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Index of constituencies

Published: April 4 2005 18:41 | Last updated: April 4 2005 18:41

This is a complete list of UK constituencies, compiled by Politico’s, including their assessment of how likely each seat is to change hands.

For profiles of the party leaders and the key personalities click here. For more details on those MPs leaving parliament and the rising stars set to enter Westminster for the first time, click here.

For a complete list of results from the 2001 election click here.

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ConstituencyRegionPartyPolitico's viewMajority 2001% leadMP (*retiring)
AberavonWalesLab  Safe16,10853.4Hywel Francis
Aberdeen NorthScotlandLabSNP long9,29423.7Frank Doran
Aberdeen SouthScotlandLabLD/Con tar3,9319.5Anne Begg
Aberd’nshire W & KinScotlandLD  Con target5,14613.4Robert Smith
Airdrie & ShottsScotlandLab  Safe13,54539.5John Reid
AldershotSouth EastCon  LD long6,59414.6Gerald Howarth
Aldridge-BrownhillsWest MidlandsConSafe3,76810Richard Shepherd
Altrincham & Sale WNorth WestConSafe2,9416.8Graham Brady
Alyn & DeesideWalesLabSafe9,22226Mark Tami
Amber ValleyEast MidlandsLabCon target7,22716.2Judy Mallaber
AngusScotlandSNPCon target5321.5Michael Weir
Antrim EastNorthern IrelandUUPDUP target1280.4Roy Beggs
Antrim NorthNorthern IrelandDUPSafe14,22428.9Ian Paisley
Antrim SouthNorthern IrelandUUPDUP target1,0112.3David Burnside
Argyll & ButeScotlandLDCon target3,8329.2Alan Reid
Arundel & S DownsSouth EastConSafe13,70429.9Howard Flight
AshfieldEast MidlandsLabSafe13,26833.7Geoff Hoon
AshfordSouth EastConSafe7,35915.4Damian Green
Ashton-under-LyneNorth WestLabSafe15,51843.4David Heyes
AylesburySouth EastConSafe10,00920.4David Lidington
Ayr, Carrick & CumScotlandLabCon long12,38726.6Sandra Osborne
Ayrshire CentralScotlandLabCon long9,77223Brian Donohoe
Ayrshire N & ArranScotlandLabSafe12,14027.3Brian Wilson*
BanburySouth EastConSafe5,21910.1Tony Baldry
Banff & BuchanScotlandSNPSafe9,74427.4Alex Salmond
BarkingGreater LondonLabSafe9,53437.9Margaret Hodge
Barnsley CentralYorks HumbersideLabSafe15,13054.9Eric Illsley
Barnsley E & MexboroYorks HumbersideLabSafe16,78951.6Jeff Ennis
Barnsley W & PenYorks HumbersideLabSafe12,35235.7Mick Clapham
Barrow & FurnessNorth WestLabSafe9,88925.3John Hutton
BasildonEastLabCon target7,73818.9Angela Smith
BasingstokeSouth East#ConLab target8801.8Andrew Hunter*
BassetlawEast MidlandsLabSafe9,74825.1John Mann
BathSouth WestLDSafe9,89421.4Don Foster
Batley & SpenYorks HumbersideLabCon target5,06413.1Mike Wood
BatterseaGreater LondonLabCon target5,05313.7Martin Linton
BeaconsfieldSouth EastConSafe13,06531Dominic Grieve
BeckenhamGreater LondonConSafe4,95910.9Jacqui Lait
BedfordEastLabCon target6,15715.2Patrick Hall
Bedfordshire MidEastConSafe8,06617.3Jonathan Sayeed
Bedfordshire North EastEastConSafe8,57719Alistair Burt
Bedfordshire SWEastConLab long7761.8Andrew Selous
Belfast EastNothern IrelandDUPSafe7,11719.3Peter Robinson
Belfast NorthNothern IrelandDUPSafe6,38715.6Nigel Dodds
Belfast SouthNothern IrelandUUPSafe?5,39914.2Martin Smyth
Belfast WestNothern IrelandSFSafe19,34247.2Gerry Adams
Berwick-upon-TweedNorth EastLDSafe8,45823.3Alan Beith
Berw’shire, Rox & SelScotlandLDSafe10,77024.8Archy Kirkwood
Bethnal Green & BowGreater LondonLabCon long10,05726.2Oona King
Beverley & HoldernessYorks HumbersideConLab long7811.7James Cran*
Bexhill & BattleSouth EastConSafe10,50323.5Gregory Barker
Bexleyheath & CrayGreater LondonLabCon target1,4723.6Nigel Beard
BillericayEastConSafe5,01311John Baron
BirkenheadNorth WestLabSafe15,59153.8Frank Field
Birm’hm EdgbastonWest MidlandsLabCon target4,69812.4Gisela Stuart
Birm’hm ErdingtonWest MidlandsLabSafe9,96232.6Siôn Simon
Birm’hm Hall GreenWest MidlandsLabCon long6,64820.1Stephen McCabe
Birm’hm Hodge HillWest MidlandsLabSafe11,61843.9Liam Byrne
Birm’hm LadywoodWest MidlandsLabSafe18,14357.6Clare Short
Birm’hm NorthfieldWest MidlandsLabSafe7,79826.4Richard Burden
Birm’hm Perry BarrWest MidlandsLabCon long8,75323.4Khalid Mahmood
Birm’hm Selly OakWest MidlandsLabSafe10,33925.8Lynne Jones
Birm Sp’kbrook & SmWest MidlandsLabSafe16,24644.3Roger Godsiff
Birm’hm YardleyWest MidlandsLabLD target2,5768.6Estelle Morris*
Bishop AucklandNorth EastLabSafe13,92636.1Derek Foster
BlabyEast MidlandsConSafe6,20913Andrew Robathan
BlackburnNorth WestLabCon long9,24923Jack Straw
Bl’kpool N & Fleetw’dNorth WestLabCon target5,72113.4Joan Humble
Blackpool SouthNorth WestLabCon long8,26221.3Gordon Marsden
Blaenau GwentWalesLabSafe19,31360.9Llew Smith*
BlaydonNorth EastLabLD target7,80921.1John McWilliam*
Blyth ValleyNorth EastLabSafe12,18835.3Ronnie Campbell
