Notional results for a UK general election on 5 May 2005 North West, England - Elections contested by Liberal Democrat
| Constituency | Electorate | Turnout | Votes | Vote share | Position |
| Altrincham and Sale West | 63,969 | 67.8% | 9,489 | 21.9% | 3rd |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 66,822 | 51.5% | 4,017 | 11.7% | 3rd |
| Barrow and Furness | 65,541 | 58.9% | 6,870 | 17.8% | 3rd |
| Birkenhead | 63,434 | 49.9% | 5,896 | 18.6% | 2nd |
| Blackburn | 71,763 | 57.7% | 8,518 | 20.6% | 3rd |
| Blackley and Broughton | 65,686 | 45.9% | 5,765 | 19.1% | 2nd |
| Blackpool North and Cleveleys | 66,317 | 57.6% | 5,222 | 13.7% | 3rd |
| Blackpool South | 63,951 | 52.3% | 5,054 | 15.1% | 3rd |
| Bolton North East | 69,311 | 54.5% | 6,083 | 16.1% | 3rd |
| Bolton South East | 67,735 | 51.3% | 6,298 | 18.1% | 3rd |
| Bolton West | 68,879 | 61.2% | 7,990 | 18.9% | 3rd |
| Bootle | 72,750 | 50.8% | 6,118 | 16.6% | 2nd |
| Burnley | 65,458 | 59.6% | 9,221 | 23.7% | 2nd |
| Bury North | 66,138 | 61.7% | 6,156 | 15.1% | 3rd |
| Bury South | 73,202 | 58.5% | 7,326 | 17.1% | 3rd |
| Carlisle | 64,546 | 58.5% | 6,257 | 16.6% | 3rd |
| Cheadle | 72,103 | 68.7% | 23,671 | 47.8% | 1st |
| Chorley | 71,469 | 62.1% | 6,537 | 14.7% | 3rd |
| City of Chester | 68,856 | 64.3% | 9,657 | 21.8% | 3rd |
| Congleton | 72,771 | 64.1% | 12,550 | 26.9% | 3rd |
| Copeland | 62,635 | 62.2% | 5,432 | 13.9% | 3rd |
| Crewe and Nantwich | 75,361 | 59.9% | 8,421 | 18.7% | 3rd |
| Denton and Reddish | 64,697 | 52.5% | 5,541 | 16.3% | 3rd |
| Eddisbury | 66,356 | 65.1% | 7,775 | 18.0% | 3rd |
| Ellesmere Port and Neston | 68,481 | 61.3% | 6,600 | 15.7% | 3rd |
| Fylde | 65,373 | 59.3% | 6,137 | 15.8% | 3rd |
| Garston and Halewood | 72,724 | 53.3% | 11,619 | 30.0% | 2nd |
| Halton | 69,240 | 53.6% | 6,317 | 17.0% | 3rd |
| Hazel Grove | 62,991 | 61.3% | 19,423 | 50.3% | 1st |
| Heywood and Middleton | 77,063 | 53.9% | 8,403 | 20.2% | 3rd |
| Hyndburn | 68,144 | 58.8% | 5,750 | 14.4% | 3rd |
| Knowsley | 77,977 | 53.8% | 5,779 | 13.8% | 2nd |
| Lancaster and Fleetwood | 65,332 | 59.5% | 6,081 | 15.6% | 3rd |
| Leigh | 75,980 | 51.3% | 7,446 | 19.1% | 2nd |
| Liverpool, Riverside | 76,560 | 42.6% | 7,611 | 23.3% | 2nd |
| Liverpool, Walton | 68,755 | 46.8% | 5,459 | 17.0% | 2nd |
| Liverpool, Wavertree | 68,361 | 47.8% | 13,270 | 40.6% | 2nd |
| Liverpool, West Derby | 67,063 | 45.7% | 4,673 | 15.3% | 2nd |
| Macclesfield | 73,280 | 62.5% | 8,945 | 19.5% | 3rd |
| Makerfield | 74,344 | 49.7% | 4,215 | 11.4% | 3rd |
| Manchester Central | 72,630 | 41.8% | 6,368 | 21.0% | 2nd |
| Manchester, Gorton | 70,860 | 45.7% | 10,869 | 33.5% | 2nd |
