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United Kingdom general election, 2005 (Cornwall)

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United Kingdom general election, 2005

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Members elected →

All 6 Cornish seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party
 
Leader Charles Kennedy Tony Blair
Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Leader since 9 August 1999 21 July 1994
Last election 4 Seats 1 Seat
Seats before 4 1
Seats won '5 0
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 115,241 41,140
Percentage 44.4% 15.9%
Swing Decrease0.5% Decrease1.4%

Constituency map of Cornwall, coloured by winning party

Prime Minister before election

Tony Blair
Labour

Subsequent Prime Minister

Tony Blair
Labour

The results of the 2005 United Kingdom general election in Cornwall were all announced on Friday 6 May 2005.

Overall results

Party MPs +/- Votes % +/-%
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats 5 +1 115,241 44.4 −0.5
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Party 0 82,543 31.8 −0.8
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Party 0 −1 41,140 15.9 −1.4
bgcolor="Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" | UKIP 0 12,863 5.0 +1.3
bgcolor="Template:Mebyon Kernow/meta/color" | Mebyon Kernow 0 3,552 1.4 +0.1
bgcolor="Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color" | Green Party 0 1,738 0.7 N/A
bgcolor="Template:Veritas (political party)/meta/color" | Veritas 0 911 0.4 N/A
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK, 1989)/meta/color" | Liberal 0 423 0.2 −0.1
Others 0 1,022 0.4 +0.36

Seat by seat

Constituency Party MP Majority Result Swing
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | Falmouth & Camborne Liberal Democrat Julia Goldsworthy 1,886 LibDem gain from Lab 9.5% from Labour to Liberal Democrats
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | North Cornwall Liberal Democrat Dan Rogerson 3,076 LibDem hold 6.4% from Liberal Democrats to Conservative
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | South East Cornwall Liberal Democrat Colin Breed 6,507 LibDem hold 0.9% from Conservative to Liberal Democrats
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | St Ives Liberal Democrat Andrew George 11,602 LibDem hold 1.3% from Conservative to Liberal Democrats
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | Truro and St Austell Liberal Democrat Matthew Taylor 7,403 LibDem hold 0.8% from Liberal Democrats to Conservative

See also

References

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