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Scotland

Scottish Highlands & Islands

ID Constituency Winner Second place Notes
2 Aberdeen North Frank Doran
Labour (-6.8%) 		Steven Delaney
Liberal Democrat (+11.7%) 		Swing needed for constituency to change parties is 9.3%
3 Aberdeen South Anne Begg
Labour (-1.3%) 		Vicki Harris
Liberal Democrat (+4.9%) 		Swing needed for constituency to change parties is 1.6%
4 Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine Robert Smith
Liberal Democrat (+2.3%) 		Alex Johnstone
Conservative (-2.1%) 		Mainly agricultural with some scattered, mainly affluent towns. Swing for party change is 9%
11 Angus SNP (+0.5%) Conservative (-2.1%) Swing for party change is 2.1%
15 Argyll & Bute Liberal Democrat (+3.7%) Conservative (-0.2%) Swing from Lib Dems to Conservative is 7.5% Swing from Lib Dems to Labour is 8.1%
25 Banff & Buchan SNP (+2.3%) Conservative (-2.1%) Constituency of Alex Salmond, SNP leader Swing for party change is 15.7%
115 Caithness, Sutherland, & Easter Ross Liberal Democrat (+11.9%) Labour (-3.4%) Remote, very beautiful constituency covering a third of the Highlands. Mainly rural, with scattered towns. Swing for party change is 14.8%
207 Dundee East SNP (+1.1%) Labour (-1.2%) SNP gain from Labour Swing for party change is 0.5% or 383 votes
208 Dundee West Labour (-5.7%) SNP (+2.2%) Swing for party change is 7.3%
248 Fife North East Liberal Democrat (+3.0%) Conservative (-3.4%) Seat of Sir Menzies Campbell, Liberal Democrat deputy leader. Mainly prosperous and largely rural. Swing for party change is 16.3%
267 Gordon Liberal Democrat (+6.2%) Labour (-1.3%) Hinterland of Aberdeen, growing with commuters, largely rural and generally affluent. Swing for party change is 12.4%
326 Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch, & Strathspey Liberal Democrat (+10.8%) Labour (-1.3%) Lib Dem gain from Labour. Mixed seat mainly rural, with the urban area of Inverness - highly scenic with a growing population. Swing for party change 4.7%
401 Moray SNP (+7.2%) Conservative (-0.9%) Swing for party change is 7.3%
405 Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP (+8.0%) Labour (-10.5%) SNP gain from Labour. Chain of islands stretching 130 miles. Rural seat, where fishing is an economic mainstay. Swing for party change is 5.2%
433 Ochil & Perthshire South Labour (-2.0%) SNP (-1.7%) Swing for party change 0.8%
438 Orkney & Shetland Liberal Democrat (+10.1%) Labour (-6.4%) Swing for Lib Dems to Labour is 18.7% Swing for Lib Dems to Conservative is 19.2%
446 Perth and Perthshire North SNP (-2.3%) Conservative (+5.4%) Swing for party change is 1.7%
477 Ross, Skye, & Lochaber Liberal Democrat (+14.4%) Labour (-8.1%) Largest constituency in the UK; rural, mountainous. Seat of the former Liberal Democrat Leader Charles Kennedy. Swing for party change 21.8%
529 Stirling Labour (-7.0%) Conservative (+1.4%) Swing for party change 5.5%

Central Scotland

ID Constituency Winner Second place Notes
5 Airdrie & Shotts Labour(+0.4) SNP (-2.7) Swing for party change 21.3%
21 Ayr, Carrick, & Cumnock Labour (-5.9) Conservative (-1.6) Swing for party change 11.1%
22 Ayrshire Central Labour (-2.8) Conservative(-4.1) Swing for party change 12.2%
23 Ayrshire North & Arran Labour (-4.5) Conservative(+4.9) Swing for party change 12.8%
152 Coatbridge, Chryston, & Bellshill Labour(-4.8) SNP (-1.2) Swing from Labour to SNP is 25.5% and the swing from Labour to Lib Dems is 26.3%, making this constituency the safest in Scotland.

