Notional results for a UK general election on 5 May 2005 Yorkshire and The Humber, England - Elections contested by Liberal Democrat

Elections contested Elections won

Constituency Electorate Turnout Votes Vote share Position
Barnsley Central 64,774 47.7% 5,966 19.3% 2nd
Barnsley East 65,823 48.8% 4,510 14.0% 2nd
Batley and Spen 73,601 60.8% 6,888 15.4% 3rd
Beverley and Holderness 77,424 64.2% 9,784 19.7% 3rd
Bradford East 67,827 54.1% 10,945 29.8% 2nd
Bradford South 65,884 53.4% 5,112 14.5% 3rd
Bradford West 65,280 56.0% 6,967 19.0% 3rd
Brigg and Goole 65,365 62.7% 5,411 13.2% 3rd
Calder Valley 72,174 66.0% 9,007 18.9% 3rd
Cleethorpes 70,746 61.6% 6,437 14.8% 3rd
Colne Valley 77,264 65.3% 12,370 24.5% 3rd
Dewsbury 75,974 59.3% 6,187 13.7% 3rd
Doncaster Central 72,587 52.0% 8,940 23.7% 2nd
Doncaster North 71,750 52.6% 5,919 15.7% 3rd
Don Valley 71,877 53.3% 6,330 16.5% 3rd
East Yorkshire 77,121 61.2% 8,938 18.9% 3rd
Elmet and Rothwell 76,229 69.8% 9,202 17.3% 3rd
Great Grimsby 63,711 51.7% 6,356 19.3% 3rd
Halifax 65,179 61.0% 7,120 17.9% 3rd
Haltemprice and Howden 68,533 70.4% 17,607 36.5% 2nd
Harrogate and Knaresborough 73,815 66.7% 25,639 52.1% 1st
Hemsworth 70,754 54.3% 6,034 15.7% 3rd
Huddersfield 62,462 56.6% 8,519 24.1% 2nd
Keighley 66,986 69.1% 5,484 11.8% 3rd
Kingston upon Hull East 68,805 47.6% 6,621 20.2% 2nd
Kingston upon Hull North 60,930 46.1% 7,295 26.0% 2nd
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle 61,858 44.8% 5,814 21.0% 2nd
Leeds Central 76,713 44.3% 7,320 21.5% 2nd
Leeds East 63,823 56.1% 6,172 17.2% 3rd
Leeds North East 67,514 64.6% 9,454 21.7% 3rd
Leeds North West 66,231 62.8% 15,328 36.9% 1st
Leeds West 66,849 52.8% 6,132 17.4% 2nd
Morley and Outwood 70,788 58.5% 4,159 10.0% 4th
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford 79,310 53.3% 4,704 11.1% 3rd
Penistone and Stocksbridge 67,969 62.1% 10,430 24.7% 2nd
Pudsey 67,196 65.9% 8,044 18.2% 3rd
Richmond (Yorks) 77,790 64.6% 8,500 16.9% 3rd
Rotherham 62,002 54.1% 5,506 16.4% 2nd
Rother Valley 70,370 57.7% 6,549 16.1% 3rd
Scarborough and Whitby 73,806 63.6% 7,495 16.0% 3rd
Scunthorpe 62,875 54.4% 5,835 17.0% 3rd
Selby and Ainsty 69,407 68.9% 4,785 10.0% 3rd
Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough 66,476 50.0% 4,325 13.0% 2nd
Sheffield Central 60,400 55.0% 10,438 31.4% 2nd
Sheffield, Hallam 67,522 67.9% 21,253 46.4% 1st
Sheffield, Heeley 65,461 57.7% 8,078 21.4% 2nd
Sheffield South East 66,798 54.7% 6,180 16.9% 2nd
Shipley 68,363 68.1% 7,059 15.2% 3rd
Skipton and Ripon 74,834 66.1% 13,151 26.6% 2nd
Thirsk and Malton 75,220 65.9% 9,314 18.8% 3rd
Wakefield 68,333 61.4% 7,889 18.8% 3rd
Wentworth and Dearne 70,879 54.4% 6,259 16.2% 2nd
York Central 65,817 60.6% 8,040 20.1% 3rd
York Outer 71,464 64.4% 16,904 36.7% 1st

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.