2005 United Kingdom general election in Scotland information
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2005 United Kingdom general election
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All 59 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout
60.6%, 2.4%
First party
Second party
Leader
Tony Blair
Charles Kennedy
Party
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Leader since
21 July 1994
9 August 1999
Last election
56 seats
10 seats
Seats before
46
9
Seats won
41‡
11
Seat change
5*
2*
Popular vote
922,402
528,076
Percentage
39.5%
22.6%
Swing
4.5%
6.3%
UK seats
355
62
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Alex Salmond
Michael Howard
Party
SNP
Conservative
Leader since
3 September 2004
6 November 2003
Last election
5 seats
1 seat
Seats before
4
0
Seats won
6
1
Seat change
2*
1*
Popular vote
412,267
369,388
Percentage
17.7%
15.8%
Swing
2.4%
0.2%
UK seats
6
198
Coloured according to the winning party's vote share in each constituency
*Indicates boundary change – so this is a nominal figure
‡ Figure does include the Speaker, Michael Martin
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2005 and all 59 seats in Scotland were contested. This was the first election to occur under the new boundaries which reduced the number of Scottish seats from 72 to 59. Previously, Scotland had a greater number of MPs per person than the rest of the UK to compensate for its distinct political nature and distance from Westminster. With the introduction of the Scottish Parliament, Scottish constituencies were brought into line with those found in the rest of the UK, so that they had similar electorates.
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