Template:2005 United Kingdom general election
| Political party |
Leader |
Candidates |
Elected |
Seats gained |
Seats lost |
Net change in seats |
% of seats |
Number of votes |
% of votes |
Change in % of vote |
Votes per seat won | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tony Blair | 627 | 355 | 0 | 47 | –47 | 55.2 | 9,552,436 | 35.2 | –5.5 | 26,908 | |
| Conservative | Michael Howard | 630 | 198 | 36 | 3 | +33 | 30.7 | 8,784,915 | 32.4 | +0.7 | 44,368 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Kennedy | 626 | 62 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 9.6 | 5,985,454 | 22.0 | +3.8 | 96,540 | |
| UKIP | Roger Knapman | 496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 605,973 | 2.2 | +0.8 | N/A | |
| SNP | Alex Salmond | 59 | 6 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0.9 | 412,267 | 1.5 | –0.2 | 68,711 | |
| Green | Caroline Lucas and Keith Taylor | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 257,758 | 1.0 | +0.4 | N/A | |
| DUP | Ian Paisley | 18 | 9 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 1.4 | 241,856 | 0.9 | +0.2 | 26,873 | |
| BNP | Nick Griffin | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 192,745 | 0.7 | +0.5 | N/A | |
| Plaid Cymru | Ieuan Wyn Jones | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 0.5 | 174,838 | 0.6 | –0.1 | 58,279 | |
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.8 | 174,530 | 0.6 | –0.1 | 34,906 | |
| UUP | David Trimble | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5 | –5 | 0.2 | 127,414 | 0.5 | –0.3 | 127,414 | |
| SDLP | Mark Durkan | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 125,626 | 0.5 | –0.1 | 41,875 | |
| Independent | N/A | 180 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.2 | 122,416 | 0.5 | +0.1 | 122,416 | |
| Respect | Linda Smith | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.2 | 68,094 | 0.3 | N/A | 68,094 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Colin Fox | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 43,514 | 0.2 | –0.1 | N/A | |
| Veritas | Robert Kilroy-Silk | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 40,607 | 0.1 | N/A | N/A | |
| Alliance | David Ford | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 28,291 | 0.1 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Scottish Green | Shiona Baird and Robin Harper | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25,760 | 0.1 | +0.1 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Arthur Scargill | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20,167 | 0.1 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Michael Meadowcroft | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19,068 | 0.1 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Health Concern | Richard Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 18,739 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 18,739 | |
| Speaker | N/A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 15,153 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 15,153 | |
| English Democrat | Robin Tilbrook | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15,149 | 0.1 | N/A | N/A | |
| Socialist Alternative | Peter Taaffe | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9,398 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| National Front | Tom Holmes | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8,079 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Alun Buffry | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6,950 | 0.0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6,311 | 0.0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Community Action | Peter Franzen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5,984 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Christian Vote | George Hargreaves | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,004 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Mebyon Kernow | Dick Cole | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,552 | 0.0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Forward Wales | John Marek | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,461 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| CPA | Alan Craig | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,291 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Rainbow Dream Ticket | Rainbow George Weiss | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,463 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Community Group | Martin Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,365 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Ashfield Independents | Roy Adkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,292 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Alliance for Green Socialism | Mike Davies | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,978 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Residents Association of London | Malvin Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,850 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Workers' Party | Seán Garland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,669 | 0.0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Socialist Environmental | Goretti Horgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,649 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Scottish Unionist | Daniel Houston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,266 | 0.0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Sheila Torrance | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,241 | 0.0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| New England | Michael Tibby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,224 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Communist | Robert Griffiths | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,124 | 0.0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Community Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,118 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | ||
| Peace and Progress | Chris Cooper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,036 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | John Swinburne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,017 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Your Party | Daniel Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,006 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| SOS! Northampton | Yvonne Dale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 932 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Ind. Working Class | None | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 892 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Democratic Labour | Brian Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 770 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| British Public Party | Kashif Rana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 763 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Free Scotland Party | Brian Nugent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 743 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Pensioners Party Scotland | George Rodger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 716 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Publican Party | Kit Fraser and Don Lawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 678 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| English Independence Party | Andrew Constantine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 654 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Socialist Unity | None | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 581 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Local Community Party | Jack Crossfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 570 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Clause 28 | David Braid | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 516 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| UK Community Issues Party | Michael Osman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 502 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Total | 646 | Turnout | 27,148,510 | 61.4 | 42,026 | |||||||