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This is a list of '''[[Marginal seat|marginal seats]]'''{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}} in the United Kingdom after the results in the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 General Election]]. At the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 General Election]], boundary changes under the [[Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]] applied affecting some of these seats.


==Conservative – Liberal Democrat marginals==
This is a list of '''marginal seats''' in the [[United Kingdom]] after the results in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 General Election]].


Constituencies where the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] held a marginal lead over the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swingometer - Election Polling |url=https://www.electionpolling.co.uk/swingometer |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=www.electionpolling.co.uk}}</ref>
==Labour - Liberal Democrat marginals==


{| class="wikitable sortable"
Constituencies where the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] holds a marginal lead over the [[Liberal Democrats]]:
! Constituency
! Majority
! %
|-
| [[Romsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Romsey]]
| 125
| 0.3%
|-
|[[Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)|Guildford]]
| 347
| 0.7%
|-
| [[Taunton Deane (UK Parliament constituency)|Taunton Deane]]
| 573
| 1.0%
|-
| [[Eastbourne (UK Parliament constituency)|Eastbourne]]
| 1,124
| 2.4%
|-
|[[Totnes (UK Parliament constituency)|Totnes]]
|1,947
|3.8%
|-
|[[North Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|North Dorset]]
|2,244
|4.2%
|-
|[[Weston-super-Mare (UK Parliament constituency)|Weston-Super-Mare]]
|2,079
|4.2%
|-
|[[Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)|Ludlow]]
|2,027
|4.4%
|-
| [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset]]
| 2,461
| 4.6%
|-
|[[West Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Worcestershire]]
|2,475
|5.2%
|-
|[[Torridge and West Devon (UK Parliament constituency)|Torridge and West Devon]]
|3,236
|5.5%
|-
|[[Wells (UK Parliament constituency)|Wells]]
|3,040
|5.8%
|-
|[[Newbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Newbury]]
|3,460
|6.4%
|-
|[[Harborough, Oadby and Wigston (UK Parliament constituency)|Harborough]]
|3,892
|8.2%
|-
|[[Orpington (UK Parliament constituency)|Orpington]]
|4,947
|9.0%
|-
|[[North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Wiltshire]]
|5,303
|9.5%
|-
|[[Westbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Westbury]]
|5,346
|9.6%
|-
|[[East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Hampshire]]
|5,509
|10.4%
|-
|[[Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency)|Haltemprice and Howden]]
|5,116
|10.7%
|-
|[[South West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Surrey]]
|5,711
|10.9%
|-
|[[Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency)|Aldershot]]
|5,334
|11.0%
|-
| [[Woodspring (UK Parliament constituency)|Woodspring]]
| 6,016
| 11.6%
|-
|[[Mid Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Sussex]]
|5,890
|11.9%
|-
| [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bournemouth West]]
| 4,031
| 11.8%
|-
|[[Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|Maidenhead]]
|6,231
|13.5%
|-
| [[South Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South Suffolk]]
| 6,606
| 13.6%
|-
|[[Bournemouth East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bournemouth East]]
|5,244
|13.9%
|-
|[[Woking (UK Parliament constituency)|Woking]]
|6,612
|14.4%
|-
|[[New Forest East (UK Parliament constituency)|New Forest East]]
|6,551
|14.5%
|-
|[[Poole (UK Parliament constituency)|Poole]]
|5,988
|14.8%
|}

==Labour – Liberal Democrat marginals==

Constituencies where the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] held a marginal lead over the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]:


