Notional results for a UK general election on 5 May 2005 North East, England - Elections contested by Green Party

Constituency Electorate Turnout Votes Vote share Position
Hartlepool 69,075 51.3% 288 0.8% 6th
Newcastle upon Tyne Central 57,608 56.5% 1,254 3.9% 4th
Wansbeck 63,005 58.4% 1,245 3.4% 4th

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.