171 Cumbernauld, Kilsyth, & Kirkintilloch East Labour(-6.0) SNP (-3.8) Swing for party change 14.8%
205 Dunbartonshire East Liberal Democrat (+14.7) Labour (-0.2) Lib Dem gain from Labour Swing for party change 4.4%
206 Dunbartonshire West Labour (-11.6) SNP(-2.2) Swing for party change 15.1%
209 Dunfermline & Fife West Labour(-7.1) Liberal Democrat (5.9) Constituency changed parties from Labour to Lib Dems in a February by-election but in a normal election this would be a constituency of the Labour party by 5-6%
218 East Kilbride, Strathaven, & Lesmahagow Labour (-4.3) SNP(-5.8) Swing for party change 15.4%
224 Edinburgh East Labour (-9.7) Liberal Democrat (+7.2) Contains much of Edinburgh's Old Town and its attractions. Diverse population. Swing for party change 7.6%
225 Edinburgh North & Leith Labour (-7.7) Liberal Democrat (+8.9) Contains most of Edinburgh's elegant New Town and regenerated areas around the port of Leith. Swing for party change 2.5%
226 Edinburgh South Labour (-6.1) Liberal Democrat (+7.0) Largely residential with a significant student population. Generally affluent. Swing from Labour to Lib Dems for a change, 0.5% or 300 votes and the swing from Labour to Conservative for a change is 4.6% making this constituency the most marginal in Scotland.
227 Edinburgh South West Labour(-4.6) Conservative(-3.2) Urban/Suburban, stretching from the inner city. Largely residential a mix of working/middle class areas. Constituency of Alistair Darling. Swing for party change 8.5%
228 Edinburgh West Liberal Democrat (+11.2) Conservative (-3.2) Urban/suburban seat. Mostly residential and commercial, with a large office/business park. Swing from Lib Dems to Conservative for a change, 15% Swing from Lib Dems to Labour for a change, 15.5%
242 Falkirk Labour (-2.9) SNP(-2.2) Urban area with light industry, a large number of private housing starts and a growing population. Swing for party change 14.8%
258 Glasgow Central Labour (-6.5) Liberal Democrat (+8.2) Contains the city centre, mixed; trendy Merchant City with some marginal areas. Swing from Labour to Lib Dems for a change, 15.2% Swing from Labour to SNP for a change, 18.2%
259 Glasgow East Labour -(3.0) SNP(-0.1) Ex-industrial inner city seat. Areas of deprivation with some regeneration. Swing for party change 21.8%
260 Glasgow North Labour -(9.0) Liberal Democrat (+8.4) Swing for party change 6%
261 Glasgow North East Labour (-13.8) SNP(-0.5) Constituency of Michael Martin, incumbent Speaker of the House. As a result of this, swings are irrelevant because Martin won't be challenged by the 3 major parties.
262 Glasgow North West Labour (-5.7) Liberal Democrat (+7.8) Swing for party change 14.9%
263 Glasgow South Labour (-3.3) Liberal Democrat (+6.6) Swing for party change 14.1%
264 Glasgow South West Labour (-1.7) SNP(-2.1) Swing for party change 22.8%
265 Glenrothes Labour (-6.0) SNP(-0.6) Swing for party change 14.3%
325 Inverclyde Labour (+0.5) SNP(+5.6) Swing for party change 15.6%
336 Kilmarnock & Loudoun Labour (-7.7) SNP (+3.3) Swing for party change 9.8%
339 Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Labour (-0.4%) SNP (-4.1) constituency of the current Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown Swing from Labour to SNP for a change, 21.8% Swing from Labour to Lib Dems for a change, 22.6% Swing from Labour to Conservative for a change, 23.9%
343 Lanark & Hamilton East Labour (-4.5%) Liberal Democrat (+7.3%) Swing from Labour to Lib Dems for a change, 13.8% Swing from Labour to SNP for a change, 14.1%
364 Linlithgow & Falkirk East Labour (-4.1) SNP (-1.9) Swing for party change 12.1%
370 Livingston Labour (-4.1%) SNP (-1.7%) Commuter town outside Edinburgh. Growing service and retail centre, with good transport links. Swing for party change 14.8%
404 Motherwell & Wishaw Labour (+0.7) SNP (-4.0) Swing for party change 20.5%
442 Paisley & Renfrewshire North Labour (-6.6) SNP (-3.9) Swing from Labour to SNP for a change, 13.5% Swing from Labour to Lib Dems for a change, 13.7%
443 Paisley & Renfrewshire South Labour (-4.4) Liberal Democrat (+8.0) Swing from both Lib Dems and SNP for a change, 12.5%
467 Renfrewshire East Labour (-3.7) Conservative (+1.2) Swing for party change of 7%
485 Rutherglen & Hamilton West Labour (-4.1%) Liberal Democrat (+6.7%) Swing for party change 13.6%