{| class="wikitable" class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|+ TABLE CAPTION
! Constituency
! Constituency
! Majority
! Majority
! %
! %
|-
|-
| [[Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South]]||400||0.9%
| [[Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South]]
| 405
| 0.9%
|-
|-
| [[Islington South and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington South and Finsbury]]||484||1.6%
| [[Islington South and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington South and Finsbury]]
| 484
| 1.6%
|-
|-
|[[Oxford East (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxford East]]||963||2.3%
| [[Oxford East (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxford East]]
| 963
| 2.3%
|-
|-
|[[Watford (UK Parliament constituency)|Watford]]||1148||2.3%
| [[Watford (UK Parliament constituency)|Watford]]
| 1,148
| 2.3%
|-
|-
|[[Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen South]]||1348||3.2%
| [[Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen South]]
| 1,348
| 3.2%
|-
|-
|[[Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh North and Leith]]||2153||5.0%
| [[Edinburgh North and Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh North and Leith]]
| 2,153
| 5.0%
|-
|-
|[[City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency)|City of Durham]]||3274||7.4%
| [[City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency)|City of Durham]]
| 3,274
| 7.4%
|-
|-
|[[Oldham East and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Oldham East and Saddleworth]]||3590||8.3%
| [[Oldham East and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Oldham East and Saddleworth]]
| 3,590
| 8.3%
|-
|-
|[[Norwich South (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich South]]||3653||8.7%
| [[Norwich South (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich South]]
| 3,653
| 8.7%
|-
|-
|[[Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester South]]||3717||8.8%
| [[Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester South]]
| 3,717
| 8.8%
|-
|-
|[[Bradford North (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford North]]||3511||10.2%
| [[Bradford North (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford North]]
| 3,511
| 10.2%
|-
|-
|[[Newcastle upon Tyne Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle upon Tyne Central]]||3982||11.1%
| [[Newcastle upon Tyne Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle upon Tyne Central]]
| 3,982
| 11.1%
|-
|-
|[[Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)|Swansea West]]||4269||12.9%
| [[Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)|Swansea West]]
| 4,269
| 12.9%
|}
|}


== Labour - Conservative marginals ==
== Labour – Conservative marginals ==


Constituencies where the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] holds a marginal lead over the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]:
Constituencies where the Labour Party held a marginal lead over the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]:


