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United Kingdom UK Parliamentary Election: Results, Seat Distribution, and Coalition Options

Election Winner
Labour
35.2 % of votes
Parties in Parliament
8
±0 compared to 2001
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Final Official Results of the UK Parliamentary Election

The bars show each party's vote share. UK Parliamentary Election Results, 5 May 2005

Lab
35.2
Lib
22.0
UKIP
2.2
SNP
1.5
Greens
1.0
DUP
0.9
SF
0.6
PC
0.6
SDLP
0.5
UUP
0.5
Other
35.0
Government could remain in office

The incumbent governing parties achieved 55.0% of the seats.

Seat Distribution After the UK Parliamentary Election

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Who Governed the UK After the Election

Election Day 05/05/2005 Blair III 06/05/2005 – 27/06/2007 Brown 27/06/2007 – 11/05/2010

Blair III

 6 May 2005 – 27 June 2007 · 2 years 1 month
355 of 646 seats

Brown

 27 June 2007 – 11 May 2010 · 2 years 10 months
355 of 646 seats
All Elections
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Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses

Orientation Party Votes Seats Link
Centre-Left Labour 35.2 % – 355 –
Liberal Liberal Party 22.0 % – 62 –
Right UKIP 2.2 % – 0 –
Regional Scottish National Party 1.5 % – 6 –
Environment & Climate Green Party 1.0 % – 0 –
Centre-Right Democratic Unionist Party 0.9 % – 9 –
Regional Sinn Féin 0.6 % – 5 –
Regional Plaid Cymru 0.6 % – 3 –
Regional Social Democratic and Labour Party 0.5 % – 3 –
Centre-Right Ulster Unionist Party 0.5 % – 1 –
Unknown Other Parties 35.0 % – 202 –

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