Scottish Borders

ID Constituency Winner Second place Notes
47 Berwickshire, Roxburgh, & Selkirk Liberal Democrat (-5.0%) Conservative (+6.8%) Swing for party change 6.5%
203 Dumfries & Galloway Labour (+8.7%) Conservative (+3.3%) Swing for party change 2.9%
204 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale, & Tweeddale Conservative (+11.4%) Labour (-4.6%) Conservative gain from Labour Swing for party change 2%
219 East Lothian Labour (-7.4%) Liberal Democrats (+7.6%) Swing for party change 8.4%
394 Midlothian Labour (-5.0%) Liberal Democrat (+8.9%) Swing for party change 8.7%

Northern Ireland

ID Constituency Winner Second place Notes
12 Antrim East Democratic Unionist Party (+13.6) Ulster Unionist Party (-9.8) DUP gain from UUP
13 Antrim North Democratic Unionist Party (+4.9) Sinn Féin (+5.9) The seat of Ian Paisley, DUP leader
14 Antrim South Democratic Unionist Party (+3.4) Ulster Unionist Party (-8.0) DUP gain from UUP
43 Belfast East Democratic Unionist Party (+6.6) Ulster Unionist Party (+6.9)
44 Belfast North Democratic Unionist Party (+4.8) Sinn Féin (+3.4)
45 Belfast South SDLP (+1.7) Democratic Unionist Party (+28.4) SDLP gain from UUP
46 Belfast West Sinn Féin (+4.4%) SDLP (-4.3) The seat of Gerry Adams, Sinn Féin leader
198 Down North Ulster Unionist Party (-5.6) Democratic Unionist Party (+35.1)
199 Down South SDLP (-1.6) Sinn Féin (+6.1)
247 Fermanagh & South Tyrone Sinn Féin (+4.1) Democratic Unionist Party (+28.8)
252 Foyle SDLP (-3.9) Sinn Féin (+6.6) the seat of Mark Durkan, the SDLP leader
342 Lagan Valley Democratic Unionist Party (+41.3) Ulster Unionist Party (-35.0) DUP gain from UUP
372 Londonderry East Democratic Unionist Party (+10.8) Ulster Unionist Party (-6.3)
417 Newry & Armagh Sinn Féin (+10.5) SDLP (-12.2) Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
538 Strangford Democratic Unionist Party (+13.7) Ulster Unionist Party (-19.0)
581 Tyrone West Sinn Féin (-1.9) Independent (+27.4)
582 Ulster Mid Sinn Féin (-3.5) Democratic Unionist Party (-7.6)
584 Upper Bann Democratic Unionist Party (+8.1) Ulster Unionist Party (-8.0) David Trimble, UUP leader, loses his seat