Bognor R & Littleh’tonSouth EastCon Safe5,64314.5Nick Gibb
BolsoverEast MidlandsLabSafe18,77749.1Dennis Skinner
Bolton North EastNorth WestLabCon long8,42221.6David Crausby
Bolton South EastNorth WestLabSafe12,87137.7Brian Iddon
Bolton WestNorth WestLabCon target5,51813.4Ruth Kelly
BootleNorth WestLabSafe19,04369Joe Benton
Boston & SkegnessEast MidlandsConLab long5151.3Mark Simmonds
BosworthEast MidlandsConLab long2,2805.1David Tredinnick
Bournemouth EastSouth WestConLD target3,4349.6David Atkinson*
Bournemouth WestSouth WestConSafe4,71814John Butterfill
BracknellSouth EastConSafe6,71313.6Andrew MacKay
Bradford NorthYorks HumbersideLabLD long8,96925.6Terry Rooney
Bradford SouthYorks HumbersideLabSafe9,66227.5Gerry Sutcliffe
Bradford WestYorks HumbersideLabCon target4,16510.9Marsha Singh
BraintreeEastLabCon target3580.7Alan Hurst
Brecon & RadnorshireWalesLDCon target7512Roger Williams
Brent EastGreater London#LDLab target#1,118#5.3Sarah Teather
Brent NorthGreater LondonLabSafe10,20530.1Barry Gardiner
Brent SouthGreater LondonLabSafe17,38060.7Paul Boateng
Brentford & IsleworthGreater LondonLabCon long10,31823.2Ann Keen
Brentwood & OngarEastConSafe2,8216.5Eric Pickles
BridgendWalesLabSafe10,04627.1Win Griffiths*
BridgwaterSouth WestConLD long4,98710.4Ian Liddell-Grainger
Brigg & GooleYorks HumbersideLabCon target3,9619.6Ian Cawsey
Brighton KemptownSouth EastLabCon target4,92212.6Des Turner
Brighton PavilionSouth EastLabCon long9,64323.7David Lepper
Bristol EastSouth WestLabSafe13,39233.2Jean Corston
Bristol North WestSouth WestLabCon long10,88723.4Doug Naysmith
Bristol SouthSouth WestLabSafe14,18134.6Dawn Primarolo
Bristol WestSouth WestLabLD/Con tar4,4268Valerie Davey
Bromley & ChislehurstGreater LondonConSafe9,03720.9Eric Forth
BromsgroveWest MidlandsConSafe8,13817.8Julie Kirkbride
BroxbourneEastConSafe8,99323.8Marion Roe*
BroxtoweEast MidlandsLabCon target5,87312Nick Palmer
BuckinghamSouth EastConSafe13,32529.4John Bercow
BurnleyNorth WestLabSafe10,49828.5Peter Pike*
BurtonWest MidlandsLabCon target4,84910.4Janet Dean
Bury NorthNorth WestLabCon target6,53214.6David Chaytor
Bury SouthNorth WestLabSafe12,27232.3Ivan Lewis
Bury St EdmundsEastConLab long2,5035David Ruffley
CaernarfonWalesPCSafe3,51112.1Hywel Williams
CaerphillyWalesLabSafe14,42537.1Wayne David
Caithness, SutherlandScotlandLDSafe4,07814.3John Thurso
Calder ValleyYorks HumbersideLabCon target3,0946.5Christine McCafferty
Camb’well & PeckhamGreater LondonLabSafe14,12356.3Harriet Harman
CambridgeEastLabLD target8,57920Anne Campbell
Cambridgeshire North EastEastConSafe6,37313.3Malcolm Moss
Cambridgeshire North WestEastConSafe8,10118.4Brian Mawhinney*
Cambridgeshire South EastEastConSafe8,40317.4Andrew Lansley
Cambridgeshire South EastEastConSafe8,99017.3James Paice
Cannock ChaseWest MidlandsLabSafe10,70426.1Tony Wright
CanterburySouth EastConLab long2,0694.6Julian Brazier
Cardiff CentralWalesLabLD target6591.9Jon Owen Jones
Cardiff NorthWalesLabCon target6,16514.3Julie Morgan
Cardiff South & PenWalesLabSafe12,28734.4Alun Michael
Cardiff WestWalesLabSafe11,32133.2Kevin Brennan
CarlisleNorth WestLabCon target5,70216.3Eric Martlew
Carmarthen E & DinWalesPCLab long2,5906.8Adam Price
Carmarth’n W&Pem South WestWalesLabCon target4,53812.3Nick Ainger
Carshalton & WallGreater LondonLDCon target4,54711.2Tom Brake
Castle PointEastConLab long9852.5Robert Spink
CeredigionWalesPCLD/Con tar3,94411.4Simon Thomas
CharnwoodEast MidlandsConSafe7,73916Stephen Dorrell
Chatham & AylesfordSouth EastLabCon target4,34010.9Jonathan Shaw
CheadleNorth WestLDCon target330.1Patsy Calton
Chelmsford WestEastConSafe6,26113Simon Burns
CheltenhamSouth WestLDCon target5,25512.6Nigel Jones*
Chesham & AmershamSouth EastConSafe11,88226.2Cheryl Gillan
ChesterfieldEast MidlandsLDLab long2,5865.8Paul Holmes
ChichesterSouth EastConSafe11,35522.9Andrew Tyrie
Ch’gford & Wdfd GrnGreater LondonConSafe5,48714.8Iain Duncan Smith
Chipping BarnetGreater LondonConLab long2,7016.4Sydney Chapman*
ChorleyNorth WestLabCon target8,44417.6Lindsay Hoyle
ChristchurchSouth WestConSafe13,54427.3Christopher Chope
C of Lon & Westm’sterGreater LondonConSafe4,49913.2Mark Field
City of ChesterNorth WestLabCon target6,89415.4Christine Russell
CleethorpesYorks HumbersideLabCon target5,62013.2Shona McIsaac
Clwyd SouthWalesLabSafe8,89826.6Martyn Jones
Clwyd WestWalesLabCon target1,1153.2Gareth Thomas
Coatbridge, Chr’s & BScotandLabSafe22,09254.6Tom Clarke
ColchesterEastLDCon target5,55312.7Bob Russell
Colne ValleyYorks HumbersideLabCon/LD tar4,6399.9Kali Mountford
CongletonNorth WestConSafe7,13415.8Ann Winterton
ConwyWalesLabCon target6,21918.1Betty Williams
CopelandNorth WestLabCon target4,96414.3Jack Cunningham*
CorbyEast MidlandsLabCon target5,70012.1Phil Hope
