UK general election, 2005

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Thursday, May 5, 2005

The United Kingdom General Election
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Labour Conservative Lib Dems 355 197 62 DUP SNP Sinn Féin 7 6 5 Plaid Cymru SDLP UUP 3 3 1 RESPECT IKHH Ind.   1 1 1   Wikinews will have coverage of the election results at: Results of 2005 United Kingdom General Election
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The 2005 UK general election was held on Thursday 5th May. The election resulted in a third term for Tony Blair's Labour Party.

Below are the latest Wikinews stories on the campaigning parties and candidates.

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Saturday:

• UUP leader loses seat in 2005 UK General Election

Friday:

• British Conservative leader Michael Howard to step down
• Surprise win for RESPECT Party in UK 2005 General Election
• Full list of results
• Exit polls are showing a 2.8% swing from Labour to Conservatives.

Thursday:

• Labour wins Sunderland South with 58.6%
• Exit polls suggests Labour Win by a 4% majority.

Monday:

• UK Staffordshire South 2005 election postponed, because of the death of one of the candidates.

April 30:

• Immigration and asylum turn voters off UK Tories, according to opinion polls.

April 29:

• UK Party leaders questioned on BBC 'Question Time'

April 26:

• Potential Goldsmith leak worries Labour, excites opposition

April 14:

• Lib Dems launch manifesto, promising fairer taxation and an exit strategy from Iraq.

April 13:

• Blair launches third and final manifesto, promising a freeze on income tax and new community police teams.
• A Conservative Party candidate has embarrased the party by doctoring photographs in campaign literature.
• Postal voting has been discouraged after widespread election fraud in the 2004 local and European elections.

April 12:

• Liberal Democrat Party pauses to welcome Donald James Kennedy
• Labour attack Tory economic policy, claiming the Conservatives will not be able to keep their savings pledges.
• Conservative Party launches manifesto, promising £35 billion of savings and controls on immigration.

April 5:

• Blair requests dissolution of Parliament, candidates go to the country for a May 5th election.

Sources

• AFP "Britons vote with Blair the overwhelming — if unpopular — favourite" – Khaleej Times, May 5, 2005
  

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