Wales

ID Constituency Winner Second place Notes
1 Aberavon Labour (-3.0%) Liberal Democrat (+4.0%) Valleys seat with some coastal industries
9 Alyn and Deeside Labour (-3.5%) Conservative (-1.1%) Coastal industrial seat
70 Blaenau Gwent Independent Labour Labour (-39.7%) Valleys seat. Divisions in the local Labour party over an all-women shortlist resulted in the local AM running as an Independent Labour candidate against the official Labour candidate
88 Brecon and Radnorshire Liberal Democrat (+8.0%) Conservative (-0.2%) Rural, agricultural seat with a small industrial area in the far south.
94 Bridgend Labour (-9.2%) Conservative (+0.8%) Coastal industrial seat with some touristy and suburban areas
113 Caernarfon PC (+1.1%) Labour (-5.4%) Mostly Welsh speaking and rural, with some small industrial areas
114 Caerphilly Labour (-1.6%) PC (-3.6%) Valleys seat with some commuter villages towards Cardiff
125 Cardiff Central Liberal Democrat (+13.1%) Labour (-4.3%) White collar professional seat with a large student population
126 Cardiff North Labour (-6.9%) Conservative (+4.9%) Middle class suburban seat
127 Cardiff South and Penarth Labour (-8.9%) Conservative (+0.4%) Mixed urban/suburban seat. Mostly working class
128 Cardiff West Labour (-9.1%) Conservative (+0.6%) Mixed urban/suburban seat. Mostly working class
130 Carmarthen East & Dinefwr PC (+3.5%) Labour (-7.3%) Mostly agricultural and Welsh speaking, with an industrial area in the Southeast.
131 Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South Labour (-4.7%) Conservative (+2.5%) Rural, agricultural seat with some coastal industries
134 Ceredigion Liberal Democrat (+9.6%) PC (-2.4%) Rural, agricultural seat with a large number of both students and Welsh speakers.
150 Clwyd South Labour (-6.4%) Conservative (+0.9%) Rural, agricultural seat with some old mining villages
151 Clwyd West Conservative (+0.6%) Labour (-2.9%) Retirement resorts with a large rural, agricultural hinterland.
156 Conwy Labour (-4.7%) Conservative (+4.2%) Mixed coastal seat
172 Cynon Valley Labour (-1.5%) PC (-3.1%) Valleys seat
177 Delyn Labour (-5.8%) Conservative (-0.4%) Mixed coastal seat with diverse industrial base
269 Gower Labour (-4.8%) Conservative (-2.0%) Valleys seat with some smart Swansea suburbs/seaside resorts and the Gower peninsular
331 Islwyn Labour (+2.3%) PC (+0.9%) Valleys seat
371 Llanelli Labour (-1.7%) PC (-4.4%) Industrial town with semi-rural (and often industrial) hinterland. Large Welsh speaking population.
389 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy PC (+1.7%) Labour (-3.4%) Rural, agricultural seat with a very large Welsh speaking population.
391 Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney Labour (-1.3%) Liberal Democrat (+6.5%) Valleys seat
399 Monmouth Conservative (+5.0%) Labour (-5.8%) Rural, agricultural seat with a growing number of commuters
400 Montgomeryshire Liberal Democrat (+1.8%) Conservative (-0.5%) Rural, agricultural seat. Only part of Wales to have never had a Labour M.P
406 Neath Labour (-8.1%) PC (-1.3%) Valleys seat with a fairly high Welsh speaking population
415 Newport East Labour (-9.5%) Liberal Democrat (+9.7%) Urban/suburban industrial seat
416 Newport West Labour (-7.9%) Conservative (+3.4%) Urban/suburban industrial seat
434 Ogmore Labour (-1.6%) Liberal Democrat (+2.4%) Valleys seat
451 Pontypridd Labour (-7.1%) Liberal Democrat (+8.7%) Valleys seat with some commuter villages and a fairly large amount of students
456 Preseli Pembrokeshire Conservative (+3.3%) Labour (-6.3%) Rural, agricultural seat with some retirement resorts ("Little England beyond Wales").
468 Rhondda Labour (-0.2%) PC (-5.2%) Valleys seat. Labour (including Lib/Lab) since 1885
555 Swansea East Labour (-8.6%) Liberal Democrat (+9.9%) Urban, industrial seat with large council estates and some coastal industries
556 Swansea West Labour (-6.9%) Liberal Democrat (+12.3%) Urban, largely white collar seat with a high student population
572 Torfaen Labour (-5.2%) Conservative (-0.1%) Valleys seat with a small-ish New Town
586 Vale of Clwyd Labour (-4.0%) Conservative (-0.6%) Urban/rural seat with declining seaside resorts
587 Vale of Glamorgan Labour (-4.2%) Conservative (+2.3%) Suburban/rural seats with some coastal industries around Barry
639 Wrexham Labour (-6.9%) Liberal Democrat (+6.5%) Urban (mostly), industrial seat with some old mining villages
644 Ynys Môn Labour (-0.4%) PC (-1.5%) Rural, agricultural seat with some coastal industries and (historically) copper mining. Large number of Welsh speakers

