2005 United Kingdom general election results in Wales
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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.
United Kingdom general election, 2005
The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a majority of 66, reduced from 160....
for the country of Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. 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.| Party | MPs | +/- | Votes | % | |
| Labour Party Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
29 | -5 | 594,821 | 42.7 | |
| Conservative Party Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
3 | +3 | 297,830 | 21.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the... |
4 | +2 | 256,249 | 18.4 | |
| Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966... |
3 | -1 | 174,838 | 12.6 | |
| UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party is a eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Whilst its primary goal is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, the party has expanded beyond its single-issue image to develop a more comprehensive party platform.UKIP... |
0 | 0 | 20,297 | 1.5 | |
| Green Party Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including... |
0 | 0 | 7,144 | 0.5 | |
| Forward Wales | 0 | 0 | 3,461 | 0.2 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | 0 | 0 | 1,772 | 0.1 | |
| BNP British National Party The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982... |
0 | 0 | 1,689 | 0.1 | |
| Socialist Labour Socialist Labour Party (UK) The Socialist Labour Party is a far left socialist political party in the United Kingdom. The party is led by former trade union leader Arthur Scargill, who established it in 1996 as a breakaway from the Labour Party... |
0 | 0 | 1,605 | 0.1 | |
| Veritas Veritas (political party) Veritas is a political party in the United Kingdom, formed in February 2005 at Hinckley golf club by politician-celebrity Robert Kilroy-Silk following a split from the United Kingdom Independence Party . Kilroy-Silk served as party leader from formation, through the 2005 General Election, until... |
0 | 0 | 1,437 | 0.1 | |
| Respect Party | 0 | 0 | 643 | 0.0 | |
| Liberal Liberal Party (UK, 1989) The Liberal Party is a United Kingdom political party. It was formed in 1989 by a group of individuals within the original Liberal Party who felt that the merger of the party with the Social Democratic Party, to form the Liberal Democrats, had ended the spirit of the Liberal Party, claiming that... |
0 | 0 | 605 | 0.0 | |
| Socialist Alliance Welsh Socialist Alliance The Welsh Socialist Alliance was a socialist political organisation in Wales. It was closely related to, but separate from the Socialist Alliance.It was founded by the Socialist Party of England and Wales and Cymru Goch and some independents... |
0 | 0 | 557 | 0.0 | |
| Communist Communist Party of Britain The Communist Party of Britain is a communist political party in Great Britain. Although founded in 1988 it traces its origins back to 1920 and the Communist Party of Great Britain, and claims the legacy of that party and its most influential members Harry Pollitt and John Gollan as its... |
0 | 0 | 440 | 0.0 | |
| Yourself | 0 | 0 | 284 | 0.0 | |
| Bean Party | 0 | 0 | 159 | 0.0 | |
| Others | 1 Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency) Blaenau Gwent is a county constituency in South Wales, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- History :... |
+1 Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency) Blaenau Gwent is a county constituency in South Wales, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- History :... |
28,888 | 2.3 | |