UK General Election 2005
University constituencies

Seats with significant university connections

in order of percentage majority at the 2001 election

§ Indicates the sitting MP is not standing for re-election

Constituency		Maj	Maj as % of Total Vote	Maj as % of Elect	Winner	2nd	Turnout	Swing
6	Antrim East	128	0.36	0.21	UU	Dem U	59.12	9.48% to DUP from UUP
14	Lancaster & Wyre §	481	0.92	0.61	Lab	Cons	65.88	0.6% to Con from Lab
15	Guildford	538	1.12	0.71	LibDem	Cons	62.70	4.8% to LibDem from Con
32	Welwyn Hatfield	1196	2.79	1.78	Lab	Cons	63.91	3.9% to Con from Lab
42	Selby	2138	4.25	2.76	Lab	Cons	64.96	1.3% to Con from Lab
45	Edinburgh Pentlands §	1742	4.47	2.88	Lab	Cons	64.37	3.1% to Con from Lab
48	Canterbury	2069	4.58	2.79	Cons	Lab	60.87	1.4% to Lab from Con
52	Londonderry East	1901	4.77	3.16	Dem U	UU	66.21	7.4% to DUP from UUP
68	Enfield North	2291	6.01	3.41	Lab	Cons	56.76	4.2% to Con from Lab
70	Uxbridge	2098	6.28	3.61	Cons	Lab	57.55	2.2% to Con from Lab
91	Scarborough & Whitby	3585	7.54	4.77	Lab	Cons	63.18	0.9% to Con from Lab
100	Gloucester	3880	8.05	4.78	Lab	Cons	59.38	3.1% to Con from Lab
101	Putney	2771	8.09	4.57	Lab	Cons	56.48	0.6% to Lab from Con
103	Western Isles	1074	8.16	4.95	Lab	SNP	60.62	7.0% to SNP from Lab
109	Wolverhampton South West	3487	8.53	5.29	Lab	Cons	62.05	1.0% to Con from Lab
147	Lichfield	4426	10.62	7.00	Cons	Lab	65.91	5.1% to Con from Lab
151	Bradford West	4165	10.85	5.82	Lab	Cons	53.58	1.2% to Lab from Con
156	Inverness East Nairn & Lochaber	4716	11.11	7.10	Lab	SNP	63.90	3.1% to Lab from SNP
166	Stafford	5032	11.34	7.41	Lab	Cons	65.31	1.5% to Lab from Con
167	Ceredigion	3944	11.40	7.03	Plaid C	LibDem	61.66	6.9% to LibDem from PC
183	Birmingham Edgbaston	4698	12.45	6.97	Lab	Cons	56.00	1.2% to Lab from Con
186	Cheltenham §	5255	12.56	7.78	LibDem	Cons	61.92	0.4% to Con from LibDem
192	Reading East §	5588	12.81	7.49	Lab	Cons	58.44	2.6% to Lab from Con
202	Enfield Southgate	5546	13.23	8.41	Lab	Cons	63.54	5.1% to Lab from Con
203	Cities of London & Westminster	4499	13.24	6.25	Cons	Lab	47.23	0.5% to Con from Lab
218	Belfast South §	5399	14.23	9.08	UU	SDLP	63.85	1.3% to UUP from SDLP
224	Loughborough	6378	14.41	9.10	Lab	Cons	63.15	1.8% to Lab from Con
235	Ochil §	5349	15.15	9.29	Lab	SNP	61.34	2.3% to Lab from SNP
236	Bedford	6157	15.17	9.09	Lab	Cons	59.88	0.9% to Con from Lab
245	Portsmouth South	6094	15.54	7.90	LibDem	Cons	50.87	3.6% to LibDem from Con
246	Belfast North	6387	15.60	10.48	Dem U	SF	67.17	0.0%
250	Derby North	6982	15.85	9.16	Lab	Cons	57.78	1.5% to Con from Lab
252	Essex North	7186	15.99	10.04	Cons	Lab	62.77	2.6% to Con from Lab
268	Mid Bedfordshire	8066	17.29	11.39	Cons	Lab	65.88	1.9% to Con from Lab
282	Oxford West & Abingdon	9185	17.81	11.49	LibDem	Cons	64.53	3.8% to LibDem from Con
286	Conwy	6219	18.10	11.38	Lab	Cons	62.90	3.7% to Lab from Con
289	Hendon	7417	18.16	9.48	Lab	Cons	52.23	2.9% to Lab from Con
291	Poole	7166	18.27	11.09	Cons	Lab	60.69	1.1% to Lab from Con
307	Plymouth Sutton	7517	19.24	10.98	Lab	Cons	57.09	0.3% to Con from Lab
315	Runnymede & Weybridge	8360	19.70	11.06	Cons	Lab	56.14	0.3% to Con from Lab
320	Cambridge	8579	20.03	12.14	Lab	LibDem	60.62	8.6% to LibDem from Lab
331	Coventry South	8279	20.65	11.41	Lab	Cons	55.25	0.6% to Con from Lab
333	Norwich South	8816	20.70	12.37	Lab	Cons	59.76	3.7% to Con from Lab
347	Bath	9894	21.37	13.86	LibDem	Cons	64.87	2.0% to LibDem from Con
361	Exeter	11759	22.35	14.35	Lab	Cons	64.21	1.7% to Lab from Con
366	Lincoln	8420	22.68	12.70	Lab	Cons	56.00	0.6% to Con from Lab
372	Dundee West	6800	23.25	12.65	Lab	SNP	54.39	3.7% to SNP from Lab
375	Birmingham Perry Barr	8753	23.39	12.31	Lab	Cons	52.61	9.0% to Con from Lab
377	Foyle §	11550	23.63	16.28	SDLP	SF	68.90	2.5% to SF from SDLP