North West England

The Lakes, Lancashire, & Cheshire

ID Constituency Winner Second place Notes
30 Barrow and Furness Labour (-8.1%) Conservative (+0.7%) Urban, industrial, economy reliant on defence/nuclear industries.
67 Blackburn Labour (-12.1%) Conservatives (-8.3%) Urban, textiles seat (former "textile capital of the world") with a large Pakistani population and represented from 1979 by .
68 Blackpool North and Fleetwood Labour (-3.2) Conservative (-1.4) The more genteel half of Blackpool, paired with a working class fishing port.
69 Blackpool South Labour (-3.2%) Conservative (-1.4%) Run down seaside resort with many social problems.
108 Burnley Labour (-10.8%) Liberal Democrat (+7.5%) Urban textiles seat with a rural/suburban hinterland. Labour since 1918 with the exception of 1931-1935. Racial tensions have been notable recently, with the BNP winning several council seats; they appear to be on the decline now.
129 Carlisle Labour (-3.1%) Conservative (-2.8%) Urban and fairly industrial seat near the border with Scotland.
141 Chester, City of Labour (-9.6%) Conservative (+3.7%) Diverse urban / suburban seat combining affluent commuter suburbs with vast expanses of social housing.
146 Chorley Labour (-1.6%) Conservative (+0.6%) Urban/rural textiles seat. One of two Northwest seats to have a cake named after it.
155 Congleton Conservative (-0.9%) Labour (-2.8%) Plush Cheshire suburbs and commuter villages.
157 Copeland Labour (-1.3%) Conservative (-5.8%) Rural seat with a (very) remote urban coastal fringe. Economy once based around coal mining, now around nuclear power.
166 Crewe & Nantwich Labour (-5.5%) Conservatives (+2.2%) Working class railway town with more affluent commuter towns.
223 Eddisbury Conservative (+0.1) Labour (-3.2) Affluent commuter villages with some overspill towns and agricultural areas.
230 Ellesmere Port and Neston (Labour (-6.9) Conservative (+3.9) Working class (for the most part) suburbs and coastal industries
253 Fylde Conservative (+1.1) Labour (-4.8) Retirement resorts with an agricultural hinterland.
281 Halton Labour (-6.4) Conservative (+1.5) Two very working class industrial towns on the banks of the Mersey (Widnes and Runcorn). Crosses the old county lines.
344 Lancashire West Labour (-6.4) Conservative (+2.0) Polarised between New Town Skelmersdale and affluent commuter villages around Ormskirk.
345 Lancaster and Wyre Conservative (+0.6) Labour (-8.3) Retirement resorts and agricultural areas partially offset by a large student population in Lancaster.
402 Morecambe and Lunesdale Labour (-0.8) Conservative (+0.1) Run down seaside resort with a remote agricultural area (Lunesdale) and some working class suburbs of Lancaster (Skerton).
444 Pendle Labour (-7.5) Conservative (-2.1) Urban/rural textiles seat with a large Pakistani population. Once known as Nelson & Colne when it was represented by anti-death penalty campaigner Sydney Silverman.
445 Penrith and The Border Conservative (-3.6) Liberal Democrat (+4.1) Rural, agricultural seat with a growing amount of commuters. Mostly in the former county of Cumberland, but also includes the northern part of Westmorland.
457 Preston Labour (-6.5) Conservative (-0.1) Urban, industrial seat with New Town additions.
469 Ribble South Labour (-3.4) Conservative (+0.3) Mixed suburban bellwether seat. At local level several council seats are held by the "Idle Toad" party.
470 Ribble Valley Conservative (+0.4) Liberal Democrat (-5.2) Rural, agricultural seat with a load of commuter villages. Includes an area that used to be in Yorkshire.
478 Rossendale and Darwen Labour (-5.8) Conservative (-2.1) Urban/rural textiles seat.
560 Tatton Conservative (+3.7) Labour (-3.8) Plush Cheshire suburbs. Represented by independent Martin Bell between 1997 and 2001 following the heavy defeat of the sitting, sleaze tainted, Tory M.P.
599 Warrington North Labour (-8.2) Conservative (+0.5) Urban, industrial town.
600 Warrington South Labour (-8.8) Conservative (0.0) Mixed suburban seat with some industrial areas.
606 Weaver Vale Labour (-4.9) Conservative (+2.3) Urban/suburban industrial area, historically based around salt mining.
615 Westmorland and Lonsdale Liberal Democrat (+5.1) Conservative (-2.0) Rural, agricultural seat with a small industrial centre.
634 Workington Labour (-6.3) Conservative (+2.3) Rural seat with a (very) remote urban coastal fringe with a history of coal mining.