{| class="wikitable" class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|+ TABLE CAPTION
! Constituency
! Constituency
! Majority
! Majority
! %
! %
|-
|-
|[[Crawley (UK Parliament constituency)|Crawley]]||37||0.1%
| [[Crawley (UK Parliament constituency)|Crawley]]
| 37
| 0.1%
|-
|-
|[[Sittingbourne and Sheppey (UK Parliament constituency)|Sittingbourne and Sheppey]]||79||0.2%
|[[Sittingbourne and Sheppey (UK Parliament constituency)|Sittingbourne and Sheppey]]
| 79
| 0.2%
|-
|-
|[[Harlow (UK Parliament constituency)|Harlow]]||97||0.2%
|[[Harlow (UK Parliament constituency)|Harlow]]
| 97
| 0.2%
|-
|-
|[[Battersea (UK Parliament constituency)|Battersea]]||163||0.4%
| [[Battersea (UK Parliament constituency)|Battersea]]
| 163
| 0.4%
|-
|-
|[[Medway (UK Parliament constituency)|Medway]]||213||0.5%
| [[Medway (UK Parliament constituency)|Medway]]
| 213
| 0.5%
|-
|-
|[[Warwick and Leamington (UK Parliament constituency)|Warwick and Leamington]]||266||0.5%
| [[Warwick and Leamington (UK Parliament constituency)|Warwick and Leamington]]
| 266
| 0.5%
|-
|-
|[[Gillingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Gillingham]]||254||0.6%
| [[Gillingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Gillingham]]
| 254
| 0.6%
|-
|-
|[[Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)|Stroud]]||350||0.6%
| [[Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)|Stroud]]
| 350
| 0.6%
|-
|-
|[[Hove (UK Parliament constituency)|Hove]]||420||0.9%
| [[Hove (UK Parliament constituency)|Hove]]
| 420
| 0.9%
|-
|-
|[[Selby (UK Parliament constituency)|Selby]]||467||0.9%
| [[Selby (UK Parliament constituency)|Selby]]
| 467
| 0.9%
|-
|-
|[[Stourbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Stourbridge]]||407||1.0%
| [[Stourbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Stourbridge]]
| 407
| 1.0%
|-
|-
|[[Dartford (UK Parliament constituency)|Dartford]]||706||1.5%
| [[Dartford (UK Parliament constituency)|Dartford]]
| 706
| 1.5%
|-
|-
|[[High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)|High Peak]]||735||1.5%
| [[High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)|High Peak]]
| 735
| 1.5%
|-
|-
|[[South Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)|South Thanet]]||664||1.6%
| [[South Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)|South Thanet]]
| 664
| 1.6%
|-
|-
|[[Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Finchley and Golders Green]]||741||1.7%
| [[Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Finchley and Golders Green]]
| 741
| 1.7%
|-
|-
|[[City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency)|City of Chester]]||917||2.0%
| [[City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency)|City of Chester]]
| 917
| 2.0%
|-
|-
|[[Cardiff North (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff North]]||1146||2.5%
| [[Cardiff North (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff North]]
| 1,146
| 2.5%
|-
|-
|[[Wirral West (UK Parliament constituency)|Wirral West]]||1097||2.7%
| [[Wirral West (UK Parliament constituency)|Wirral West]]
| 1,097
| 2.7%
|-
|-
|[[Calder Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Calder Valley]]||1367||2.9%
| [[Calder Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Calder Valley]]
| 1,367
| 2.9%
|-
|-
|[[Portsmouth North (UK Parliament constituency)|Portsmouth North]]||1139||3.0%
| [[Portsmouth North (UK Parliament constituency)|Portsmouth North]]
| 1,139
| 3.0%
|-
|-
|[[Burton (UK Parliament constituency)|Burton]]||1421||3.0%
| [[Burton (UK Parliament constituency)|Burton]]
| 1,421
| 3.0%
|-
|-
|[[South Swindon (UK Parliament constituency|South Swindon]]||1353||3.1%
| [[South Swindon (UK Parliament constituency)|South Swindon]]
| 1,353
| 3.1%
|-
|-
|[[Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency|Colne Valley]]||1501||3.1%
| [[Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Colne Valley]]
| 1,501
| 3.1%
|-
|-
|[[Corby (UK Parliament constituency)|Corby]]||1517||3.1%
| [[Corby (UK Parliament constituency)|Corby]]
| 1,517
| 3.1%
|-
|-
|[[Loughborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Loughborough]]||1996||4.3%
| [[Wansdyke (UK Parliament constituency)|Wansdyke]]
| 1,839
| 3.6%
|-
|-
|[[Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency)|Broxtowe]]||2296||4.7%
| [[South Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|South Dorset]]
| 1,812
| 3.7%
|-
|-
|[[South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Derbyshire]]||4495||8.1%
| [[Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency)|Vale of Glamorgan]]
| 1,808
| 3.8%
|-
|-
|[[Derby North (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby North]]||3757||8.6%
| [[Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)|Harrow West]]
| 2,028
| 4.2%
|-
|-
|[[Gedling (UK Parliament constituency)|Gedling]]||3811||8.6%
| [[Loughborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Loughborough]]
| 1,996
| 4.3%
|-
|-
|[[Northampton North (UK Parliament constituency)|Northampton North]]||3960||9.4%
| [[South Ribble (UK Parliament constituency)|South Ribble]]
| 2,184
| 4.6%
|-
|-
|[[North West Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)|North West Leicestershire]]||4477||9.5%
| [[Enfield North (UK Parliament constituency)|Enfield North]]
| 1,920
| 4.7%
|-
|-
|[[Amber Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Amber Valley]]||5275||11.1%
| [[Hastings and Rye (UK Parliament constituency)|Hastings and Rye]]
| 2,026
| 4.7%
|-
|-
|[[Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency)|Lincoln]]||4613||12.5%
| [[Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stafford]]
| 2,121
| 4.7%
|-
|-
|[[Erewash (UK Parliament constituency)|Erewash]]||7084||14.0%
| [[Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency)|Broxtowe]]
| 2,296
| 4.7%
|-
|-
|[[Sherwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Sherwood]]||6652||14.1%
| [[Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire]]
| 1,910
| 5.0%
|-
| [[Nuneaton (UK Parliament constituency)|Nuneaton]]
| 2,280
| 5.0%
|-
| [[Bolton West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bolton West]]
| 2,064
| 5.1%
|-
| [[Pendle (UK Parliament constituency)|Pendle]]
| 2,180
| 5.3%
|-
| [[Chatham and Aylesford (UK Parliament constituency)|Chatham and Aylesford]]
| 2,332
| 5.5%
|-
| [[Staffordshire Moorlands (UK Parliament constituency)|Staffordshire Moorlands]]
| 2,438
| 5.5%
|-
| [[North Swindon (UK Parliament constituency)|North Swindon]]
| 2,571
| 5.7%
|-
| [[Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)|Dumfries and Galloway]]
| 2,922
| 5.7%
|-
| [[Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Tamworth]]
| 2,569
| 5.9%
|-
| [[Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)|Cleethorpes]]
| 2,642
| 6.1%
|-
| [[Birmingham Edgbaston (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Edgbaston]]
| 2,349
| 6.2%
|-
| [[Hendon (UK Parliament constituency)|Hendon]]
| 2,699
| 6.5%
|-
| [[Bury North (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury North]]
| 2,926
| 6.6%
|-
| [[Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)|Redditch]]
| 2,716
| 6.7%
|-
| [[Brigg and Goole (UK Parliament constituency)|Brigg and Goole]]
| 2,894
| 6.8%
|-
| [[Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)|Worcester]]
| 3,144
| 6.8%
|-
| [[Brighton Kemptown (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Kemptown]]
| 2,737
| 6.9%
|-
| [[Wolverhampton South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton South West]]
| 3,144
| 6.9%
|-
| [[Basildon (UK Parliament constituency)|Basildon]]
| 3,142
| 7.3%
|-
| [[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]]
| 3,055
| 7.4%
|-
| [[Stevenage (UK Parliament constituency)|Stevenage]]
| 3,139
| 7.5%
|-
| [[Warrington South (UK Parliament constituency)|Warrington South]]
| 3,515
| 7.5%
|-
| [[Bedford (UK Parliament constituency)|Bedford]]
| 3,383
| 8.0%
|-
| [[Milton Keynes South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Milton Keynes South West]]
| 4,010
| 8.1%
|-
| [[South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Derbyshire]]
| 4,495
| 8.1%
|-
| [[Gloucester (UK Parliament constituency)|Gloucester]]
| 4,271
| 8.2%
|-
| [[Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford West]]
| 3,026
| 8.3%
|-
| [[Rossendale and Darwen (UK Parliament constituency)|Rossendale and Darwen]]
| 3,676
| 8.3%
|-
| [[Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)|Halifax]]
| 3,417
| 8.6%
|-
| [[Derby North (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby North]]
| 3,757
| 8.6%
|-
| [[Gedling (UK Parliament constituency)|Gedling]]
| 3,811
| 8.6%
|-
| [[Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)|Conwy]]
| 3,081
| 9.2%
|-
| [[Eltham (UK Parliament constituency)|Eltham]]
| 3,276
| 9.3%
|-
| [[Harrow East (UK Parliament constituency)|Harrow East]]
| 4,730
| 9.3%
|-
| [[Wirral South (UK Parliament constituency)|Wirral South]]
| 3,724
| 9.4%
|-
| [[Northampton North (UK Parliament constituency)|Northampton North]]
| 3,960
| 9.4%
|-
| [[North West Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)|North West Leicestershire]]
| 4,477
| 9.5%
|-
| [[Brentford and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Brentford and Isleworth]]
| 4,411
| 9.6%
|-
| [[Elmet (UK Parliament constituency)|Elmet]]
| 4,528
| 9.6%
|-
| [[Tynemouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Tynemouth]]
| 4,143
| 9.7%
|-
| [[Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency)|Hampstead and Highgate]]
| 3,729
| 9.8%
|-
| [[Dover (UK Parliament constituency)|Dover]]
| 4,941
| 10.3%
|-
| [[Halesowen and Rowley Regis (UK Parliament constituency)|Halesowen and Rowley Regis]]
| 4,337
| 10.5%
|-
| [[Keighley (UK Parliament constituency)|Keighley]]
