United Kingdom general election, 2005 (Cornwall)
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All 6 Cornish seats to the House of Commons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Constituency map of Cornwall, coloured by winning party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |