Notional results for a UK general election on 5 May 2005 South West, England - Elections won by Conservative

Elections contested Elections won

Constituency Electorate Turnout Votes Vote share Majority
Bournemouth East 70,952 59.0% 18,949 45.3% 5,874
Bournemouth West 67,955 53.9% 14,476 39.5% 2,766
Bridgwater and West Somerset 79,643 64.0% 23,140 45.4% 10,081
Central Devon 67,121 69.8% 20,517 43.8% 2,338
Christchurch 66,535 70.3% 25,886 55.3% 14,640
Devizes 65,563 65.3% 21,849 51.0% 12,259
East Devon 70,105 68.0% 22,535 47.3% 9,168
Filton and Bradley Stoke 66,042 62.4% 14,629 35.5% 653
Forest of Dean 67,241 70.8% 19,474 40.9% 2,049
North Dorset 70,632 69.3% 22,721 46.4% 4,200
North East Somerset 64,934 71.5% 18,149 39.1% 212
North Somerset 72,098 71.8% 21,631 41.8% 6,007
North Wiltshire 64,580 69.5% 22,321 49.7% 6,888
Poole 65,891 64.0% 18,296 43.4% 6,035
Salisbury 66,311 68.5% 21,085 46.4% 8,860
South West Devon 68,789 68.2% 20,831 44.4% 9,442
South West Wiltshire 70,349 64.6% 22,321 49.1% 8,568
Tewkesbury 74,165 62.2% 22,238 48.2% 9,130
The Cotswolds 75,035 67.2% 24,907 49.4% 10,742
Tiverton and Honiton 72,888 70.4% 23,961 46.7% 9,007
Torridge and West Devon 71,448 71.2% 21,520 42.3% 2,732
Totnes 67,039 69.7% 20,009 42.8% 2,693
Wells 78,234 67.7% 23,071 43.6% 3,040
West Dorset 69,643 76.4% 24,763 46.5% 2,461
Weston-Super-Mare 74,571 65.7% 19,760 40.3% 2,088

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

Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, at The Elections Centre of the University of Exeter, 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.