| 4,852
| 10.5%
|-
| [[Plymouth Sutton (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Sutton]]
| 4,109
| 10.8%
|-
| [[Dudley South (UK Parliament constituency)|Dudley South]]
| 4,244
| 10.8%
|-
| [[Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)|Stirling]]
| 4,767
| 10.9%
|-
| [[Bolton North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bolton North East]]
| 4,103
| 11.1%
|-
| [[Reading West (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading West]]
| 4,672
| 11.1%
|-
| [[Amber Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Amber Valley]]
| 5,275
| 11.1%
|-
| [[Morecambe and Lunesdale (UK Parliament constituency)|Morecambe and Lunesdale]]
| 4,768
| 11.5%
|-
| [[Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Pavilion]]
| 5,030
| 11.5%
|-
| [[Norwich North (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich North]]
| 5,459
| 11.6%
|-
| [[Blackpool North and Fleetwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Blackpool North and Fleetwood]]
| 5,062
| 11.7%
|-
| [[Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency)|Wakefield]]
| 5,154
| 11.9%
|-
| [[Waveney (UK Parliament constituency)|Waveney]]
| 5,915
| 11.9%
|-
| [[Dewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Dewsbury]]
| 4,615
| 12.0%
|-
| [[Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency)|Lincoln]]
| 4,613
| 12.5%
|-
| [[Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Pudsey]]
| 5,870
| 12.6%
|-
| [[Leeds North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds North East]]
| 5,262
| 12.7%
|-
| [[Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Ipswich]]
| 5,332
| 12.7%
|-
| [[Stockton South (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockton South]]
| 6,139
| 12.7%
|-
| [[Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)|Tooting]]
| 5,381
| 12.9%
|-
| [[Dudley North (UK Parliament constituency)|Dudley North]]
| 5,432
| 13.1%
|-
| [[Ealing North (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing North]]
| 6,159||13.5%
|-
| [[Ealing Acton and Shepherd's Bush (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing Acton and Shepherd's Bush]]
| 5,520
| 13.9%
|-
| [[Exeter (UK Parliament constituency)|Exeter]]
| 7,665
| 13.9%
|-
| [[East Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Renfrewshire]]
| 6,657
| 14.0%
|-
| [[Erewash (UK Parliament constituency)|Erewash]]
| 7,084
| 14.0%
|-
| [[West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Lancashire]]
| 6,084
| 14.1%
|-
| [[Sherwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Sherwood]]
| 6,652
| 14.1%
|-
| [[Hyndburn (UK Parliament constituency)|Hyndburn]]
| 5,587
| 14.2%
|-
| [[Vale of Clwyd (UK Parliament constituency)|Vale of Clwyd]]
| 4,669
| 14.4%
|-
| [[Luton South (UK Parliament constituency)|Luton South]]
| 5,650
| 14.5%
|-
| [[Thurrock (UK Parliament constituency)|Thurrock]]
| 6,375
| 14.6%
|-
| [[Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency)|Batley and Spen]]
| 5,788
| 14.8%
|-
| [[Regent's Park and Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Regent's Park and Kensington North]]
| 6,131
| 15.1%
|-
| [[Newport West (UK Parliament constituency)|Newport West]]
| 5,458
| 15.3%
|-
| [[Coventry South (UK Parliament constituency)|Coventry South]]
| 6,255
| 15.4%
|-
| [[Ellesmere Port and Neston (UK Parliament constituency)|Ellesmere Port and Neston]]
| 6,486
| 15.4%
|-
| [[Chorley (UK Parliament constituency)|Chorley]]
| 7,625
| 15.4%
|-
| [[Telford (UK Parliament constituency)|Telford]]
| 5,406
| 15.8%
|-
| [[Brent North (UK Parliament constituency)|Brent North]]
| 5,641
| 15.8%
|-
| [[Kingswood (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingswood]]
| 7,873
| 15.9%
|-
| [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]]
| 5,695
| 16.1%
|-
| [[Crosby (UK Parliament constituency)|Crosby]]
| 5,840
| 16.1%
|-
| [[Birmingham Hall Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Hall Green]]
| 5,714
| 16.5%
|-
| [[Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow and Furness]]
| 6,037
| 16.5%
|-
| [[Edinburgh South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South West]]
| 7,242
| 16.5%
|-
| [[Luton North (UK Parliament constituency)|Luton North]]
| 6,487
| 16.6%
|-
| [[Southampton Test (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton Test]]
| 7,018
| 16.8%
|-
| [[Gower (UK Parliament constituency)|Gower]]
| 6,703
| 17.0%
|-
| [[Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency)|Bridgend]]
| 6,523
| 17.2%
|-
| [[Weaver Vale (UK Parliament constituency)|Weaver Vale]]
| 6,855
| 17.4%
|-
| [[Workington (UK Parliament constituency)|Workington]]
| 6,895
| 17.4%
|-
| [[Feltham and Heston (UK Parliament constituency)|Feltham and Heston]]
| 6,820
| 18.3%
|-
| [[Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)|Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland]]
| 8,000
| 18.3%
|}
|}

