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2005 general election results

Sunderland Central

Shows the general election results for Sunderland Central, which is a constituency in North East. In 2005 it had a total electorate of 73,128 and a turnout of 50.7%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2005 general election.

LAB
Labour Gain
Notional Candidate
Majority
9,464
Electorate
73,128
Turnout
50.7%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2005
Lab 50.0%
Con 24.5%
LD 16.9%
Oth 8.6%

Party results

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Notional Candidate  Lab 18,543 50.0
Notional Candidate  Con 9,079 24.5
Notional Candidate  LD 6,249 16.9
Notional Candidate  Oth 3,193 8.6

Highest and lowest 2005

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 18.3%
1 Easington 58.4%
180 Sunderland Central 25.5%
650 Gillingham and Rainham 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 47.6%
1 Knowsley 71.8%
219 Sunderland Central 50.0%
650 Ochil and South Perthshire 31.4%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 61.1%
1 West Dorset 76.4%
611 Sunderland Central 50.7%
650 South Staffordshire 37.6%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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