Notional results for a UK general election on 5 May 2005 Elections contested by Ulster Unionist 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% 9,275 30.1% 2nd
Belfast North 52,535 58.1% 2,154 7.1% 4th
Belfast South 52,218 61.3% 7,263 22.7% 3rd
Belfast West 53,536 64.5% 779 2.3% 4th
East Antrim 57,966 54.8% 8,462 26.6% 2nd
East Londonderry 58,461 60.7% 7,498 21.1% 2nd
Fermanagh and South Tyrone 66,415 73.5% 8,869 18.2% 3rd
Foyle 68,758 66.3% 1,091 2.4% 5th
Lagan Valley 70,238 60.6% 9,172 21.5% 2nd
Mid Ulster 62,088 73.2% 4,853 10.7% 4th
Newry and Armagh 71,771 70.6% 7,025 13.9% 4th
North Antrim 73,938 62.1% 6,637 14.5% 3rd
North Down 59,358 54.4% 16,268 50.4% 1st
South Antrim 66,580 57.0% 11,059 29.1% 2nd
South Down 73,175 65.8% 4,775 9.9% 4th
Strangford 68,570 54.0% 7,872 21.3% 2nd
Upper Bann 71,645 62.0% 11,381 25.6% 2nd
West Tyrone 59,842 72.7% 2,981 6.9% 5th

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.