2005 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2005 and all 59 seats in Scotland were contested. This was the first election to occur under the new boundaries which reduced the number of Scottish seats from 72 to 59. Previously, Scotland had a greater number of MPs per person than the rest of the UK to compensate for its distinct political nature and distance from Westminster. With the introduction of the Scottish Parliament, Scottish constituencies were brought into line with those found in the rest of the UK, so that they had similar electorates.

Main article: 2005 United Kingdom general election

2005 United Kingdom general election
5 May 2005 (2005-05-05)
All 59 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout60.6%, 2.4%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tony Blair Charles Kennedy
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 21 July 1994 9 August 1999
Last election 56 seats 10 seats
Seats before 46 9
Seats won 41‡ 11
Seat change 5* 2*
Popular vote 922,402 528,076
Percentage 39.5% 22.6%
Swing 4.5% 6.3%
UK seats 355 62
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Alex Salmond Michael Howard
Party SNP Conservative
Leader since 3 September 2004 6 November 2003
Last election 5 seats 1 seat
Seats before 4 0
Seats won 6 1
Seat change 2* 1*
Popular vote 412,267 369,388
Percentage 17.7% 15.8%
Swing 2.4% 0.2%
UK seats 6 198
Coloured according to the winning party's vote share in each constituency

*Indicates boundary change – so this is a nominal figure

‡ Figure does include the Speaker, Michael Martin
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