Greater Manchester

ID Constituency Winner Second place Notes
8 Altrincham and Sale West Conservative (+0.2%) Labour (-9.1%) Affluent commuter suburbs
19 Ashton under Lyne Labour (-5.1%) Conservative (+0.5%) Mostly urban textiles seat with a diverse industrial base
75 Bolton North East Labour (-8.6%) Conservative (+1.9%) Industrial, urban seat with a mixed suburban fringe
76 Bolton South East Labour (-5.0%) Conservative (-3.8%) Industrial seat with both inner city areas and working class suburbs
77 Bolton West Labour (-4.5%) Conservative (+3.8%) Mixed suburbs with a group of small industrial towns around Westhoughton
110 Bury North Labour (-8.2%) Conservative (-0.1%) Traditionally affluent textiles town with a growing population of commuters. Something of a bellwether marginal
111 Bury South Labour (-8.8%) Conservative (+0.8%) Industrial suburban seat with a large Jewish population
137 Cheadle Liberal Democrat (+6.5%) Conservative (-1.9%) Affluent commuter suburbs. Re-elected Lib Dem MP Patsy Calton died on 29 May.
178 Denton and Reddish Labour (-7.8%) Conservative (-0.3%) Working class suburban seat with a large industrial base
222 Eccles Labour (-7.6%) Conservative (-1.0%) Working class suburban seat with some inner city areas
297 Hazel Grove Liberal Democrat (-2.5%) Conservative (-0.4%) Affluent commuter suburbs with a Liberal tradition
308 Heywood and Middleton Labour (-7.9%) Conservative (-6.2%) Textiles seat with some working class suburbs
355 Leigh Labour (-1.2%) Conservative (-2.2%) Coalfield/textiles seat made up of small towns with an urban core
378 Macclesfield Conservative (+0.7%) Labour (+4.1%) Plush Cheshire suburbs and commuter villages
381 Makerfield Labour (-5.3%) Conservative (-5.4%) Coalfield seat based on a collection of small towns and villages
383 Manchester Blackley Labour (-6.6%) Liberal Democrat (+7.3%) Urban, working class seat and largely white seat covering the northern part of Manchester
384 Manchester Central Labour (-10.6%) Liberal Democrat (+9.0%) Diverse inner city seat containing areas of extreme deprivation and some pockets of gentrification. Large minority and student populations.
385 Manchester Gorton Labour (-9.6%) Liberal Democrat (+11.9%) Diverse urban seat with large white working class, Asian and student populations. The bulk of the seat has been held by Sir Gerald Kaufman since 1970.
386 Manchester Withington Liberal Democrat (+20.4%) Labour (-14.3%) Urban, largely middle class professional seat with a large student population
436 Oldham East and Saddleworth Labour (+2.8%) Liberal Democrat (+0.6%) Urban/rural textiles seat with a growing number of commuters. Held by all three major parties in the past 13 years. Part of the seat (Saddleworth) used to be in Yorkshire.
437 Oldham West and Royton Labour (-2.1%) Conservative (+3.6%) Urban textiles seat with a fairly large Bangladeshi community. Scene of race riots in 2001, but tensions seem to have calmed down somewhat and the BNP has failed to make any breakthroughs at local level.
473 Rochdale Liberal Democrat (+6.2%) Labour (-9.2%) Urban/suburban textiles seat with a Liberal tradition and a large Pakistani population
493 Salford Labour (-7.5%) Liberal Democrat (+6.2%) Inner city seat with large minority and student populations
527 Stalybridge and Hyde Labour (-11.8%) Conservative (-4.9%) Textiles/working class suburban seat with a diverse industrial base
530 Stockport Labour (-8.1%) Conservative (-1.0%) Urban textiles seat
541 Stretford and Urmston Labour (-10.1%) Conservative (+3.3%) Mixed Manchester suburbs ranging from middle class suburbia to troubled overspill estates
617 Wigan Labour (-6.6%) Conservative (0.0%) Urban, working class town on the Lancashire coalfield
635 Worsley Labour (-6.1%) Conservative (+1.9%) Mixed (but largely working class) suburbs and industrial areas
642 Wythenshawe and Sale East Labour (-7.8%) Conservative (-1.7%) Wythenshawe, at the southern tip of Manchester, was built by the City Council in the inter-war period to house overspill population and is in effect the first New Town. Since 1997 it's been paired with more middle class territory from Trafford MBC