Cornwall NorthSouth WestLDCon target9,83218.2Paul Tyler*
Cornwall South EastSouth WestLDCon target5,37510.4Colin Breed
CotswoldSouth WestConSafe11,98326.1Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Coventry North EastWest MidlandsLabSafe15,75142.3Bob Ainsworth
Coventry North WestWest MidlandsLabSafe10,87425.6Geoffrey Robinson
Coventry SouthWest MidlandsLabCon long8,27920.6Jim Cunningham
CrawleySouth EastLabCon target6,77017.1Laura Moffatt
Crewe & NantwichNorth WestLabCon long9,90623.8  Gwyneth Dunwoody
CrosbyNorth WestLabCon long8,35322.7Claire Curtis-Thomas
Croydon CentralGreater LondonLabCon target3,9848.7Geraint Davies
Croydon NorthGreater LondonLabSafe16,85840.3Malcolm Wicks
Croydon SouthGreater LondonConSafe8,69719.3Richard Ottaway
Cumbernauld, KilsythScotlandLabSafe12,66731.8  Rosemary McKenna
Cynon ValleyWalesLabSafe12,99848.2Ann Clwyd
DagenhamGreater LondonLabSafe8,69331.5Jon Cruddas
DarlingtonNorth EastLabSafe10,38426Alan Milburn
DartfordSouth EastLabCon target3,3067.4Howard Stoate
DaventryEast MidlandsConSafe9,64917Tim Boswell
DelynWalesLabCon long8,60524.8David Hanson
Denton & ReddishNorth WestLabSafe15,33045.6Andrew Bennett*
Derby NorthEast MidlandsLabCon target6,98215.8Bob Laxton
Derby SouthEast MidlandsLabSafe13,85532.2Margaret Beckett
Derbyshire North EastEast MidlandsLabSafe12,25829.1Harry Barnes*
Derbyshire SouthEast MidlandsLabCon target7,85115.1Mark Todd
Derbyshire WestEast MidlandsConSafe7,37014.6Patrick McLoughlin
DevizesSouth WestConSafe11,89622.3Michael Ancram
Devon EastSouth WestConSafe8,19517.1Hugo Swire
Devon NorthSouth WestLDCon target2,9846.1Nick Harvey
Devon South WestSouth WestConSafe7,14415.2Gary Streeter
Devon West & TorridgeSouth WestLDCon target1,1942.1John Burnett*
DewsburyYorks HumbersideLabCon long7,44920.3Ann Taylor*
Doncaster CentralYorks HumbersideLabSafe11,99935.4Rosie Winterton
Doncaster NorthYorks HumbersideLabSafe15,18748.4Kevin Hughes
Don ValleyYorks HumbersideLabSafe9,52026Caroline Flint
Dorset Mid & Poole NSouth WestLDCon target3840.9Annette Brooke
Dorset NorthSouth WestConLD target3,7977.9Robert Walter
Dorset SouthSouth WestLabCon target1530.3Jim Knight
Dorset WestSouth WestConLD target1,4142.9Oliver Letwin
DoverSouth EastLabCon target5,19911.6Gwyn Prosser
Down NorthNothern IrelandUUPSafe?7,32419.7Sylvia Hermon
Down SouthNothern IrelandSDLPSafe?13,85826.6Eddie McGrady
Dudley NorthWest MidlandsLabCon target6,80017.6Ross Cranston
Dudley SouthWest MidlandsLabCon target6,81718.8Ian Pearson
Dulwich & W N’woodGreater LondonLabSafe12,31032.2Tessa Jowell
Dumfries & GallowayScotlandLabCon/SNP target1410.3Russell Brown /Peter Duncan**
Dumfriessh, Cl’dale&TScotlandLabCon/LD tar5,25412.1(new seat)
Dunbartonshire EScotlandLabLD/Con tar2,6016.3John Lyons
Dunbartonshire WScotlandLabSafe18,16939.5John McFall
Dundee EastScotlandLabSNP target4961.3Iain Luke
Dundee WestScotlandLabSNP long8,41022.5Ernie Ross*
Dunfermline & Fife WScotlandLabSafe14,84536.6Rachel Squire
Durham CityNorth EastLabLD long13,44132.4Gerry Steinberg*
Durham NorthNorth EastLabSafe18,68348.4Kevan Jones
Durham North WestNorth EastLabSafe16,33341.6Hilary Armstrong
Ealing Acton&Shep B Greater LondonLabSafe10,78929Clive Soley*
Ealing NorthGreater LondonLabCon long11,83726.3Stephen Pound
Ealing SouthallGreater LondonLabSafe13,68329.2Piara Khabra
EasingtonNorth EastLabSafe21,94966.5John Cummings
East HamGreater LondonLabSafe21,03256.4Stephen Timms
East Kilbride, S & LScotlandLabSafe13,99929.3Adam Ingram
East LothianScotlandLabSafe14,01131.7Anne Picking
East RenfrewshireScotlandLabCon target9,14118.9Jim Murphy
EastbourneSouth EastConLD target2,1544.8Nigel Waterson
EastleighSouth EastLDCon target3,0586.4David Chidgey*
EcclesNorth WestLabSafe14,52843.8Ian Stewart
EddisburyNorth WestConSafe4,56810.3Stephen O’Brien
Edinburgh EastScotlandLabSafe12,80832.6Gavin Strang
Edinburgh N & LeithScotlandLabLD long8,68821.6Mark Lazarowicz
Edinburgh SouthScotlandLabLD/Con tar5,78514Nigel Griffiths
Edinburgh South WestScotlandLabCon target7,95117.9Alistair Darling
Edinburgh West ScotlandLDCon target5,32011.9John Barrett
EdmontonGreater LondonLabSafe9,77228.1Andy Love
Ellesmere Port & NNorth WestLabSafe10,86126.2Andrew Miller
ElmetYorks HumbersideLabCon target4,1719.1Colin Burgon
ElthamGreater LondonLabCon long6,99620.7Clive Efford
Enfield NorthGreater LondonLabCon target2,2916Joan Ryan
Enfield SouthgateGreater LondonLabCon target5,54613.2Stephen Twigg
Epping ForestEastConSafe8,42619.9Eleanor Laing
Epsom & EwellSouth EastConSafe10,08021.6Chris Grayling
ErewashEast MidlandsLabCon target6,93214.3Liz Blackman
Erith & ThamesmeadGreater LondonLabSafe11,16733.5John Austin
Esher & WaltonSouth EastConSafe11,53825.3Ian Taylor
