Notional results for a UK general election on 5 May 2005 Elections contested by Social Democratic & Labour Party

Elections contested Elections won

A notional general election to the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 40,611,844, having 24,814,623 valid votes.

Constituency Electorate Turnout Votes Vote share Position
Belfast East 52,899 58.3% 844 2.7% 5th
Belfast North 52,535 58.1% 4,950 16.2% 3rd
Belfast South 52,218 61.3% 10,339 32.3% 1st
Belfast West 53,536 64.5% 5,033 14.6% 2nd
East Antrim 57,966 54.8% 1,695 5.3% 4th
East Londonderry 58,461 60.7% 6,077 17.1% 3rd
Fermanagh and South Tyrone 66,415 73.5% 7,230 14.8% 4th
Foyle 68,758 66.3% 21,119 46.3% 1st
Lagan Valley 70,238 60.6% 2,598 6.1% 5th
Mid Ulster 62,088 73.2% 7,922 17.4% 3rd
Newry and Armagh 71,771 70.6% 12,770 25.2% 2nd
North Antrim 73,938 62.1% 5,585 12.2% 4th
North Down 59,358 54.4% 1,009 3.1% 4th
South Antrim 66,580 57.0% 4,706 12.4% 3rd
South Down 73,175 65.8% 21,557 44.7% 1st
Strangford 68,570 54.0% 2,496 6.7% 4th
Upper Bann 71,645 62.0% 5,747 12.9% 4th
West Tyrone 59,842 72.7% 3,949 9.1% 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.