UK general election, 2005
{{date|May 5, 2005}}

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| colspan="2" align="center" style="background:lightgrey" | '''The [[w:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] [[w:General Election|General Election]]'''
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| colspan="2" style="background:white" | [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|thumb|center|[[w:Flag of the United Kingdom|The Union Flag]] ]]
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| colspan="2" | '''Results''':
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{|
| id="LaborLabel" width="33%" style="background:#FFFFFF" | [[w:Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| id="ConservativeLabel" width="33%" style="background:#FFFFFF" | [[w:Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| id="LibDemLabel" width="33%" style="background:#FFFFFF" | [[w:Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dems]]
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| id="Labour" width="33%" style="background:#CC0000; color:white;" | 355
| id="Conservative" width="33%" style="background:#3333CC; color:white;" | 197
| id="Liberal Democrat" width="233" style="background:gold" | 62
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| id="DUPLabel" width="33%" style="background:#FFFFFF" | [[w:Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]]
| id="SNPLabel" width="33%" style="background:#FFFFFF" | [[w:Scottish National Party|SNP]]
| id="SFLabel" width="33%" style="background:#FFFFFF" | [[w:Sinn Féin|Sinn Féin]]
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| id="Democratic Unionist Party" width="33%" style="background:#D46A4C; color:white;" | 7
| id="Scottish National Party" width="33%" style="background:#FFFF00" | 6
| id="Sinn Féin" width="33%" style="background:#008800; color:white;" | 5
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| id="PlaidCymruLabel" width="33%" style="background:#FFFFFF" | [[w:Plaid Cymru|Plaid Cymru]]
| id="SDLPLabel" width="33%" style="background:#FFFFFF" | [[w:Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]]
| id="UUPLabel" width="33%" style="background:#FFFFFF" | [[w:Ulster Unionist Party|UUP]]
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| id="Plaid Cymru" width="33%" style="background:#00CC00" | 3
| id="Social Democratic and Labour Party" width="33%" style="background:#99FF66" | 3
| id="Ulster Unionist Party" width="33%" style="background:#9999FF" | 1
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| id="RespectLabel" width="33%" style="background:#FFFFFF" | [[w:RESPECT The Unity Coalition|RESPECT]]
| id="IKHHCLabel" width="33%" style="background:#FFFFFF" | [[w:Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern|IKHH]]
| id="INDLabel" width="33%" style="background:#FFFFFF" | <span title="Independents">Ind.</span>
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| id="Respect" width="33%" style="background:#F03F35; color:white" | 1
| id="IND" width="33%" style="background:#CCCCCC" | 1
| id="IND" width="33%" style="background:#CCCCCC" | 1
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Wikinews will have coverage of the election results at:
* [[Results of 2005 United Kingdom General Election]]
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* [[w:List of political parties in the United Kingdom|UK political parties]]
* [[w:British House of Commons|The UK House of Commons]]
* [[w:Parliament of the United Kingdom|The UK Parliament]]
* [[w:Politics of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom politics]]
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The 2005 [[w:UK general election, 2005|UK general election]] was held on Thursday 5th May.  The election resulted in a third term for Tony Blair's Labour Party.

Below are the latest Wikinews stories on the campaigning parties and candidates.

==Related news==
'''Saturday''':
* [[UUP leader loses seat in 2005 UK General Election]]
'''Friday''':
* [[British Conservative leader Michael Howard to step down]]
* [[Surprise win for RESPECT Party in UK 2005 General Election]]
* [[Results of 2005 United Kingdom General Election|Full list of results]]
* Exit polls are showing a 2.8% swing from Labour to Conservatives.
'''Thursday''':
* '''Labour''' wins Sunderland South with 58.6%
* '''Exit polls''' suggests Labour Win by a 4% majority.
'''Monday''':
* [[UK Staffordshire South 2005 election postponed]], because of the death of one of the candidates.
'''April 30''':
* [[Immigration and asylum turn voters off UK Tories]], according to opinion polls.
'''April 29''':
* [[UK Party leaders questioned on BBC 'Question Time']]
'''April 26''':
* [[Potential Goldsmith leak worries Labour, excites opposition]]
'''April 14''':
* [[Lib Dems launch manifesto]], promising fairer taxation and an exit strategy from Iraq.
'''April 13''': 
* [[Blair launches third and final manifesto]], promising a freeze on income tax and new community police teams.
* [[Tory candidate in election gaffe|A Conservative Party candidate has embarrased the party]] by doctoring photographs in campaign literature.
* [[Britons urged not to vote by post|Postal voting has been discouraged]] after widespread election fraud in the 2004 local and European elections. 
'''April 12''': 
* [[Liberal Democrat Party pauses to welcome Donald James Kennedy]]
* [[Labour attack Tory economic policy]], claiming the Conservatives will not be able to keep their savings pledges.
* [[Conservative Party launches manifesto]], promising £35 billion of savings and controls on immigration.
'''April 5''': 
* [[UK Prime Minister sets 2005 General Election date|Blair requests dissolution of Parliament]], candidates go to the country for a May 5th election.

== Sources ==
* {{source|title=Britons vote with Blair the overwhelming — if unpopular — favourite
|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/May/theworld_May85.xml&section=theworld
|author=[[w:AFP|AFP]]
|pub=Khaleej Times
|date=May 5, 2005}}

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'The United Kingdom General Election'

 The Union Flag 

 'Results':


 Labour

 Conservative

 Lib Dems

 355

 197

 62

 DUP

 SNP

 Sinn Féin

 7

 6

 5

 Plaid Cymru

 SDLP

 UUP

 3

 3

 1

 RESPECT

 IKHH

 Ind.

 1

 1

 1


Wikinews will have coverage of the election results at:
* Results of 2005 United Kingdom General Election

 'Background':

 Wikipedia

 Wikipedia, Wikinews' sibling project, has in-depth background articles on:

  
* UK political parties
* The UK House of Commons
* The UK Parliament
* United Kingdom politics

The 2005 UK general election was held on Thursday 5th May.  The election resulted in a third term for Tony Blair's Labour Party.

Below are the latest Wikinews stories on the campaigning parties and candidates.

fr:Élections législatives au Royaume-Uni
pl:Wybory parlamentarne w Wielkiej Brytanii
United Kingdom Elections Politics and conflicts Tony Blair Respect Party Plaid Cymru Labour Party (UK) Sinn Féin Scottish National Party Conservative Party (UK) Democratic Unionist Party