United Kingdom general election, 2005 (Lancashire)

This is a summary of the votes cast in Lancashire, England, at the United Kingdom general election, 2005.^[1]

Only one seat changed hands - Lancaster and Wyre was taken by the Conservative Party from the ruling Labour Party.

Overall results

Party		MPs	+/-	Votes	%	+/-%
	Labour	12	-1	269,708	41.44
	Conservative	3	+1	227,951	35.03
	Liberal Democrats	0		110,620	17.00
	BNP	0		14,106	2.17
	UKIP	0		11,417	1.76
	Burnley First Independent	0		5,786	0.89
	Green	0		3,882	0.60
	Others	0		7,255	1.36

Other parties to stand in the 2005 election in the Red Rose County included a number of independents, including Craig Murray, George Galloway's RESPECT The Unity Coalition, the English Democrats Party and David Braid's Clause 28 party.

Individual constituency results

General Election 2005: Blackburn^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Straw	17,562	42.0	-12.1
	Conservative	Imtiaz Ameen	9,553	22.9	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Melia	8,608	20.6	+12.5
	BNP	Nicholas Holt	2,263	5.4	N/A
	Independent	Craig Murray	2,082	5.0	N/A
	UKIP	Dorothy Baxter	954	2.3	-0.6
	Green	Graham Carter	783	1.9	N/A
Majority			8,009	19.2
Turnout			41,805	56.9	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.9

General Election 2005: Blackpool North and Fleetwood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Humble	20,620	47.6	-3.2
	Conservative	Gavin Williamson	15,558	35.9	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Bate	5,533	12.8	+3.1
	UKIP	Roy Hopwood	1,579	3.6	+1.4
Majority			5,062	11.7	-1.8
Turnout			43,290	57.7	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.9

General Election 2005: Blackpool South^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Marsden	19,375	50.5	-3.8
	Conservative	Michael Winstanley	11,453	29.9	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Doreen Holt	5,552	14.5	+3.9
	BNP	Roy Goodwin	1,113	2.9	+2.9
	UKIP	John Porter	849	2.2	+0.1
Majority			7,922	20.7
Turnout			38,342	52.1	-0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.3

General Election 2005: Burnley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kitty Ussher	14,999	38.5	-10.8
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Birtwistle	9,221	23.7	+7.5
	Burnley First Independent	Harry Brooks	5,786	14.8	+14.8
	Conservative	Yousuf Miah	4,206	10.8	-10.1
	BNP	Len Starr	4,003	10.3	-1.0
	Independent (politician)	Jeff Slater	392	1.0	+1.0
	UKIP	Robert McDowell	376	1.0	-1.3
Majority			5,778	14.8
Turnout			38,983	59.2	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.1

General Election 2005: Chorley^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lindsay Hoyle	25,131	50.7	-1.6
	Conservative	Simon Mallett	17,506	35.3	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Alexander Wilson-Fletcher	6,932	14.0	+2.8
Majority			7,625	15.4
Turnout			49,569	62.9	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.1

General Election 2005: Fylde^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Jack	24,287	53.4	+1.1
	Labour	William Parbury	11,828	26.0	-4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Winlow	7,748	17.0	+2.2
	Liberal	Tim Akeroyd	1,647	3.6	+3.6
Majority			12,459	27.4
Turnout			45,510	60.1	-0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

General Election 2005: Hyndburn^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greg Pope	18,136	46.0	-8.7
	Conservative	James Mawdsley	12,549	31.8	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Greene	5,577	14.1	+4.5
	BNP	Christian Jackson	2,444	6.2	+6.2
	UKIP	John Whittaker	743	1.9	-0.7
Majority			5,587	14.2
Turnout			39,449	58.8	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.7

General Election 2005: Lancaster and Wyre^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Wallace	22,266	42.8	+0.6
	Labour	Anne Sacks	18,095	34.8	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Langhorn	8,453	16.2	+5.9
	Green	Jon Barry	2,278	4.4	+1.4
	UKIP	John Mander	969	1.9	+0.5
Majority			4,171	8.0
Turnout			52,061	64.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 2005: Morecambe and Lunesdale^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geraldine Smith	20,331	48.8	-0.8
	Conservative	James Airey	15,563	37.4	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Alex Stone	5,741	13.8	+4.6
Majority			4,768	11.5
Turnout			41,635	61.4	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.4

