election broadcasts
• BBC election broadcast archive
• Ofcom Rules on Party Political and Referendum Broadcasts
• Parliamentary note on party election broadcasts

Party Election Broadcasts are not the same as Party Political Broadcasts. The latter are broadcasts by parties that take place outside election campaigns, and commercial broadcasters have a duty to put out broadcasts as agreed by Ofcom. The BBC follows this practice, but does not have the legal obligation to do so.

The allocation of election broadcast time is made by agreement among the broadcasters

Broadly, a party is entitled to an election broadcast in an area if it contests one sixth or more of the seats in that area. If parties contest significantly more than this, and are not represented in Parliament at the time of dissolution, then they are allocated a further number of broadcasts, based on an assesment of their electoral support

British General Election 2005: Party Election Broadcasts

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Last Modified: 13 Feb 10