Marginal constituencies in the 2005 United Kingdom general election

This is a list of marginal seats in the United Kingdom after the results in the 2005 General Election. At the next General Election, boundary changes will apply affecting some of these seats.

Labour – Liberal Democrat marginals

Constituencies where the Labour Party holds a marginal lead over the Liberal Democrats:

Constituency	Majority	%
Edinburgh South	405	0.9%
Islington South and Finsbury	484	1.6%
Oxford East	963	2.3%
Watford	1148	2.3%
Aberdeen South	1348	3.2%
Edinburgh North and Leith	2153	5.0%
City of Durham	3274	7.4%
Oldham East and Saddleworth	3590	8.3%
Norwich South	3653	8.7%
Leicester South	3717	8.8%
Bradford North	3511	10.2%
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	3982	11.1%
Swansea West	4269	12.9%

Labour – Conservative marginals

Constituencies where the Labour Party holds a marginal lead over the Conservative Party:

Constituency	Majority	%
Crawley	37	0.1%
Sittingbourne and Sheppey	79	0.2%
Harlow	97	0.2%
Battersea	163	0.4%
Medway	213	0.5%
Warwick and Leamington	266	0.5%
Gillingham	254	0.6%
Stroud	350	0.6%
Hove	420	0.9%
Selby	467	0.9%
Stourbridge	407	1.0%
Dartford	706	1.5%
High Peak	735	1.5%
South Thanet	664	1.6%
Finchley and Golders Green	741	1.7%
City of Chester	917	2.0%
Cardiff North	1146	2.5%
Wirral West	1097	2.7%
Calder Valley	1367	2.9%
Portsmouth North	1139	3.0%
Burton	1421	3.0%
South Swindon	1353	3.1%
Colne Valley	1501	3.1%
Corby	1517	3.1%
Wansdyke	1839	3.6%
South Dorset	1812	3.7%
Vale of Glamorgan	1808	3.8%
Harrow West	2028	4.2%
Loughborough	1996	4.3%
South Ribble	2184	4.6%
Enfield North	1920	4.7%
Hastings and Rye	2026	4.7%
Stafford	2121	4.7%
Broxtowe	2296	4.7%
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	1910	5.0%
Nuneaton	2280	5.0%
Bolton West	2064	5.1%
Pendle	2180	5.3%
Chatham and Aylesford	2332	5.5%
Staffordshire Moorlands	2438	5.5%
North Swindon	2571	5.7%
Dumfries and Galloway	2922	5.7%
Tamworth	2569	5.9%
Cleethorpes	2642	6.1%
Birmingham Edgbaston	2349	6.2%
Hendon	2699	6.5%
Bury North	2926	6.6%
Redditch	2716	6.7%
Brigg and Goole	2894	6.8%
Worcester	3144	6.8%
Brighton Kemptown	2737	6.9%
Wolverhampton South West	3144	6.9%
Basildon	3142	7.3%
Great Yarmouth	3055	7.4%
Stevenage	3139	7.5%
Warrington South	3515	7.5%
Bedford	3383	8.0%
Milton Keynes South West	4010	8.1%
South Derbyshire	4495	8.1%
Gloucester	4271	8.2%
Bradford West	3026	8.3%
Rossendale and Darwen	3676	8.3%
Halifax	3417	8.6%
Derby North	3757	8.6%
Gedling	3811	8.6%
Conwy	3081	9.2%
Eltham	3276	9.3%
Harrow East	4730	9.3%
Wirral South	3724	9.4%
Northampton North	3960	9.4%
North West Leicestershire	4477	9.5%
Brentford and Isleworth	4411	9.6%
Elmet	4528	9.6%
Tynemouth	4143	9.7%
Hampstead and Highgate	3729	9.8%
Dover	4941	10.3%
Halesowen and Rowley Regis	4337	10.5%
Keighley	4852	10.5%
Plymouth Sutton	4109	10.8%
Dudley South	4244	10.8%
Stirling	4767	10.9%
Bolton North East	4103	11.1%
Reading West	4672	11.1%
Amber Valley	5275	11.1%
Morecambe and Lunesdale	4768	11.5%
Brighton Pavilion	5030	11.5%
Norwich North	5459	11.6%
Blackpool North and Fleetwood	5062	11.7%
Wakefield	5154	11.9%
Waveney	5915	11.9%
Dewsbury	4615	12.0%
Lincoln	4613	12.5%
Pudsey	5870	12.6%
Leeds North East	5262	12.7%
Ipswich	5332	12.7%
Stockton South	6139	12.7%
Tooting	5381	12.9%
Dudley North	5432	13.1%
Ealing North	6159	13.5%
Ealing Acton and Shepherd's Bush	5520	13.9%
Exeter	7665	13.9%
East Renfrewshire	6657	14.0%
Erewash	7084	14.0%
West Lancashire	6084	14.1%
Sherwood	6652	14.1%
Hyndburn	5587	14.2%
Vale of Clwyd	4669	14.4%
Luton South	5650	14.5%
Thurrock	6375	14.6%
Batley and Spen	5788	14.8%
Regent's Park and Kensington North	6131	15.1%
Newport West	5458	15.3%
Coventry South	6255	15.4%
Ellesmere Port and Neston	6486	15.4%
Chorley	7625	15.4%
Telford	5406	15.8%
Brent North	5641	15.8%
Kingswood	7873	15.9%
Carlisle	5695	16.1%
Crosby	5840	16.1%
Birmingham Hall Green	5714	16.5%
Barrow and Furness	6037	16.5%
Edinburgh South West	7242	16.5%
Luton North	6487	16.6%
Southampton Test	7018	16.8%
Gower	6703	17.0%
Bridgend	6523	17.2%
Weaver Vale	6855	17.4%
Workington	6895	17.4%
Feltham and Heston	6820	18.3%
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	8000	18.3%