Essex NorthEastConSafe7,18616Bernard Jenkin
ExeterSouth WestLabCon long11,75922.3Ben Bradshaw
FalkirkScotlandLabSafe13,55530.2Eric Joyce
Falmouth & CambSouth WestLabCon/LD tar4,5279.7Candy Atherton
FarehamSouth EastConSafe7,00915.4Mark Hoban
Faversham & Mid KSouth EastConSafe4,18310.2Hugh Robertson
Feltham & HestonGreater LondonLabSafe12,65735Alan Keen
Fermanagh & S TyroneNothern IrelandSFUUP target530.1Michelle Gildernew
Fife North EastScotlandLDSafe9,68626.2Menzies Campbell
Finchley & G’ders GrnGreater LondonLabCon target3,7168.5Rudi Vis
Folkestone & HytheSouth EastConLD target5,90712.9Michael Howard
Forest of DeanSouth WestLabCon target2,0494.6Diana Organ*
FoyleNothern IrelandSDLPSafe?11,55023.6John Hume*
FyldeNorth WestConSafe9,61021.5Michael Jack
GainsboroughEast MidlandsConSafe8,07119.1Edward Leigh
Gatesh’d E & Wash W North EastLabSafe17,90453.3Joyce Quin*
GedlingEast MidlandsLabCon target5,59812.8Vernon Coaker
GillinghamSouth EastLabCon target2,2725.4Paul Clark
Glasgow CentralScotlandLabSafe9,38233.8Mohammed Sarwar
Glasgow EastScotlandLabSafe15,23846.6David Marshall
Glasgow NorthScotlandLabSafe8,02329.4Ann McKechin
Glasgow North EastScotlandSpkrSafe10,40533.4Michael Martin
Glasgow North WestScotlandLabSafe13,23138.8John Robertson
Glasgow SouthScotlandLabSafe13,04233.2Tom Harris
Glasgow South WestScotlandLabSafe14,68744.4Ian Davidson
GlenrothesScotlandLabSafe12,98834John MacDougall
GloucesterSouth WestLabCon target3,8808Parmjit Dhanda
GordonScotlandLDSafe6,84517.4Malcolm Bruce
GosportSouth EastConLab long2,6216.6Peter Viggers
GowerWalesLabCon long7,39519.8Martin Caton
Grantham & StamfordEast MidlandsConSafe4,5189.8Quentin Davies
GraveshamSouth EastLabCon target4,86211.1Chris Pond
Great GrimsbyYorks HumbersideLabSafe11,48434.8Austin Mitchell
Great YarmouthEastLabCon target4,56411.3Tony Wright
Greenwich & Wool’chGreater LondonLabSafe13,43341.3Nick Raynsford
GuildfordSouth EastLDCon target5381.1Sue Doughty
Hackney North & SNGreater LondonLabSafe13,65146.1Diane Abbott
Hackney South & ShGreater LondonLabSafe15,04949.6Brian Sedgemore*
Halesowen & R’ley R West MidlandsLabCon target7,35918.7Sylvia Heal
HalifaxYorks HumbersideLabCon target6,12915.2Alice Mahon*
Halt’price & HowdenYorks HumbersideConLD target1,9034.3David Davis
HaltonNorth WestLabSafe17,42850.6Derek Twigg
Ham’smith & FulhamGreater LondonLabCon target2,0154.5Iain Coleman
Hampshire EastSouth EastConSafe8,89017.7Michael Mates
Hampshire North EastSouth EastConSafe13,25730.2James Arbuthnot
Hampshire North WestSouth EastConSafe12,00924.7George Young
Hampstead & HighgateGreater LondonLabCon long7,87622.2Glenda Jackson
HarboroughEast MidlandsConLD target5,25211.3Edward Garnier
HarlowEastLabCon target5,22813Bill Rammell
Harrogate & KnaresbroYorks HumbersideLDCon long8,84521Phil Willis
Harrow EastGreater LondonLabCon long11,12423.1Tony McNulty
Harrow WestGreater LondonLabCon target6,15613.2Gareth Thomas
HartlepoolNorth EastLabSafe14,57138.3Iain Wright
HarwichEastLabCon target2,5965.4Ivan Henderson
Hastings & RyeSouth EastLabCon target4,30810.5Michael Foster
HavantSouth EastConSafe4,20710.4David Willetts
Hayes & HarlingtonGreater LondonLabSafe13,46641.6John McDonnell
Hazel GroveNorth WestLDCon long8,43521.9Andrew Stunell
Hemel HempsteadEastLabCon target3,7428.2Tony McWalter
HemsworthYorks HumbersideLabSafe15,63644.4Jon Trickett
HendonGreater LondonLabCon target7,41718.2Andrew Dismore
HenleySouth EastConSafe8,45819Boris Johnson
HerefordWest MidlandsLDCon target9682.2Paul Keetch
Hertford & StortfordEastConSafe5,60311.9Mark Prisk
Hertfordshire North EastEastConSafe3,4447.7Oliver Heald
Hertfordshire South WestEastConSafe8,18117.3Richard Page*
HertsmereEastConSafe4,90211.8James Clappison
HexhamNorth EastConSafe2,5296Peter Atkinson
Heywood & Mid’tonNorth WestLabSafe11,67030.1Jim Dobbin
High PeakEast MidlandsLabCon target4,4899.3Tom Levitt
Hitchin & HarpendenEastConSafe6,66314.8Peter Lilley
Holborn & St PancrasGreater LondonLabSafe11,17535.9Frank Dobson
HornchurchGreater LondonLabCon target1,4824.2John Cryer
Hornsey & Wood GGreater LondonLabLD long10,61424.1Barbara Roche
HorshamSouth EastConSafe13,66626.9Francis Maude
Houghton & Wash ENorth EastLabSafe19,81858.9Fraser Kemp
HoveSouth EastLabCon target3,1717.6Ivor Caplin*
HuddersfieldYorks HumbersideLabSafe10,04628.4Barry Sheerman
Hull EastYorks HumbersideLabSafe15,32549.6John Prescott
Hull NorthYorks HumbersideLabSafe10,72137.4Kevin McNamara*
Hull West & HessleYorks HumbersideLabSafe10,95137.9Alan Johnson
HuntingdonEastConSafe12,79226.1Jonathan Djanogly
HyndburnNorth WestLabCon long8,21921.5Greg Pope
Ilford NorthGreater LondonLabCon target2,1155.3Linda Perham
Ilford SouthGreater LondonLabSafe13,99733.9Mike Gapes