{{United Kingdom general election, 2005A}}

[[Category:2005 United Kingdom general election]]
[[Category:Lists of marginal seats in the United Kingdom by election]]

Revision as of 22:13, 26 June 2024

This is a list of marginal seats[citation needed] in the United Kingdom after the results in the 2005 General Election. At the 2010 General Election, boundary changes under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies applied affecting some of these seats.

Conservative – Liberal Democrat marginals

Constituencies where the Conservative Party held a marginal lead over the Liberal Democrats:[1]

Constituency Majority %
Romsey 125 0.3%
Guildford 347 0.7%
Taunton Deane 573 1.0%
Eastbourne 1,124 2.4%
Totnes 1,947 3.8%
North Dorset 2,244 4.2%
Weston-Super-Mare 2,079 4.2%
Ludlow 2,027 4.4%
West Dorset 2,461 4.6%
West Worcestershire 2,475 5.2%
Torridge and West Devon 3,236 5.5%
Wells 3,040 5.8%
Newbury 3,460 6.4%
Harborough 3,892 8.2%
Orpington 4,947 9.0%
North Wiltshire 5,303 9.5%
Westbury 5,346 9.6%
East Hampshire 5,509 10.4%
Haltemprice and Howden 5,116 10.7%
South West Surrey 5,711 10.9%
Aldershot 5,334 11.0%
Woodspring 6,016 11.6%
Mid Sussex 5,890 11.9%
Bournemouth West 4,031 11.8%
Maidenhead 6,231 13.5%
South Suffolk 6,606 13.6%
Bournemouth East 5,244 13.9%
Woking 6,612 14.4%
New Forest East 6,551 14.5%
Poole 5,988 14.8%

Labour – Liberal Democrat marginals

Constituencies where the Labour Party held a marginal lead over the Liberal Democrats:

Constituency Majority %
Edinburgh South 405 0.9%
Islington South and Finsbury 484 1.6%
Oxford East 963 2.3%
Watford 1,148 2.3%
Aberdeen South 1,348 3.2%
Edinburgh North and Leith 2,153 5.0%
City of Durham 3,274 7.4%
Oldham East and Saddleworth 3,590 8.3%
Norwich South 3,653 8.7%
Leicester South 3,717 8.8%
Bradford North 3,511 10.2%
Newcastle upon Tyne Central 3,982 11.1%
Swansea West 4,269 12.9%

Labour – Conservative marginals

Constituencies where the Labour Party held a marginal lead over the Conservative Party:

