Marginal constituencies in the 2005 United Kingdom general election

This is a list of marginal seats in the United Kingdom after the results in the 2005 General Election.

Labour - Liberal Democrat marginals

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

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Constituency	Majority	%
Edinburgh South	400	0.9%
Islington South and Finsbury	484	1.6%
Oxford East	963	2.3%
Watford	1148	2.3%
Aberdeen South	1348	3.2%
Edinburgh North and Leith	2153	5.0%
City of Durham	3274	7.4%
Oldham East and Saddleworth	3590	8.3%
Norwich South	3653	8.7%
Leicester South	3717	8.8%
Bradford North	3511	10.2%
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	3982	11.1%
Swansea West	4269	12.9%

Labour - Conservative marginals

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

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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	1146	2.5%
Wirral West	1097	2.7%
Calder Valley	1367	2.9%
Portsmouth North	1139	3.0%
Burton	1421	3.0%
South Swindon	1353	3.1%
Colne Valley	1501	3.1%
Corby	1517	3.1%
Wansdyke	1839	3.6%
South Dorset	1812	3.7%
Vale of Glamorgan	1808	3.8%
Harrow West	2028	4.2%
Loughborough	1996	4.3%
South Ribble	2184	4.6%
Enfield North	1920	4.7%
Hastings and Rye	2026	4.7%
Stafford	2121	4.7%
Broxtowe	2296	4.7%
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	1910	5.0%
Nuneaton	2280	5.0%
Bolton West	2064	5.1%
Pendle	2180	5.3%
Chatham and Aylesford	2332	5.5%
Staffordshire Moorlands	2438	5.5%
North Swindon	2571	5.7%
Dumfries and Galloway	2922	5.7%
Tamworth	2569	5.9%
Cleethorpes	2642	6.1%
Birmingham Edgbaston	2349	6.2%
Hendon	2699	6.5%
Bury North	2926	6.6%
Redditch	2716	6.7%
Brigg and Goole	2894	6.8%
Worcester	3144	6.8%
Brighton Kemptown	2737	6.9%
Wolverhampton South West	3144	6.9%
Basildon	3142	7.3%
Great Yarmouth	3055	7.4%
Stevenage	3139	7.5%
Warrington South	3515	7.5%
Bedford	3383	8.0%
Milton Keynes South West	4010	8.1%
South Derbyshire	4495	8.1%
Gloucester	4271	8.2%
Bradford West	3026	8.3%
Rossendale and Darwen	3676	8.3%
Halifax	3417	8.6%
Derby North	3757	8.6%
Gedling	3811	8.6%
Conwy	3081	9.2%
Eltham	3276	9.3%
Harrow East	4730	9.3%
Wirral South	3724	9.4%
Northampton North	3960	9.4%
North West Leicestershire	4477	9.5%
Brentford and Isleworth	4411	9.6%
Elmet	4528	9.6%
Tynemouth	4143	9.7%
Hampstead and Highgate	3729	9.8%
Dover	4941	10.3%
Halesowen and Rowley Regis	4337	10.5%
Keighley	4852	10.5%
Plymouth Sutton	4109	10.8%
Dudley South	4244	10.8%
Stirling	4767	10.9%
Bolton North East	4103	11.1%
Reading West	4672	11.1%
Amber Valley	5275	11.1%
Morecambe and Lunesdale	4768	11.5%
Brighton Pavilion	5030	11.5%
Norwich North	5459	11.6%
Blackpool North and Fleetwood	5062	11.7%
Wakefield	5154	11.9%
Waveney	5915	11.9%
Dewsbury	4615	12.0%
Lincoln	4613	12.5%
Pudsey	5870	12.6%
Leeds North East	5262	12.7%
Ipswich	5332	12.7%
Stockton South	6139	12.7%
Tooting	5381	12.9%
Dudley North	5432	13.1%
Ealing North	6159	13.5%
Ealing Acton and Shepherd's Bush	5520	13.9%
Exeter	7665	13.9%
East Renfrewshire	6657	14.0%
Erewash	7084	14.0%
West Lancashire	6084	14.1%
Sherwood	6652	14.1%
Hyndburn	5587	14.2%
Vale of Clwyd	4669	14.4%
Luton South	5650	14.5%
Thurrock	6375	14.6%
Batley and Spen	5788	14.8%
Regent's Park and Kensington North	6131	15.1%
Newport West	5458	15.3%
Coventry South	6255	15.4%
Ellesmere Port and Neston	6486	15.4%
Chorley	7625	15.4%
Telford	5406	15.8%
Brent North	5641	15.8%
Kingswood	7873	15.9%
Carlisle	5695	16.1%
Crosby	5840	16.1%
Crewe and Nantwich	7078	16.3%
Birmingham Hall Green	5714	16.5%
Barrow and Furness	6037	16.5%
Edinburgh South West	7242	16.5%
Luton North	6487	16.6%
Southampton Test	7018	16.8%
Gower	6703	17.0%
Bridgend	6523	17.2%
Weaver Vale	6855	17.4%
Workington	6895	17.4%
Feltham and Heston	6820	18.3%
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	8000	18.3%