InverclydeScotlandLabSafe11,31429.1David Cairns
Inverness, NairnScotlandLabLD/SNP tar1,1342.7David Stewart
IpswichEastLabCon long8,08120.8Chris Mole
Isle of WightSouth EastConLD target2,8264.5Andrew Turner
Islington NorthGreater LondonLabSafe12,95842.9Jeremy Corbyn
Islington South & FGreater LondonLabLD long7,28025.8Chris Smith*
IslwynWalesLabSafe15,30948.3Don Touhig
JarrowNorth EastLabSafe17,59551Stephen Hepburn
KeighleyYorks HumbersideLabCon target4,0059.2Ann Cryer
Kensington & ChelseaGreater LondonConSafe8,77131.3Michael Portillo*
KetteringEast MidlandsLabCon target6651.2Phil Sawford
Kilmarnock & LScotlandLabSafe13,62130.5Des Browne
Kingston & SurbitonGreater LondonLDSafe15,67631.9Ed Davey
KingswoodSouth WestLabSafe13,96226.5Roger Berry
Kirkcaldy &CowdnbthScotlandLabSafe16,23839.9Gordon Brown
Knowsley N & SeftNorth WestLabSafe18,92750.4George Howarth
Knowsley SouthNorth WestLabSafe21,31658.3Eddie O’Hara
Lagan ValleyNothern Ireland#UUPDUP target18,34239.9Jeffrey Donaldson
Lanark & Hamilton EScotlandLabSafe12,86128.6Jimmy Hood
Lancashire WestNorth WestLabCon long9,64322.4Colin Pickthall*
Lancaster & WyreNorth WestLabCon target4810.9Hilton Dawson*
Leeds CentralYorks HumbersideLabSafe14,38152.7Hilary Benn
Leeds EastYorks HumbersideLabSafe12,64343.5George Mudie
Leeds North EastYorks HumbersideLabCon target7,08917.8Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North WestYorks HumbersideLabCon/LD tar5,23612.3Harold Best*
Leeds WestYorks HumbersideLabSafe14,93546.5John Battle
Leicester EastEast MidlandsLabSafe13,44233.1Keith Vaz
Leicester SouthEast Midlands#LDLab target#1,654#5.6Parmjit Singh Gill
Leicester WestEast MidlandsLabSafe9,63929Patricia Hewitt
Leicestershire North WestEast MidlandsLabCon target8,15718.1David Taylor
LeighNorth WestLabSafe16,36246.4Andy Burnham
LeominsterWest MidlandsConSafe10,36722.2Bill Wiggin
LewesSouth EastLDSafe9,71021.4Norman Baker
Lewisham DeptfordGreater LondonLabSafe15,29352.5Joan Ruddock
Lewisham EastGreater LondonLabSafe9,00329.9Bridget Prentice
Lewisham WestGreater LondonLabSafe11,92038.7Jim Dowd
Leyton & WansteadGreater LondonLabSafe12,90438.3Harry Cohen
LichfieldWest MidlandsConSafe4,42610.6Michael Fabricant
LincolnEast MidlandsLabCon long8,42022.7Gillian Merron
Linlithgow & Falk EScotlandLabSafe11,79626.5Michael Connarty
Liverpool GarstonNorth WestLabSafe12,49438.3Maria Eagle
Liverpool RiversideNorth WestLabSafe13,95054.7Louise Ellman
Liverpool WaltonNorth WestLabSafe17,99663.2Peter Kilfoyle
Liverpool WavertreeNorth WestLabSafe12,31938.3Jane Kennedy
Liverpool W DerbyNorth WestLabSafe15,85351.3Robert Wareing
LivingstonScotlandLabSafe13,63831.9Robin Cook
LlanelliWalesLabPC target6,40317.7Denzil Davies*
Londonderry EastNothern IrelandDUPUUP target1,9014.8Gregory Campbell
LoughboroughEast MidlandsLabCon target6,37814.4Andy Reid
Louth & HorncastleEast MidlandsConSafe7,55417Peter Tapsell
LudlowWest MidlandsLDCon target1,6303.8Matthew Green
Luton NorthEastLabCon long9,97725.5Kelvin Hopkins
Luton SouthEastLabCon long10,13325.8Margaret Moran
MacclesfieldNorth WestConSafe7,20015.8Nicholas Winterton
MaidenheadSouth EastConLD target3,2847.6Theresa May
Maidstone & WealdSouth EastConSafe10,31822.6Ann Widdecombe
MakerfieldNorth WestLabSafe17,75050.9Ian McCartney
Maldon & Chel’ford EEastConSafe8,46219.2John Whittingdale
Manchester BlackleyNorth WestLabSafe14,46454.5Graham Stringer
Manchester CentralNorth WestLabSafe13,74253Tony Lloyd
Manchester GortonNorth WestLabSafe11,30441.5Gerald Kaufman
Manchester WithingtonNorth WestLabSafe11,52432.9Keith Bradley
MansfieldEast MidlandsLabSafe11,03830Alan Meale
MedwaySouth EastLabCon target3,7809.8Bob Marshall-Andrews
Meirionnydd NCWalesPCSafe5,68427Elfyn Llwyd
MeridenWest MidlandsConSafe3,7848.5Caroline Spelman
Merthyr Tydfil & RhWalesLabSafe14,92347.1Dai Havard
MiddlesbroughNorth EastLabSafe16,33048.4Stuart Bell
Midds S & E ClevelandNorth EastLabCon long9,35121.3Ashok Kumar
MidlothianScotlandLabSafe12,01731.3David Hamilton
Milton Keynes North EastSouth EastLabCon target1,8293.9Brian White
Milton Keynes South WestSouth EastLabCon target6,97815.4Phyllis Starkey
Mitcham & MordenGreater LondonLabSafe13,78536.3Siobhan McDonagh
Mole ValleySouth EastConSafe10,15321.6Paul Beresford
MonmouthWalesLabCon target3840.9Huw Edwards
MontgomeryshireWalesLDSafe6,23421.5Lembit Öpik
MorayScotlandSNPCon target1,8525.1Angus Robertson
Morecambe & LNorth WestLabCon target5,09212.2Geraldine Smith
Morley & RothwellYorks HumbersideLabSafe12,09031.4Colin Challen
Motherwell & WScotlandLabSafe13,77836.3Frank Roy
Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles)ScotlandLabSNP target1,0748.2Calum MacDonald
NeathWalesLabSafe14,81642.3Peter Hain
New Forest EastSouth EastConLD target3,8299.1Julian Lewis
