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Marginal constituencies in the 2005 United Kingdom general election

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This is a list of marginal seats[citation needed] in the United Kingdom after the results in the 2005 General Election. At the 2010 General Election, boundary changes under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies applied affecting some of these seats.

Conservative – Liberal Democrat marginals

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Constituencies where the Conservative Party held a marginal lead over the Liberal Democrats:[1]

Constituency Majority %
Romsey 125 0.3%
Guildford 347 0.7%
Taunton Deane 573 1.0%
Eastbourne 1,124 2.4%
Totnes 1,947 3.8%
North Dorset 2,244 4.2%
Weston-Super-Mare 2,079 4.2%
Ludlow 2,027 4.4%
West Dorset 2,461 4.6%
West Worcestershire 2,475 5.2%
Torridge and West Devon 3,236 5.5%
Wells 3,040 5.8%
Newbury 3,460 6.4%
Harborough 3,892 8.2%
Orpington 4,947 9.0%
North Wiltshire 5,303 9.5%
Westbury 5,346 9.6%
East Hampshire 5,509 10.4%
Haltemprice and Howden 5,116 10.7%
South West Surrey 5,711 10.9%
Aldershot 5,334 11.0%
Woodspring 6,016 11.6%
Mid Sussex 5,890 11.9%
Bournemouth West 4,031 11.8%
Maidenhead 6,231 13.5%
South Suffolk 6,606 13.6%
Bournemouth East 5,244 13.9%
Woking 6,612 14.4%
New Forest East 6,551 14.5%
Poole 5,988 14.8%

Labour – Liberal Democrat marginals

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Constituencies where the Labour Party held a marginal lead over the Liberal Democrats:

Constituency Majority %
Edinburgh South 405 0.9%
Islington South and Finsbury 484 1.6%
Oxford East 963 2.3%
Watford 1,148 2.3%
Aberdeen South 1,348 3.2%
Edinburgh North and Leith 2,153 5.0%
City of Durham 3,274 7.4%
Oldham East and Saddleworth 3,590 8.3%
Norwich South 3,653 8.7%
Leicester South 3,717 8.8%
Bradford North 3,511 10.2%
Newcastle upon Tyne Central 3,982 11.1%
Swansea West 4,269 12.9%

Labour – Conservative marginals

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

Constituency Majority %
Crawley 37 0.1%
Sittingbourne and Sheppey 79 0.2%
Harlow 97 0.2%
Battersea 163 0.4%
Medway 213 0.5%
Warwick and Leamington 266 0.5%
Gillingham 254 0.6%
Stroud 350 0.6%
Hove 420 0.9%
Selby 467 0.9%
Stourbridge 407 1.0%
Dartford 706 1.5%
High Peak 735 1.5%
South Thanet 664 1.6%
Finchley and Golders Green 741 1.7%
City of Chester 917 2.0%
Cardiff North 1,146 2.5%
Wirral West 1,097 2.7%
Calder Valley 1,367 2.9%
Portsmouth North 1,139 3.0%
Burton 1,421 3.0%
South Swindon 1,353 3.1%
Colne Valley 1,501 3.1%
Corby 1,517 3.1%
Wansdyke 1,839 3.6%
South Dorset 1,812 3.7%
Vale of Glamorgan 1,808 3.8%
Harrow West 2,028 4.2%
Loughborough 1,996 4.3%
South Ribble 2,184 4.6%
Enfield North 1,920 4.7%
Hastings and Rye 2,026 4.7%
Stafford 2,121 4.7%
Broxtowe 2,296 4.7%
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 1,910 5.0%
Nuneaton 2,280 5.0%
Bolton West 2,064 5.1%
Pendle 2,180 5.3%
Chatham and Aylesford 2,332 5.5%
Staffordshire Moorlands 2,438 5.5%
North Swindon 2,571 5.7%
Dumfries and Galloway 2,922 5.7%
Tamworth 2,569 5.9%
Cleethorpes 2,642 6.1%
Birmingham Edgbaston 2,349 6.2%
Hendon 2,699 6.5%
Bury North 2,926 6.6%
Redditch 2,716 6.7%
Brigg and Goole 2,894 6.8%
Worcester 3,144 6.8%
Brighton Kemptown 2,737 6.9%
Wolverhampton South West 3,144 6.9%
Basildon 3,142 7.3%
Great Yarmouth 3,055 7.4%
Stevenage 3,139 7.5%
Warrington South 3,515 7.5%
Bedford 3,383 8.0%
Milton Keynes South West 4,010 8.1%
South Derbyshire 4,495 8.1%
Gloucester 4,271 8.2%
Bradford West 3,026 8.3%
Rossendale and Darwen 3,676 8.3%
Halifax 3,417 8.6%
Derby North 3,757 8.6%
Gedling 3,811 8.6%
Conwy 3,081 9.2%
Eltham 3,276 9.3%
Harrow East 4,730 9.3%
Wirral South 3,724 9.4%
Northampton North 3,960 9.4%
North West Leicestershire 4,477 9.5%
Brentford and Isleworth 4,411 9.6%
Elmet 4,528 9.6%
Tynemouth 4,143 9.7%
Hampstead and Highgate 3,729 9.8%
Dover 4,941 10.3%
Halesowen and Rowley Regis 4,337 10.5%
Keighley 4,852 10.5%
Plymouth Sutton 4,109 10.8%
Dudley South 4,244 10.8%
Stirling 4,767 10.9%
Bolton North East 4,103 11.1%
Reading West 4,672 11.1%
Amber Valley 5,275 11.1%
Morecambe and Lunesdale 4,768 11.5%
Brighton Pavilion 5,030 11.5%
Norwich North 5,459 11.6%
Blackpool North and Fleetwood 5,062 11.7%
Wakefield 5,154 11.9%
Waveney 5,915 11.9%
Dewsbury 4,615 12.0%
Lincoln 4,613 12.5%
Pudsey 5,870 12.6%
Leeds North East 5,262 12.7%
Ipswich 5,332 12.7%
Stockton South 6,139 12.7%
Tooting 5,381 12.9%
Dudley North 5,432 13.1%
Ealing North 6,159 13.5%
Ealing Acton and Shepherd's Bush 5,520 13.9%
Exeter 7,665 13.9%
East Renfrewshire 6,657 14.0%
Erewash 7,084 14.0%
West Lancashire 6,084 14.1%
Sherwood 6,652 14.1%
Hyndburn 5,587 14.2%
Vale of Clwyd 4,669 14.4%
Luton South 5,650 14.5%
Thurrock 6,375 14.6%
Batley and Spen 5,788 14.8%
Regent's Park and Kensington North 6,131 15.1%
Newport West 5,458 15.3%
Coventry South 6,255 15.4%
Ellesmere Port and Neston 6,486 15.4%
Chorley 7,625 15.4%
Telford 5,406 15.8%
Brent North 5,641 15.8%
Kingswood 7,873 15.9%
Carlisle 5,695 16.1%
Crosby 5,840 16.1%
Birmingham Hall Green 5,714 16.5%
Barrow and Furness 6,037 16.5%
Edinburgh South West 7,242 16.5%
Luton North 6,487 16.6%
Southampton Test 7,018 16.8%
Gower 6,703 17.0%
Bridgend 6,523 17.2%
Weaver Vale 6,855 17.4%
Workington 6,895 17.4%
Feltham and Heston 6,820 18.3%
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 8,000 18.3%

References

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  1. ^ "Swingometer - Election Polling". www.electionpolling.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2024.