Merseyside

ID Constituency Winner Second place Notes
54 Birkenhead Labour (-5.5%) Liberal Democrat (+5.6%) Swing needed for party change 23.3%
78 Bootle Labour (-2.1) Liberal Democrat (+3.2%) Swing needed for party change 31.9%
167 Crosby Labour (-6.9%) Conservative (-0.4%) Swing needed for party change 8.1%
322 Hyndburn Labour (-8.7%) Conservative (-1.4%) Swing needed for party change 7.1%
340 Knowsley North and Sefton East Labour (-3.4%) Liberal Democrat (+5.6%) Swing needed for party change 22%
341 Knowsley South Labour (-3.2%) Liberal Democrat (+6.6%) Swing needed for party change 24.3%
365 Liverpool Garston Labour (-7.4%) Liberal Democrat (+10.4%) Swing needed for party change 10.3%
366 Liverpool Riverside Labour (-13.8%) Liberal Democrat (+8.1%) Lowest turnout 2001 (34.1%). 2005: 41.5% (+7.4%) Swing for party change 14.4%
367 Liverpool Walton Labour (-5.0%) Liberal Democrat (+1.0%) Swing for party change 28.6%
368 Liverpool Wavertree Labour (-10.3%) Liberal Democrat (+13.3%) Swing for party change 7.4%
369 Liverpool West Derby Labour (-3.4%) Liberal Democrat (+2.0%) Swing from Labour to Lib Dems for a change, 25% Swing from Labour to Liberal for a change, 25.5%
490 St Helens North Labour (-4.2%) Liberal Democrat (+3.7%) Swing for party change 17.8%
491 St Helens South Labour (+4.8%) Liberal Democrat (+5.2%) Swing for party change 13.1%
521 Southport Liberal Democrat (+2.5%) Conservative (+0.5%) Swing for party change 4.7%
591 Wallasey Labour (-6.0%) Conservative (+1.9%) Swing for party change 12.4%
622 Wirral South Labour (-4.9%) Conservative (-1.6%) Swing for party change 4.7%
623 Wirral West Labour (-4.7) Conservative (+2.7) Swing for party change 1.3%

North East England

Tyne & Wear

ID Constituency Winner Second place Notes
71 Blaydon Labour (-3.3) Liberal Democrat (+4.1) Swing for party change 7.7%
255 Gateshead East and Washington West Labour (-7.5) Liberal Democrat (+7.0) Swing for party change 19.4%
315 Houghton and Washington East Labour (-8.8%) Liberal Democrat (+5.5%) Swing for party change 23.2%
332 Jarrow Labour (-5.6) Liberal Democrat (+4.6) Swing for party change 20.5%
412 Newcastle upon Tyne Central Labour (-9.9) Liberal Democrat (+12.3) Swing for party change 5.6%
413 Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend Labour (-8.0) Liberal Democrat (+11.6) Swing for party change 12%
414 Newcastle upon Tyne North Labour (-10.1) Liberal Democrat (+12.3) Swing for party change 9.2%
517 South Shields Labour (-2.7) Liberal Democrat (+2.9) Swing for party change 20.4%
532 Stockton South Labour (-5.2) Conservative (+1.7) Swing for party change 6.4%
547 Sunderland North Labour (-8.3%) Conservative (+1.9%) Swing for party change 17.3%
548 Sunderland South Labour (-5.3%) Conservative (+2.4%) First to declare
578 Tyne Bridge Labour (-9.3%) Liberal Democrat (+9.5%)
579 Tynemouth Labour (-6.2) Conservative (+3.8)
580 Tyneside North Labour (-7.6) Conservative (+6.6)