| Manchester, Withington | 69,227 | 55.4% | 16,195 | 42.3% | 1st |
| Morecambe and Lunesdale | 67,119 | 61.5% | 5,627 | 13.6% | 3rd |
| Oldham East and Saddleworth | 71,988 | 56.8% | 13,136 | 32.1% | 2nd |
| Oldham West and Royton | 71,351 | 54.0% | 8,183 | 21.2% | 2nd |
| Pendle | 64,590 | 63.7% | 9,528 | 23.2% | 3rd |
| Penrith and The Border | 63,274 | 66.7% | 10,894 | 25.8% | 2nd |
| Preston | 55,620 | 54.2% | 5,986 | 19.9% | 3rd |
| Ribble Valley | 74,896 | 61.5% | 10,404 | 22.6% | 3rd |
| Rochdale | 75,018 | 57.2% | 17,398 | 40.5% | 2nd |
| Rossendale and Darwen | 71,819 | 61.6% | 6,587 | 14.9% | 3rd |
| Salford and Eccles | 72,085 | 45.5% | 7,476 | 22.8% | 2nd |
| Sefton Central | 67,754 | 60.8% | 7,915 | 19.2% | 3rd |
| Southport | 67,530 | 61.0% | 19,093 | 46.3% | 1st |
| South Ribble | 73,527 | 63.4% | 6,854 | 14.7% | 3rd |
| Stalybridge and Hyde | 66,379 | 53.9% | 5,584 | 15.6% | 3rd |
| St Helens North | 75,121 | 55.7% | 8,728 | 20.9% | 2nd |
| St Helens South and Whiston | 77,162 | 53.2% | 11,833 | 28.8% | 2nd |
| Stockport | 64,150 | 54.0% | 7,419 | 21.4% | 3rd |
| Stretford and Urmston | 61,141 | 63.9% | 5,429 | 13.9% | 3rd |
| Tatton | 65,097 | 63.9% | 9,066 | 21.8% | 3rd |
| Wallasey | 65,892 | 57.8% | 4,843 | 12.7% | 3rd |
| Warrington North | 72,146 | 55.3% | 7,449 | 18.7% | 3rd |
| Warrington South | 76,930 | 61.5% | 11,361 | 24.0% | 3rd |
| Weaver Vale | 67,618 | 55.6% | 7,435 | 19.8% | 3rd |
| West Lancashire | 74,298 | 58.1% | 6,059 | 14.0% | 3rd |
| Westmorland and Lonsdale | 67,131 | 70.8% | 21,829 | 46.0% | 1st |
| Wigan | 76,051 | 52.1% | 6,699 | 16.9% | 3rd |
| Wirral South | 56,186 | 67.7% | 8,218 | 21.6% | 3rd |
| Wirral West | 55,184 | 68.1% | 6,158 | 16.4% | 3rd |
| Workington | 57,317 | 62.5% | 5,170 | 14.4% | 3rd |
| Worsley and Eccles South | 71,904 | 54.3% | 5,044 | 12.9% | 3rd |
| Wyre and Preston North | 69,408 | 63.3% | 7,055 | 16.1% | 3rd |
| Wythenshawe and Sale East | 70,744 | 51.1% | 7,766 | 21.5% | 3rd |
Turnout as calculated by the House of Commons Library, is the total number of votes cast and not spoiled, divided by the size of the electorate.
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
Estimates of the 2005 general election result in new constituencies
Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, then at the University of Plymouth, produced estimates of the 2005 general election result as if the new constituencies recommended by the separate Parliamentary Boundary Commissions for England, Wales and Northern Ireland had then been in existence.
The Elections Centre, established by Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, moved to the University of Exeter in 2003.