Notional results for a UK general election on 5 May 2005 Elections won 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 Majority
Belfast South 52,218 61.3% 10,339 32.3% 1,235
Foyle 68,758 66.3% 21,119 46.3% 5,957
South Down 73,175 65.8% 21,557 44.7% 9,140

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.