Political Science Resources: UK General Election, 5th May 2005

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Polls, predictions, and statistics

 BBC/ITV joint exit poll  Boundary changes  ElectionsIreland.org
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 Scottish Political data  Strategic Voter  tactical-voter.org.uk
 Turnout  UK Elect forecast  UK Polling Report
 University constituencies  Vote-2005 prediction forum  Votes that determine elections

Newspaper and TV sites

 BBC British Election 2005  Channel 4 News Election 2005  D Telegraph Countdown to Election
 FT UK Elections 2005  Guardian Election 2005  The Independent Vote 2005
 New Statesman  Northern Echo Election 2005  Peter Snow's election alerts
 Press Association election site  The Spectator Election Special  The Sun Election 2005
 The Times General Election 2005  Sky News Vote 05

Interest group manifestos and election sites

 Age Concern  Amnesty International  BAOT / COT
 BAPA: Make Your Vote Count  Black Manifesto for Change  British Chambers of Commerce
 British Humanist Association  BMA  British Retail Consortium
 CAFOD  CASH  Catholic Church
 Cheshire Wildlife Trust  Children 1st  Communitycare
 CPRE  Countryside Alliance  Democratic Audit manifesto watch
 Enfield UNA election hustings  Fathers-4-Justice  Finance & Leasing Association
 GMB Help Labour Win  Homeless Link  IFAW
 iVillage website for women  King's Fund election briefings  Make Poverty History
 Mind  Muslim Council for Britain  MPAC UK
 National Childbirth Trust  Nat Council for Palliative Care  NCVO
 NFU  Nat Pensioners Convention  NUS Get the Vote Out
 NUS Manifesto  Oxfam  Recruitment & Employment Confed.
 Reform  Refugee Council election guide 2005  RNIB
 Royal College of Midwives  Royal College of Nursing  Royal College of Physicians
 RSPB election page  RSPB Wales election page  Socialist Health Association
 SPUC  Stroke Association  Tax Payers' Alliance
 Teachernet election info  UNISONScotland  UK Churches in the General Election
 Unions Together  Universities UK  The Wildlife Trusts
 Woodland Trust

Other sites and information

 2005 Election Leaflets  aboutmyvote.co.uk  About UK General Elections
 Backing Blair has a FAQ  Blair2005.com  BBC Producer Guidelines
 British Election Study 2005  Campaign comments  Conservatives Direct
 Contract With Scotland  Dod's election coverage  dontvotemilburn
 Dump Blair  Election selector (humourous)  Eurolegal election page
 how 2 vote .co.uk  ImpeachBlair.org  Labour Against the War
 Labour Mobile  make my vote count  Operation Black Vote
 Planning Sanity  Polidex - trading game  politics.co.uk
 Positive Abstention  Postcade constituency location  so now who do we vote for?
 SOSIG election news  Spoof Labour Manifesto  Stolen Votes
 Stop Nuisance Election Calls  Stop the Election!  Stop the War Coalition
 The Big Project - General Election  UK Election meetup groups  uk.gay.com election page
 UK Parliament - elections page  Vote4Peace  Vote out Tom Levitt
 Wales Yearbook election guide  Wikipedia general election, 2005  Y Vote Mock Elections
 Winning Women's Votes

VOTE: What do you think the outcome of the UK General Election will be?


View Results
At the last general election (7th June 2001) Labour had a majority of 166, excluding the Speaker:

Con 166 (+1);   Lab 412 (+ Speaker) (-6);   LibD 52 (+6);   SNP 5 (-1); PC 4 (n/c); UUP 6 (-4); DUP 5 (+3); SF 4 (+2); SDLP 3 (n/c); Independent 1 (-1)

Complete results and statistics for the 2001 election


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British General Election 2005

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Last Modified: 14 Apr 05

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