Northumbria, Durham & Cleveland

ID Constituency Winner Second place Notes
48 Berwick-upon-Tweed Liberal Democrat (+1.4) Conservative (+0.8) Rural Seat centred on Berwick-upon-Tweed Swing for party change 12%
65 Bishop Auckland Labour (-8.8) Liberal Democrat (+8.0) Swing for party change 13.2%
72 Blyth Valley Labour (-4.7) Liberal Democrat (+6.7) Swing for party change 11.9%
174 Darlington Labour (-3.9) Conservative (-4.3) Swing for party change 13.2%
210 Durham North Labour (-3.1) Liberal Democrat (+5.2) Swing for party change 22.5%
211 Durham North West Labour (-8.6) Liberal Democrat (+5.0) Swing for party change 17%
212 Durham, City of Labour (-8.9) Liberal Democrat (+16.1) Swing for party change 3.7% Gap between Labour and Lib Dems has closed by 41% in the last two elections so this constituency should fall to the Lib Dems. at the next election
216 Easington Labour (-5.4) Liberal Democrat (+2.6) Swing for party change 29.3%
292 Hartlepool Labour (-7.6) Liberal Democrat (+15.4) Labour retained Hartlepool in a 2004 by-election. Swing for party 10.6%
307 Hexham Conservative (-2.2) Labour (-8.3) Swing for party change 6.1%
392 Middlesbrough Labour (-9.8%) Liberal Democrat (+8.3%) Urban constituency- Swing for party change 19.6%
393 Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East Labour (-5.1) Conservative (-2.1) Swing for party change 9.2%
463 Redcar Labour (-8.9) Liberal Democrat (+7.6) Swing for party 15.6%
497 Sedgefield Labour (-6.0%) Conservative (-6.5%) Constituency of Tony Blair, Prime Minister Swing for party change 22.3%
531 Stockton North Labour (-8.5) Conservative (-1.3) Swing for party change 17%
595 Wansbeck Labour (-2.6) Liberal Democrat (+3.6) Swing for party change 14.4%

Yorkshire and Humberside

North Yorkshire, East Riding & North/North East Lincolnshire

West Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

East Midlands

Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire

Eastern England

West Midlands

Mercia

Birmingham & Coventry

Anglia

Mid-Anglia

East Anglia

South West England

Devon & Cornwall

West England

South East England

Wessex

Channel Coast

London

North East London

North West London

South West London

South East London

Seats that changed hands

A total of 62 seats changed hands, since the 2001 general election.

from Labour
  1. Bexleyheath and Crayford
  2. Braintree
  3. Clwyd West
  4. Croydon Central
  5. Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale, and Tweeddale Ø
  6. Enfield Southgate
  7. Forest of Dean
  8. Gravesham
  9. Hammersmith and Fulham
  10. Harwich
  11. Hemel Hempstead
  12. Hornchurch
  13. Ilford North
  14. Kettering
  15. Lancaster and Wyre
  16. Monmouth
  17. Milton Keynes North East
  18. Northampton South
  19. Peterborough
  20. Preseli Pembrokeshire
  21. Putney
  22. Reading East
  23. Rugby and Kenilworth
  24. Scarborough and Whitby
  25. Shipley
  26. Shrewsbury and Atcham
  27. St Albans
  28. The Wrekin
  29. Wellingborough
  30. Welwyn Hatfield
  31. Wimbledon
from the Liberal Democrats
  1. Devon West and Torridge
  2. Guildford
  3. Ludlow
  4. Newbury
  5. Weston-super-Mare
from the Democartic Union Party
  1. Baingstoke

from Labour
  1. Birmingham Yardley
  2. Brent East (in a by-election, retained)
  3. Bristol West
  4. Cambridge
  5. Cardiff Central
  6. Dunbartonshire East
  7. Falmouth and Camborne
  8. Hornsey and Wood Green
  9. Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch, and Strathspey
  10. Leeds North West
  11. Manchester Withington
  12. Rochdale
from the Conservatives
  1. Solihull
  2. Taunton
  3. Westmorland and Lonsdale
from Plaid Cymru
  1. Ceredigion

from Labour
  1. Dundee East
  2. Na h-Eileanan an Iar

from the Ulster Unionists
  1. East Antrim
  2. Lagan Valley
  3. South Antrim
  4. Upper Bann

from the Ulster Unionists
  1. South Belfast

from the SDLP
  1. Newry and Armagh

from Labour
  1. Bethnal Green and Bow

Independent candidate gain

from Labour
  1. Blaenau Gwent
Ø Indicates Scottish seat. Due to boundary changes, these are notional gains/losses.





 





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