United Kingdom general election, 2005 (Bristol)

United Kingdom general election, 2005
All 4 Bristol 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 1994 1999 2003
Last election 4 seats 0 seats 0 Seats
Seats before 4 0 0
Seats won 3 1 0
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1 ±0
Popular vote 78,980 51,699 45,912
Percentage 41.80% 27.36% 24.30%
Prime Minister before election

Tony Blair
Labour

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Tony Blair
Labour

These are the results of the United Kingdom general election, 2005 in the city of Bristol in England. The Labour Party continued to do well, winning 3 out of the 4 Bristol seats, but lost the other to the Liberal Democrats.

For individual results see Results of the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

Overall result

Party MPs +/- Seats Contested Votes % +/- %
Labour Party 3 -1 4 78,980 41.80
Liberal Democrats 1 +1 4 51,699 27.36
Conservative Party 4 45,912 24.30
Green 3 5,876 3.11
United Kingdom Independence Party 4 4,024 2.12
English Democrats 1 828 0.43 N/A
Socialist Alliance 1 565 0.29 N/A
Respect 1 532 0.28 N/A
Socialist Labour Party 1 329 0.17 N/A
Save Bristol Baths 1 190 0.10 N/A

Seat by seat

Constituency Party MP Majority Result Swing
Bristol North West Labour Doug Naysmith 8,962 Labour hold 2.3% from Labour to Conservative
Bristol West Liberal Democrat Stephen Williams 5,128 Lib Dem gain from Labour 8.4% from Labour to Lib Dems
Bristol South Labour Dawn Primarolo |11,142 Labour Party hold 7.9% from Labour to Liberal Democrats
Bristol East Labour Kerry McCarthy 8,621 Labour Party hold 8.6% from Labour to Liberal Democrats

See also

References

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