New Forest WestSouth EastConSafe13,19129.9Desmond Swayne
NewarkEast MidlandsConSafe4,0739Patrick Mercer
NewburySouth EastLDCon target2,4154.8David Rendel
Newcastle-under-LymeWest MidlandsLabSafe9,98625.8Paul Farrelly
Newcastle CentralNorth EastLabSafe11,60533.3Jim Cousins
Newcastle E & WallNorth EastLabSafe14,22343.5Nick Brown
Newcastle NorthNorth EastLabSafe14,45039.7Doug Henderson
Newport EastWalesLabSafe9,87431.6Alan Howarth*
Newport WestWalesLabSafe9,30426.5Paul Flynn
Newry & ArmaghNothern IrelandSDLPSF target3,5756.4Seamus Mallon
Norfolk MidEastConSafe4,5628.7Keith Simpson
Norfolk NorthEastLDCon target4830.9Norman Lamb
Norfolk North WestEastConLab long3,4856.8Henry Bellingham
Norfolk SouthEastConLD long6,89312.3Richard Bacon
Norfolk South WestEastConSafe9,36617.7Gillian Shephard*
NormantonYorks HumbersideLabSafe9,93729.1Bill O’Brien*
Northampton NorthEast MidlandsLabCon target7,89319Sally Keeble
Northampton SouthEast MidlandsLabCon target8851.7Tony Clarke
NorthavonSouth WestLDCon target9,87717.7Steve Webb
Norwich NorthEastLabCon target5,86312.9Ian Gibson
Norwich SouthEastLabCon/LD long8,81620.7Charles Clarke
Nottingham EastEast MidlandsLabSafe10,32034.7John Heppell
Nottingham NorthEast MidlandsLabSafe12,24040.7Graham Allen
Nottingham SouthEast MidlandsLabSafe9,98927.3Alan Simpson
NuneatonWest MidlandsLabCon target7,53517.4Bill Olner
Ochil & S PerthshireScotlandLabSNP/Con tar8211.8Martin O’Neill*
OgmoreWalesLabSafe14,57448Huw Irranca-Davies
Old Bexley & SidcupGreater LondonConSafe3,3457.9Derek Conway
Oldham E & SaddNorth WestLabLD target2,7266Phil Woolas
Oldham W & RoytonNorth WestLabSafe13,36533.4Michael Meacher
Orkney & ShetlandScotlandLDSafe3,47520.8Alistair Carmichael
OrpingtonGreater LondonConLD target2690.5John Horam
Oxford EastSouth EastLabSafe10,34426Andrew Smith
Oxford West & AbSouth EastLDCon target9,18517.8Evan Harris
Paisley & Renfr’w NScotlandLabSafe12,41729.6Jim Sheridan
Paisley & Renfr’w SScotlandLabSafe13,96836.1Douglas Alexander
PendleNorth WestLabCon target4,27510.8Gordon Prentice
Penrith & BorderNorth WestConSafe14,67733.2David Maclean
Perth & N PerthshireScotlandSNPCon target5,02011Pete Wishart
PeterboroughEastLabCon target2,8547.2Helen Clark
Plymouth DevonportSouth WestLabSafe13,03331.2David Jamieson
Plymouth SuttonSouth WestLabCon target7,51719.2Linda Gilroy
Pontefract & CasYorks HumbersideLabSafe16,37852.2Yvette Cooper
PontypriddWalesLabSafe17,68446.2Kim Howells
PooleSouth WestConSafe7,16618.3Robert Syms
Poplar & Canning TGreater LondonLabSafe14,10841.4Jim Fitzpatrick
Portsmouth NorthSouth EastLabCon target5,13413.9Syd Rapson*
Portsmouth SouthSouth EastLDCon target6,09315.5Mike Hancock
Preseli PembrokeshireWalesLabCon target2,9468Jackie Lawrence*
PrestonNorth WestLabSafe12,26834Mark Hendrick
PudseyYorks HumbersideLabCon target5,62612.5Paul Truswell
PutneyGreater LondonLabCon target2,7718.1Tony Colman
RayleighEastConSafe8,29019.4Mark Francois
Reading EastSouth EastLabCon target5,59512.8Jane Griffiths*
Reading WestSouth EastLabCon long8,84921.1Martin Salter
RedcarNorth EastLabSafe13,44335.2Vera Baird
RedditchWest MidlandsLabCon target2,4846.7Jacqui Smith
Regent’s P’k & Ken NGreater LondonLabSafe10,26627.7Karen Buck
ReigateSouth EastConSafe8,02520.3Crispin Blunt
RhonddaWalesLabSafe16,04747.2Chris Bryant
Ribble ValleyNorth WestConSafe11,23822.9Nigel Evans
Richmond (Yorks)Yorks HumbersideConSafe16,31937.1William Hague
Richmond ParkGreater LondonLDCon target4,96410.1Jenny Tonge*
RochdaleNorth WestLabLD target5,65514.3Lorna Fitzsimons
Rochford & S’thend EEastConSafe7,03418.8Teddy Taylor*
RomfordGreater LondonConSafe5,97716.7Andrew Rosindell
RomseySouth EastLDCon target2,3704.9Sandra Gidley
Ross, Skye & LochScotlandLDSafe6,56721.3Charles Kennedy
Rossendale & DarwenNorth WestLabCon target4,97011.9Janet Anderson
RotherhamYorks HumbersideLabSafe13,07744.5Dennis MacShane
Rother ValleyYorks HumbersideLabSafe14,88240.4Kevin Barron
Rugby & KenilworthWest MidlandsLabCon target2,8775.3Andy King
Ruislip NorthwoodGreater LondonConSafe7,53720.3John Wilkinson*
Runnymede & WeySouth EastConSafe8,36019.7Philip Hammond
RushcliffeEast MidlandsConSafe7,35713.5Ken Clarke
Rutherglen & H’tn WScotlandLabSafe18,50444.4Thomas McAvoy
Rutland & MeltonEast MidlandsConSafe8,61218.3Alan Duncan
RyedaleYorks HumbersideConLD long4,87511.1John Greenway
Saffron WaldenEastConSafe12,00424Alan Haselhurst
St AlbansEastLabCon target4,46610.2Kerry Pollard
St Helens NorthNorth WestLabSafe15,90142.3Dave Watts
St Helens SouthNorth WestLabSafe8,98526.6Shaun Woodward
St IvesSouth WestLDSafe10,05320.4Andrew George
SalfordNorth WestLabSafe11,01248.9Hazel Blears
SalisburySouth WestConSafe8,70316.5Robert Key
