355Labour seats
35.2%Largest party’s vote share
61.4%Turnout
Election result
DATEPolling day5 May 2005
01Largest party by seatsLabour
02Seats won355
03Vote share35.2%
04Turnout61.4%
Government outcome
Labour government · majority 65.
About this result
UK general elections are decided constituency by constituency using First Past the Post. Seat totals and national vote shares therefore measure different things.
Historical comparisons also need to allow for changes to constituency boundaries and the number of Commons seats.
Detailed results and source data
Seats won by party
PartySeats
Conservative198
Labour355
Liberal Democrats62
SNP / Plaid Cymru9
Other parties22
House of Commons Library summary grouping. For 1918–2019, SNP and Plaid Cymru are combined in the Library series and smaller parties are grouped as “Other parties”.