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 Democrats 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 -1 +1 none Popular vote 78,980 51,699 45,912 Percentage 41.80 27.36 24.30%
File:Bristol UK general election 2005 map.svg Constituency map of Bristol, coloured by winning party
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 2005 General Election was held on May 6, 2010. 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	%	+/- %
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Labour Party	3	-1	4	78,980	41.80
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" |	Liberal Democrats	1	+1	4	51,699	27.36
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Conservative Party			4	45,912	24.30
bgcolor="Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color" |	Green			3	5,876	3.11
bgcolor="Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" |	United Kingdom Independence Party			4	4,024	2.12
bgcolor="Template:English Democrats/meta/color" |	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
bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" |	Save Bristol Baths			1	190	0.10	N/A

Seat by seat

Constituency		Party	MP	Majority	Result	Swing
bgcolor="Template:Labour (UK)/meta/color" |	Bristol North West	Labour	Doug Naysmith	8,962	Conservative gain from Labour	2.3% from Labour to Conservative
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" |	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Williams	align="right" 5,128	Lib Dem gain from Labour	8.4% from Labour to Lib Dems
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Bristol South	Labour	Dawn Primarolo	11,142	Labour Party hold	7.9% from Labour to Liberal Democrats
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Bristol East	Labour	Kerry McCarthy	8,621	Labour Party hold	8.6% from Labour to Liberal Democrats

See also

• Bristol
• Bristol City Council elections, 2010
• History of local government in Bristol
• Politics of Bristol
• Constituencies surrounding Bristol
• Next United Kingdom general election