Scarborough & WhitbyYorks HumbersideLabCon target3,5857.5Lawrie Quinn
ScunthorpeYorks HumbersideLabSafe10,37230.8Elliot Morley
SedgefieldNorth EastLabSafe17,71344Tony Blair
SelbyYorks HumbersideLabCon target2,1384.3John Grogan
SevenoaksSouth EastConSafe10,15423.8Michael Fallon
Sheffield AttercliffeYorks HumbersideLabSafe18,84452.6Clive Betts
Sheffield BrightsideYorks HumbersideLabSafe17,04966.7David Blunkett
Sheffield CentralYorks HumbersideLabSafe12,54441.7Richard Caborn
Sheffield HallamYorks HumbersideLDCon long9,34724.4Richard Allan*
Sheffield HeeleyYorks HumbersideLabSafe11,70434.3Meg Munn
Sheffield HillsboroughYorks HumbersideLabSafe14,56934.3Helen Jackson
SherwoodEast MidlandsLabCon long9,37320.4Paddy Tipping
ShipleyYorks HumbersideLabCon target1,4283.1Chris Leslie
Shrewsbury & AWest Midlands#LabCon target3,5797.2Paul Marsden*
Shropshire NorthWest MidlandsConSafe6,24113.4Owen Paterson
Sittingbourne & ShSouth EastLabCon target3,5099.3Derek Wyatt
Skipton & RiponYorks HumbersideConSafe12,93026.3David Curry
Sleaford &N HykehamEast MidlandsCon Safe8,62217.7Douglas Hogg
SloughSouth EastLabSafe12,50832.1Fiona McTaggart
SolihullWest MidlandsConSafe9,40719.5John Taylor
Somerton & FromeSouth WestLDCon target6681.3David Heath
S Holland & DeepingsEast MidlandsConSafe11,09924John Hayes
South RibbleNorth WestLabCon target3,8028.2David Borrow
South ShieldsNorth EastLabSafe14,09046.3David Miliband
Southampton ItchenSouth EastLabSafe11,22327.1John Denham
Southampton TestSouth EastLabSafe11,20727Alan Whitehead
Southend WestEastConSafe7,94121.2David Amess
SouthportNorth WestLDCon target3,0077.3John Pugh
Southwark N & B’dsyGreater LondonLDSafe9,63226.1Simon Hughes
SpelthorneSouth EastConSafe3,2627.8David Wilshire
StaffordWest MidlandsLabCon target5,03211.3David Kidney
Staffordshire MoorlandsWest MidlandsLabCon target5,83813.7Charlotte Atkins
Staffordshire SouthWest MidlandsConSafe6,88116.3Patrick Cormack
Stalybridge & HydeNorth WestLabSafe8,85927.6James Purnell
StevenageEastLabCon long8,56620.2Barbara Follett
StirlingScotlandLabCon target8,30319.3Anne McGuire
StockportNorth WestLabSafe11,56932.7Ann Coffey
Stockton NorthNorth EastLabSafe14,64741.3Frank Cook
Stockton SouthNorth EastLabCon long9,08620.6Dari Taylor
Stoke-on-Trent CWest MidlandsLabSafe11,81841.7Mark Fisher
Stoke-on-Trent North WestMidlandsLabSafe11,78439.1Joan Walley
Stoke-on-Trent South WestMidlandsLabSafe10,48929.1George Stevenson*
StoneWest MidlandsConSafe6,03613.2Bill Cash
StourbridgeWest MidlandsLabCon target3,8129.5Debra Shipley
StrangfordNothern IrelandDUPUUP target1,1102.6Iris Robinson
Stratford-on-AvonWest MidlandsConSafe11,80221.5John Maples
StreathamGreater LondonLabSafe14,63039.2Keith Hill
Stretford & UrmstonNorth WestLabSafe13,27134Beverley Hughes
StroudSouth WestLabCon target5,0399.1David Drew
Suffolk C & Ipswich North EastEastConSafe3,4697.4Michael Lord
Suffolk CoastalEastConSafe4,3268.6John Gummer
Suffolk SouthEastConSafe5,08111.2Tim Yeo
Suffolk WestEastConSafe4,29510.1Richard Spring
Sunderland NorthNorth EastLabSafe13,35444.8Bill Etherington
Sunderland SouthNorth EastLabSafe13,66743.8Chris Mullin
Surrey EastSouth EastConSafe13,20328.1Peter Ainsworth
Surrey HeathSouth EastConSafe10,81924Nick Hawkins*
Surrey South WestSouth EastConLD target8611.7Virginia Bottomley*
Sussex MidSouth EastConSafe6,89815.1Nicholas Soames
Sutton & CheamGreater LondonLDCon target4,30410.8Paul Burstow
Sutton ColdfieldWest MidlandsConSafe10,10423.3Andrew Mitchell
Swansea EastWalesLabSafe16,14853.7Donald Anderson*
Swansea WestWalesLabSafe9,55029.8Alan Williams
Swindon NorthSouth WestLabCon target8,10519.1Michael Wills
Swindon SouthSouth WestLabCon target7,34116.9Julia Drown*
TamworthWest MidlandsLabCon target4,59811.4Brian Jenkins
TattonNorth WestConSafe8,61120.9George Osborne
TauntonSouth WestConLD target2350.4Adrian Flook
TeignbridgeSouth WestLDCon target3,0115.1Richard Younger-Ross
TelfordWest MidlandsLabSafe8,38327.2David Wright
TewkesburySouth WestConSafe8,66319.2Laurence Robertson
Thanet NorthSouth EastConSafe6,65015.9Roger Gale
Thanet SouthSouth EastLabCon target1,7924.5Stephen Ladyman
ThurrockEastLabSafe9,99726.8Andrew McKinlay
Tiverton & HonitonSouth WestConLD long6,28411.3Angela Browning
Tonbridge & MallingSouth EastConSafe8,25019.4John Stanley
TootingGreater LondonLabSafe10,40027.7Tom Cox*
TorbaySouth WestLDCon target6,70814.1Adrian Sanders
TorfaenWalesLabSafe16,28046.2Paul Murphy
TotnesSouth WestConLD target3,5977.3Anthony Steen
TottenhamGreater LondonLabSafe16,91653.5David Lammy
Truro & St AustellSouth WestLDCon target8,06516Matthew Taylor
Tunbridge WellsSouth EastConSafe9,73024.2Archie Norman*
TwickenhamGreater LondonLDCon target7,65515.3Vincent Cable
