Notional results for a UK general election on 5 May 2005 Elections contested by Ulster Unionist Party

A notional general election to the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 40,611,844, having 24,814,623 valid votes.

Constituency Electorate Turnout Votes Vote share Position
West Tyrone 59,842 72.7% 2,981 6.9% 5th
Upper Bann 71,645 62.0% 11,381 25.6% 2nd
Strangford 68,570 54.0% 7,872 21.3% 2nd
South Down 73,175 65.8% 4,775 9.9% 4th
South Antrim 66,580 57.0% 11,059 29.1% 2nd
North Down 59,358 54.4% 16,268 50.4% 1st
North Antrim 73,938 62.1% 6,637 14.5% 3rd
Newry and Armagh 71,771 70.6% 7,025 13.9% 4th
Mid Ulster 62,088 73.2% 4,853 10.7% 4th
Lagan Valley 70,238 60.6% 9,172 21.5% 2nd
Foyle 68,758 66.3% 1,091 2.4% 5th
Fermanagh and South Tyrone 66,415 73.5% 8,869 18.2% 3rd
East Londonderry 58,461 60.7% 7,498 21.1% 2nd
East Antrim 57,966 54.8% 8,462 26.6% 2nd
Belfast West 53,536 64.5% 779 2.3% 4th
Belfast South 52,218 61.3% 7,263 22.7% 3rd
Belfast North 52,535 58.1% 2,154 7.1% 4th
Belfast East 52,899 58.3% 9,275 30.1% 2nd

Turnout as calculated by the House of Commons Library, is the total number of votes cast and not spoiled, divided by the size of the electorate.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.

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.