379	Brighton Pavilion	9643	23.68	13.86	Lab	Cons	58.54	1.6% to Con from Lab
380	Edinburgh Central	8142	23.68	12.32	Lab	LibDem	52.04	5.2% to LibDem from Lab
381	Bristol North West	11087	23.74	14.42	Lab	Cons	60.72	1.4% to Lab from Con
390	Sheffield Hallam §	9347	24.44	15.85	LibDem	Cons	64.84	3.1% to LibDem from Con
396	Aberdeen Central	6646	25.15	13.24	Lab	SNP	52.66	4.2% to SNP from Lab
405	Luton South	10133	25.75	14.18	Lab	Cons	55.08	1.2% to Lab from Con
407	Islington South & Finsbury §	7280	25.81	12.23	Lab	LibDem	47.39	7.7% to LibDem from Lab
409	Newcastle-under-Lyme	9986	25.82	15.19	Lab	Cons	58.83	4.6% to Con from Lab
411	Oxford East	10344	25.96	14.50	Lab	LibDem	55.84	8.1% to LibDem from Lab
420	Southwark North & Bermondsey	9632	26.13	13.10	LibDem	Lab	50.13	8.9% to LibDem from Lab
421	Bethnal Green & Bow	10057	26.14	13.14	Lab	Cons	50.25	0.5% to Lab from Con
435	Southampton Test	11207	26.96	15.18	Lab	Cons	56.30	0.5% to Lab from Con
437	Glasgow Kelvin	7260	27.09	11.80	Lab	LibDem	43.56	4.9% to LibDem from Lab
441	Nottingham South	9989	27.29	13.67	Lab	Cons	50.11	0.2% to Con from Lab
449	Fife North East	9736	28.06	15.73	LibDem	Cons	56.05	1.7% to LibDem from Con
454	Huddersfield	10046	28.39	15.61	Lab	Cons	54.99	3.6% to Con from Lab
466	Ealing Southall	13683	29.22	16.61	Lab	Cons	56.85	5.0% to Con from Lab
468	Buckingham	13325	29.43	20.42	Cons	Lab	69.36	2.2% to Con from Lab
470	Swansea West	9550	29.75	16.61	Lab	Cons	55.83	3.0% to Con from Lab
487	Leicester South	13243	31.42	18.22	Lab	Cons	57.99	1.4% to Con from Lab
490	Newport East §	9874	31.56	17.26	Lab	Cons	54.67	2.4% to Con from Lab
494	Kingston & Surbiton	15676	31.93	21.57	LibDem	Cons	67.54	15.9% to LibDem from Con
495	Slough	12508	32.07	17.13	Lab	Cons	53.42	2.3% to Lab from Con
499	City of Durham §	13441	32.40	19.31	Lab	LibDem	59.60	7.8% to LibDem from Lab
508	Cardiff West	11321	33.22	19.40	Lab	Cons	58.41	2.8% to Con from Lab
509	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	11605	33.28	17.07	Lab	LibDem	51.30	5.5% to LibDem from Lab
516	Preston	12268	34.04	16.73	Lab	Cons	49.16	2.4% to Con from Lab
521	Cardiff South and Penarth	12287	34.37	19.62	Lab	Cons	57.09	0.8% to Lab from Con
535	Holborn & St Pancras	11175	35.90	17.82	Lab	LibDem	49.63	8.3% to LibDem from Lab
545	Kingston-upon-Hull North §	10721	37.44	17.03	Lab	LibDem	45.49	6.9% to LibDem from Lab
546	Bolton South East	12871	37.69	18.89	Lab	Cons	50.12	5.8% to Con from Lab
549	Barking	9534	37.94	17.26	Lab	Cons	45.49	5.1% to Con from Lab
559	Paisley South	11910	39.00	22.32	Lab	SNP	57.24	2.5% to Lab from SNP
570	Greenwich & Woolwich	13433	41.29	22.35	Lab	Cons	54.12	1.8% to Con from Lab
577	Sheffield Central	12544	41.72	20.64	Lab	LibDem	49.48	2.3% to LibDem from Lab
578	Stoke-on-Trent Central	11845	41.86	19.82	Lab	Cons	47.36	3.8% to Con from Lab
586	Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend	14223	43.50	23.13	Lab	LibDem	53.17	8.5% to LibDem from Lab
599	Sunderland North	13354	44.78	21.95	Lab	Cons	49.01	3.4% to Con from Lab
604	Pontypridd	17684	46.16	24.64	Lab	Plaid C	53.38	5.6% to PC from Lab
618	Middlesbrough	16330	48.43	24.13	Lab	Cons	49.83	2.9% to Con from Lab
621	Salford	11012	48.91	20.34	Lab	LibDem	41.58	4.9% to LibDem from Lab
634	Lewisham Deptford	15293	52.54	25.37	Lab	Cons	48.29	1.8% to Con from Lab
636	Leeds Central	14381	52.67	21.96	Lab	Cons	41.69	1.6% to Con from Lab
637	Manchester Central	13742	53.00	20.74	Lab	LibDem	39.13	2.8% to LibDem from Lab
640	West Ham §	15645	53.45	26.15	Lab	Cons	48.93	2.2% to Con from Lab
645	Liverpool Riverside	13950	54.70	18.64	Lab	LibDem	34.08	1.2% to LibDem from Lab
649	East Ham	21032	56.42	29.52	Lab	Cons	52.31	4.0% to Lab from Con
651	Birmingham Ladywood	18143	57.61	25.51	Lab	Cons	44.29	1.6% to Con from Lab

British General Election 2005: University constituencies