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

Elections contested Elections won

Constituency Electorate Turnout Votes Vote share Majority
Harrogate and Knaresborough 73,815 66.7% 25,639 52.1% 7,980
Leeds North West 66,231 62.8% 15,328 36.9% 2,064
Sheffield, Hallam 67,522 67.9% 21,253 46.4% 7,416
York Outer 71,464 64.4% 16,904 36.7% 203

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.

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.