2005 United Kingdom general election in Wales

These are the results of the 2005 United Kingdom general election in Wales. The election was held on 5 May 2005 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested.

2005 United Kingdom general election in Wales
5 May 2005
All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tony Blair Charles Kennedy
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 21 July 1994 9 August 1999
Last election 34 seats, 48.6% 2 seats, 13.8%
Seats won 29 4
Seat change 5 2
Popular vote 594,821 256,249
Percentage 42.7% 18.4%
Swing 5.9% 4.6%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Michael Howard Ieuan Wyn Jones
Party Conservative Plaid Cymru
Leader since 6 November 2003 3 August 2000
Last election 0 seats, 21.0% 4 seats, 14.3%
Seats won 3 3
Seat change 3 1
Popular vote 297,830 174,838
Percentage 21.4% 12.6%
Swing 0.4% 1.7%
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