2005 United Kingdom general election

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United Kingdom general election parliamentary election

The 2005 United Kingdom general election was a nationwide parliamentary election in which Tony Blair’s Labour Party won a third consecutive term in government, albeit with a reduced majority.

Aliases (1)

UK Parliament 2005–2010 ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Kingdom general election → parliamentary election →
campaignIssue	Iraq War → crime → immigration → public services → taxation →
conservativeLeader	Michael Howard →
conservativePopularVoteShare	32.4% →
conservativeSeatsWon	198 →
country	United Kingdom →
electionDate	2005-05-05 →
electoralSystemUsed	first-past-the-post →
electorateType	nationwide →
heldOnSameDayAs	2005 local elections in the United Kingdom →
labourLeader	Tony Blair →
labourMajorityComparedTo2001	reduced →
labourPopularVoteShare	35.2% →
labourSeatsWon	355 →
legislativeBodyElected	House of Commons →
liberalDemocratLeader	Charles Kennedy →
liberalDemocratPopularVoteShare	22.0% →
liberalDemocratSeatsWon	62 →
mainWinningParty	Labour Party (UK) →
monarchReigning	Elizabeth II →
nextElection	2010 United Kingdom general election →
notableOutcome	Labour majority significantly reduced despite winning third term → Liberal Democrats achieved then-best postwar seat total →
numberOfConstituencies	646 →
overallMajoritySeats	66 →
parliamentDissolutionDate	11 April 2005 →
parliamentElected	Parliament of the United Kingdom →
parliamentNumber	54th Parliament of the United Kingdom →
pollingDay	5 May 2005 →
previousElection	2001 United Kingdom general election →
primeMinisterAfterElection	Tony Blair →
primeMinisterBeforeElection	Tony Blair →
regionIncluded	England → Northern Ireland → Scotland → Wales →
resultedIn	third consecutive term for Labour government →
secondLargestParty	Conservative Party (UK) →
thirdLargestParty	Liberal Democrats (UK) →
totalCommonsSeats	646 →
turnoutChangeFromPrevious	+2.0 percentage points →
typeOfContest	general election →
voterTurnout	61.3% →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath →	firstElection
Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) →	firstElectionHeld
Ed Miliband ("UK Parliament 2005–2010") →	parliamentaryTerm