Constituency Majority %
Crawley 37 0.1%
Sittingbourne and Sheppey 79 0.2%
Harlow 97 0.2%
Battersea 163 0.4%
Medway 213 0.5%
Warwick and Leamington 266 0.5%
Gillingham 254 0.6%
Stroud 350 0.6%
Hove 420 0.9%
Selby 467 0.9%
Stourbridge 407 1.0%
Dartford 706 1.5%
High Peak 735 1.5%
South Thanet 664 1.6%
Finchley and Golders Green 741 1.7%
City of Chester 917 2.0%
Cardiff North 1,146 2.5%
Wirral West 1,097 2.7%
Calder Valley 1,367 2.9%
Portsmouth North 1,139 3.0%
Burton 1,421 3.0%
South Swindon 1,353 3.1%
Colne Valley 1,501 3.1%
Corby 1,517 3.1%
Wansdyke 1,839 3.6%
South Dorset 1,812 3.7%
Vale of Glamorgan 1,808 3.8%
Harrow West 2,028 4.2%
Loughborough 1,996 4.3%
South Ribble 2,184 4.6%
Enfield North 1,920 4.7%
Hastings and Rye 2,026 4.7%
Stafford 2,121 4.7%
Broxtowe 2,296 4.7%
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 1,910 5.0%
Nuneaton 2,280 5.0%
Bolton West 2,064 5.1%
Pendle 2,180 5.3%
Chatham and Aylesford 2,332 5.5%
Staffordshire Moorlands 2,438 5.5%
North Swindon 2,571 5.7%
Dumfries and Galloway 2,922 5.7%
Tamworth 2,569 5.9%
Cleethorpes 2,642 6.1%
Birmingham Edgbaston 2,349 6.2%
Hendon 2,699 6.5%
Bury North 2,926 6.6%
Redditch 2,716 6.7%
Brigg and Goole 2,894 6.8%
Worcester 3,144 6.8%
Brighton Kemptown 2,737 6.9%
Wolverhampton South West 3,144 6.9%
Basildon 3,142 7.3%
Great Yarmouth 3,055 7.4%
Stevenage 3,139 7.5%
Warrington South 3,515 7.5%
Bedford 3,383 8.0%
Milton Keynes South West 4,010 8.1%
South Derbyshire 4,495 8.1%
Gloucester 4,271 8.2%
Bradford West 3,026 8.3%
Rossendale and Darwen 3,676 8.3%
Halifax 3,417 8.6%
Derby North 3,757 8.6%
Gedling 3,811 8.6%
Conwy 3,081 9.2%
Eltham 3,276 9.3%
Harrow East 4,730 9.3%
Wirral South 3,724 9.4%
Northampton North 3,960 9.4%
North West Leicestershire 4,477 9.5%
Brentford and Isleworth 4,411 9.6%
Elmet 4,528 9.6%
Tynemouth 4,143 9.7%
Hampstead and Highgate 3,729 9.8%
Dover 4,941 10.3%
Halesowen and Rowley Regis 4,337 10.5%
Keighley 4,852 10.5%
Plymouth Sutton 4,109 10.8%
Dudley South 4,244 10.8%
Stirling 4,767 10.9%
Bolton North East 4,103 11.1%
Reading West 4,672 11.1%
Amber Valley 5,275 11.1%
Morecambe and Lunesdale 4,768 11.5%
Brighton Pavilion 5,030 11.5%
Norwich North 5,459 11.6%
Blackpool North and Fleetwood 5,062 11.7%
Wakefield 5,154 11.9%
Waveney 5,915 11.9%
Dewsbury 4,615 12.0%
Lincoln 4,613 12.5%
Pudsey 5,870 12.6%
Leeds North East 5,262 12.7%
Ipswich 5,332 12.7%
Stockton South 6,139 12.7%
Tooting 5,381 12.9%
Dudley North 5,432 13.1%
Ealing North 6,159 13.5%
Ealing Acton and Shepherd's Bush 5,520 13.9%
Exeter 7,665 13.9%
East Renfrewshire 6,657 14.0%
Erewash 7,084 14.0%
West Lancashire 6,084 14.1%
Sherwood 6,652 14.1%
Hyndburn 5,587 14.2%
Vale of Clwyd 4,669 14.4%
Luton South 5,650 14.5%
Thurrock 6,375 14.6%
Batley and Spen 5,788 14.8%
Regent's Park and Kensington North 6,131 15.1%
Newport West 5,458 15.3%
Coventry South 6,255 15.4%
Ellesmere Port and Neston 6,486 15.4%
Chorley 7,625 15.4%
Telford 5,406 15.8%
Brent North 5,641 15.8%
Kingswood 7,873 15.9%
Carlisle 5,695 16.1%
Crosby 5,840 16.1%
Birmingham Hall Green 5,714 16.5%
Barrow and Furness 6,037 16.5%
Edinburgh South West 7,242 16.5%
Luton North 6,487 16.6%
Southampton Test 7,018 16.8%
Gower 6,703 17.0%
Bridgend 6,523 17.2%
Weaver Vale 6,855 17.4%
Workington 6,895 17.4%
Feltham and Heston 6,820 18.3%
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 8,000 18.3%
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