United Kingdom general election, 2005 (Wales)

United Kingdom general election, 2005

5 May 2005

All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons   First party Second party Third party   Leader Tony Blair Charles Kennedy Michael Howard Party Labour Liberal Democrat Conservative Leader since 21 July 1994 9 August 1999 6 November 2003 Last election 34 Seats 2 Seats 0 Seats Seats before 34 2 0 Seats won 29 4 3 Seat change 5 2 3 Popular vote 594,821 256,249 297,830 Percentage 42.7% 18.4% 21.4% Swing 5.9% 4.6% 0.4%   Fifth party   Leader Ieuan Wyn Jones Party Plaid Cymru Leader since 2000 Last election 4 Seats Seats before 4 Seats won 3 Seat change 1 Popular vote 174,838 Percentage 12.6%

Prime Minister before election Tony Blair Labour Subsequent Prime Minister Tony Blair Labour

These are the results of the United Kingdom general election, 2005 for the country of Wales. The election was held on 5 May 2010 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested.

Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the UK general election in Wales.^[1]

Party		MPs	+/-	Votes	%
	Labour Party	29	-5	594,821	42.7
	Conservative Party	3	+3	297,830	21.4
	Liberal Democrats	4	+2	256,249	18.4
	Plaid Cymru	3	-1	174,838	12.6
	UKIP	0	0	20,297	1.5
	Green Party	0	0	7,144	0.5
	Forward Wales	0	0	3,461	0.2
	Legalise Cannabis	0	0	1,772	0.1
	BNP	0	0	1,689	0.1
	Socialist Labour	0	0	1,605	0.1
	Veritas	0	0	1,437	0.1
	Respect Party	0	0	643	0.0
	Liberal	0	0	605	0.0
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	557	0.0
	Communist	0	0	440	0.0
	Yourself	0	0	284	0.0
	Bean Party	0	0	159	0.0
	Others	1	+1	28,888	2.3

References

1. "Election 2005 | Results | Wales". BBC News. 2005-05-23. Retrieved 2011-11-04.