Notional results for a UK general election on 5 May 2005 Great Britain - by party

Parties Constituencies Majorities Vote shares of winning candidates Turnouts

Party Constituencies contested Votes Vote share Constituencies won
Labour 573 8,645,187 35.9% 308
Conservative 573 8,412,809 34.9% 209
Liberal Democrat 573 5,457,378 22.6% 51
Plaid Cymru 40 174,838 0.7% 2
Respect Party 3 30,190 0.1% 1
Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern 1 18,739 0.1% 1
UK Independence Party 485 597,114 2.5% 0
Green Party 190 257,654 1.1% 0
British National Party 115 191,154 0.8% 0

Estimates of the 2005 general election result in new constituencies

Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, at The Elections Centre of the University of Exeter, produced estimates of the 2005 general election result as if the new constituencies recommended by the separate Parliamentary Boundary Commissions for England, Wales and Northern Ireland had then been in existence.