Marginal constituencies in the 2005 United Kingdom general election

This is a list of marginal seats in the United Kingdom after the results in the 2005 General Election. At the next General Election, boundary changes applied affecting some of these seats.

Labour – Liberal Democrat marginals

Constituencies where the Labour Party holds 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

Constituencies where the Labour Party holds 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 6,15913.5%
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%
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