General Election 2005: Pendle^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Prentice	15,250	37.1	-7.5
	Conservative	Jane Ellison	13,070	31.8	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Shazad Anwar	9,528	23.2	+9.4
	BNP	Tom Boocock	2,547	6.2	+1.2
	UKIP	Graham Cannon	737	1.8	-1.0
Majority			2,180	5.3
Turnout			41,132	63.4	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.7

General Election 2005: Preston^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mark Hendrick	17,210	50.5	-6.5
	Conservative	Fiona Bryce	7,803	22.9	-0.1
	Liberal Democrat	William Parkinson	5,701	16.7	+3.5
	Respect	Michael Lavalette	2,318	6.8	+6.8
	UKIP	Ellen Boardman	1,049	3.1	+3.1
Majority			9,407	21.6
Turnout			34,081	53.8	+4.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	-3.2

General Election 2005: Ribble Valley^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Evans	25,834	51.9	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Young	11,663	23.4	-5.2
	Labour	Jack Davenport	10,924	22.0	+2.1
	UKIP	Kevin Henry	1,345	2.7	+2.7
Majority			14,171	28.5
Turnout			49,776	65.7	-0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

General Election 2005: Rossendale and Darwen^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Anderson	19,073	42.9	-5.8
	Conservative	Nigel Adams	15,397	34.6	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Carr	6,670	15.0	+0.4
	BNP	Anthony Wentworth	1,736	3.9	+3.9
	Green	Graeme McIver	821	1.8	+1.8
	UKIP	David Duthie	740	1.7	+1.7
Majority			3,676	8.3
Turnout			44,437	61.5	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.9

General Election 2005: South Ribble^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Borrow	20,428	43.0	-3.4
	Conservative	Lorraine Fullbrook	18,244	38.4	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Alcock	7,634	16.1	+0.6
	UKIP	Kenneth Jones	1,205	2.5	+2.5
Majority			2,184	4.6
Turnout			47,511	63.0	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.9

General Election 2005: West Lancashire^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosie Cooper	20,746	48.1	-6.4
	Conservative	Alf Doran	14,662	34.0	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Kemp	6,059	14.0	+2.4
	UKIP	Alan Freeman	871	2.0	+2.0
	English Democrats	Stephen Garrett	525	1.2	+1.2
	Clause 28	David Braid	292	0.7	0.0
Majority			6.084	14.1
Turnout			43,155	57.7	-1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.2

References

↑ "Election 2005 Results North West". BBC News. Archived from the original on 20 October 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
↑ "Election 2005 Results Blackburn". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
↑ "Election 2005 Results Blackpool North and Fleetwood". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
↑ "Election 2005 Results Blackpool South". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
↑ "Election 2005 Results Burnley". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
↑ "Election 2005 Results Chorley". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
↑ "Election 2005 Results Fylde". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
↑ "Election 2005 Results Hyndburn". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
↑ "Election 2005 Results Lancaster and Wyre". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
↑ "Election 2005 Results Morecambe and Lunesdale". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
↑ "Election 2005 Results Pendle". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
↑ "Election 2005 Results Preston". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
↑ "Election 2005 Results Ribble Valley". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
↑ "Election 2005 Results Rossendale and Darwen". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
↑ "Election 2005 Results Ribble South". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
↑ "Election 2005 Results Lancashire West". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-09-20.

United Kingdom general election, 2005

Constituency results Marginal constituencies MPs elected Pre-election Parties Results breakdown

Re-Elected Prime Minister: Tony Blair (Labour)

Parties elected to the House of Commons and their leaders	Tony Blair (Labour) Michael Howard (Conservative) Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrats) Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party) Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party) Gerry Adams (Sinn Féin) Ieuan Wyn Jones (Plaid Cymru) Mark Durkan (Social Democratic and Labour Party) Richard Taylor (Health Concern) George Galloway (Respect)

Results by area	Bristol Cornwall Greater Manchester Lancashire London Merseyside Northern Ireland Scotland Edinburgh Glasgow Surrey West Yorkshire

United Kingdom local elections, 2005

United Kingdom general election, 2005 (Lancashire)

Overall results

Individual constituency results

See also

References