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- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 abstract "The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but its majority now stood at 66 seats compared to the 160-seat majority it had previously held.The Labour campaign emphasised a strong economy, however Blair had suffered a decline in popularity even before the decision to send British troops to invade Iraq in 2003. The Conservative Party, led by Michael Howard since late 2003, campaigned on policies, such as immigration limits, improving poorly managed hospitals and reducing high crime rates, all under the slogan 'Are you thinking what we're thinking?'. The Liberal Democrats, led by Charles Kennedy were staunchly opposed to the Iraq War from the start and collected votes from disenchanted Labour voters.Tony Blair was returned as Prime Minister, with Labour holding 355 MPs but with a popular vote of 35.2%, the lowest of any majority government in British history. In terms of votes they were only narrowly ahead of the Conservatives, but still had a comfortable lead ahead of them in terms of seats. The Conservatives however did manage to return 198 MPs, 32 more than they had previously, and managed to win the popular vote in England while still ending up with 91 fewer MPs in England than Labour. The Liberal Democrats saw their popular vote increase by 3.7% and won the most seats for any third party since 1923, in the form of 62 MPs. Former Labour MP and anti-war activist George Galloway was elected as an MP under the Respect – The Unity Coalition banner, and two Single Area Party candidates were elected; Blaenau Gwent People's Voice and Health Concern in Worcestershire.In Northern Ireland, the moderately unionist Ulster Unionist Party, which had dominated Northern Ireland's politics since the 1920s, was reduced from 6 MPs to 1 MP, with party leader David Trimble himself losing his seat. The more hardline Democratic Unionist Party became the largest Northern Ireland party, with 9 MPs. Following the election, Conservative leader Michael Howard resigned and was succeeded by David Cameron and in 2007, Blair resigned as Prime Minister and Labour leader to be replaced by Gordon Brown. The election was broadcast live on the BBC, and presented by Peter Snow, David Dimbleby, Jeremy Paxman and Andrew Marr.".
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- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 leader Charles_Kennedy.
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- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 leaderSince "1994-07-21".
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- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 leaderSince "2003-11-06".
- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 leadersSeat Folkestone_and_Hythe_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 leadersSeat Ross,_Skye_and_Lochaber_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
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- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 majoritySeats "324".
- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 mapCaption "* Indicates boundary change - so this is a nominal figure ^ Figure does not include the speaker".
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- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 nextYear "2010".
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- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 party "Conservative Party".
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- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 party "Liberal Democrats".
- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 party "Others".
- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 party "Scottish National Party".
- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 percentage "22.0".
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- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 percentage "35.2".
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- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 posttitle "Subsequent PM".
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- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 seatChange "11".
- United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005 seatChange "33".
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