Marginal constituencies in the United Kingdom general election, 2005

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 South4050.9%
Islington South and Finsbury4841.6%
Oxford East9632.3%
Watford11482.3%
Aberdeen South13483.2%
Edinburgh North and Leith21535.0%
City of Durham32747.4%
Oldham East and Saddleworth35908.3%
Norwich South36538.7%
Leicester South37178.8%
Bradford North351110.2%
Newcastle upon Tyne Central398211.1%
Swansea West426912.9%

Labour - Conservative marginals

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

Constituency Majority %
Crawley370.1%
Sittingbourne and Sheppey790.2%
Harlow970.2%
Battersea1630.4%
Medway2130.5%
Warwick and Leamington2660.5%
Gillingham2540.6%
Stroud3500.6%
Hove4200.9%
Selby4670.9%
Stourbridge4071.0%
Dartford7061.5%
High Peak7351.5%
South Thanet6641.6%
Finchley and Golders Green7411.7%
City of Chester9172.0%
Cardiff North11462.5%
Wirral West10972.7%
Calder Valley13672.9%
Portsmouth North11393.0%
Burton14213.0%
South Swindon13533.1%
Colne Valley15013.1%
Corby15173.1%
Wansdyke18393.6%
South Dorset18123.7%
Vale of Glamorgan18083.8%
Harrow West20284.2%
Loughborough19964.3%
South Ribble21844.6%
Enfield North19204.7%
Hastings and Rye20264.7%
Stafford21214.7%
Broxtowe22964.7%
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire19105.0%
Nuneaton22805.0%
Bolton West20645.1%
Pendle21805.3%
Chatham and Aylesford23325.5%
Staffordshire Moorlands24385.5%
North Swindon25715.7%
Dumfries and Galloway29225.7%
Tamworth25695.9%
Cleethorpes26426.1%
Birmingham Edgbaston23496.2%
Hendon26996.5%
Bury North29266.6%
Redditch27166.7%
Brigg and Goole28946.8%
Worcester31446.8%
Brighton Kemptown27376.9%
Wolverhampton South West31446.9%
Basildon31427.3%
Great Yarmouth30557.4%
Stevenage31397.5%
Warrington South35157.5%
Bedford33838.0%
Milton Keynes South West40108.1%
South Derbyshire44958.1%
Gloucester42718.2%
Bradford West30268.3%
Rossendale and Darwen36768.3%
Halifax34178.6%
Derby North37578.6%
Gedling38118.6%
Conwy30819.2%
Eltham32769.3%
Harrow East47309.3%
Wirral South37249.4%
Northampton North39609.4%
North West Leicestershire44779.5%
Brentford and Isleworth44119.6%
Elmet45289.6%
Tynemouth41439.7%
Hampstead and Highgate37299.8%
Dover494110.3%
Halesowen and Rowley Regis433710.5%
Keighley485210.5%
Plymouth Sutton410910.8%
Dudley South424410.8%
Stirling476710.9%
Bolton North East410311.1%
Reading West467211.1%
Amber Valley527511.1%
Morecambe and Lunesdale476811.5%
Brighton Pavilion503011.5%
Norwich North545911.6%
Blackpool North and Fleetwood506211.7%
Wakefield515411.9%
Waveney591511.9%
Dewsbury461512.0%
Lincoln461312.5%
Pudsey587012.6%
Leeds North East526212.7%
Ipswich533212.7%
Stockton South613912.7%
Tooting538112.9%
Dudley North543213.1%
Ealing North615913.5%
Ealing Acton and Shepherd's Bush552013.9%
Exeter766513.9%
East Renfrewshire665714.0%
Erewash708414.0%
West Lancashire608414.1%
Sherwood665214.1%
Hyndburn558714.2%
Vale of Clwyd466914.4%
Luton South565014.5%
Thurrock637514.6%
Batley and Spen578814.8%
Regent's Park and Kensington North613115.1%
Newport West545815.3%
Coventry South625515.4%
Ellesmere Port and Neston648615.4%
Chorley762515.4%
Telford540615.8%
Brent North564115.8%
Kingswood787315.9%
Carlisle569516.1%
Crosby584016.1%
Birmingham Hall Green571416.5%
Barrow and Furness603716.5%
Edinburgh South West724216.5%
Luton North648716.6%
Southampton Test701816.8%
Gower670317.0%
Bridgend652317.2%
Weaver Vale685517.4%
Workington689517.4%
Feltham and Heston682018.3%
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland800018.3%