Tyne BridgeNorth EastLabSafe14,88957.2David Clelland
TynemouthNorth EastLabCon target8,67819.8Alan Campbell
Tyneside NorthNorth EastLabSafe20,56854.9Stephen Byers
Tyrone WestNothern IrelandSFSafe?5,04010.4Pat Doherty
Mid Ulster Nothern IrelandSFSafe9,95319.9Martin McGuinness
UpminsterGreater LondonConLab long1,2413.7Angela Watkinson
Upper BannNothern IrelandUUPDUP target2,0584David Trimble
UxbridgeGreater LondonConLab long2,0986.3John Randall
Vale of ClwydWalesLabCon target5,76117.8Chris Ruane
Vale of GlamorganWalesLabCon target4,70010.4John Smith
Vale of YorkYorks HumbersideConSafe12,51725.8Anne McIntosh
VauxhallGreater LondonLabSafe13,01839Kate Hoey
WakefieldYorks HumbersideLabCon target7,95419.3David Hinchliffe*
WallaseyNorth WestLabSafe12,27632.9Angela Eagle
Walsall NorthWest MidlandsLabSafe9,39129.1David Winnick
Walsall SouthWest MidlandsLabSafe9,93128.5Bruce George
WalthamstowGreater LondonLabSafe15,18144.1Neil Gerrard
WansbeckNorth EastLabSafe13,10135Denis Murphy
WansdykeSouth WestLabCon target5,61311.3Dan Norris
WantageSouth East#ConLD long5,60011.4Robert Jackson*
WarleyWest MidlandsLabSafe11,85037.7John Spellar
Warrington NorthNorth WestLabSafe15,15639Helen Jones
Warrington SouthNorth WestLabCon target7,39716.3Helen Southworth
Warwick & Leam’tonWest MidlandsLabCon target5,95311.1James Plaskitt
Warwickshire NorthWest MidlandsLabCon long9,63921.7Mike O’Brien
WatfordEastLabCon target5,55512Claire Ward
WaveneyEastLabCon target8,55318.1Bob Blizzard
WealdenSouth EastConSafe13,77226.1Charles Hendry
Weaver ValeNorth WestLabCon long9,63724.5Mike Hall
WellingboroughEast MidlandsLabCon target2,3554.6Paul Stinchcombe
WellsSouth WestConLD target2,7965.4David Heathcoat-Amory
Welwyn HatfieldEastLabCon target1,1962.8Melanie Johnson
WentworthYorks HumbersideLabSafe16,44948.7John Healey
West Bromwich EWest MidlandsLabSafe9,76329.9Tom Watson
West Bromwich WWest MidlandsLabSafe11,35535.7Adrian Bailey
West HamGreater LondonLabSafe15,64553.4Tony Banks*
WestburySouth WestConLD long5,29410.5Andrew Murrison
Westmorland & LNorth WestConLD target3,1476.6Tim Collins
Weston-super-MareSouth WestLDCon target3380.7Brian Cotter
WiganNorth WestLabSafe13,74340.9Neil Turner
Wiltshire NorthSouth WestConLD target3,8787.3James Gray
WimbledonGreater LondonLabCon target3,7449.1Roger Casale
WinchesterSouth EastLDCon target9,63416.3Mark Oaten
WindsorSouth EastConSafe8,88921.1Michael Trend*
Wirral SouthNorth WestLabCon target5,04912.7Ben Chapman
Wirral WestNorth WestLabCon target4,03510Stephen Hesford
WitneySouth EastConSafe7,97316.2David Cameron
WokingSouth EastConSafe6,75915.8Humfrey Malins
WokinghamSouth EastConSafe5,99413.7John Redwood
Wolverhampton North EastWest MidlandsLabSafe9,96531.6Ken Purchase
Wolverhampton South EastWest MidlandsLabSafe12,46445.7Dennis Turner
Wolverhampton South WestWest MidlandsLabCon target3,4878.5Rob Marris
WoodspringSouth WestConSafe8,79818Liam Fox
WorcesterWest MidlandsLabCon target5,76613Michael Foster
Worcestershire MidWest MidlandsConSafe10,62723.7Peter Luff
Worcestershire WWest MidlandsConLD long5,37412Michael Spicer
WorkingtonNorth WestLabSafe10,85025.9Tony Cunningham
WorsleyNorth WestLabSafe11,78733.3Terry Lewis*
Worthing E & Shor’mSouth EastConSafe6,13914.3Tim Loughton
Worthing WestSouth EastConSafe9,03720.9Peter Bottomley
The WrekinWest MidlandsLabCon target3,5878.6Peter Bradley
WrexhamWalesLabSafe9,18830.6Ian Lucas
WycombeSouth EastConLab long3,1687Paul Goodman
Wyre ForestWest MidlandsKHHCL/C target17,63035.9Richard Taylor
Wythenshawe & Sale ENorth WestLabSafe12,60836Paul Goggins
YeovilSouth WestLDCon target3,9288.2David Laws
Ynys MonWalesLabPC/Con tar8002.4Albert Owen
YorkYorks HumbersideLabSafe13,77928.7Hugh Bayley
Yorkshire EastYorks HumbersideConSafe4,68210.8Greg Knight

Notes:

As a result of extensive boundary changes, majorities in most Scottish constituencies are estimates on the basis of new boundaries. These figures are italicised. The ‘member of parliament’ shown in these cases is the selected candidate of the party which holds the seat.

**In Dumfries Galloway, the sitting MPs from both predecessor constituencies (Dumfries: Russell Brown (Lab) and Galloway: Peter Duncan (Con)) are expected to contest the new seat.

Changes from the 2001 election

#Basingstoke: Con MP (Andrew Hunter) now sits as Democratic Unionist Party MP.

#Brent East and Leicester South: Lab seats gained by Lib Dems in by-elections. Figuress in table refer to by-elections. (For seats where the incumbent party held the seat at by-elections, ie Ipswich, Ogmore, Birmingham Hodge Hill and Hartlepool, the 2001 general election majority is shown.)

#Lagan Valley: UUP MP (Jeffrey Donaldson) has since joined the DUP.

#Shrewsbury Atcham: Lab MP (Paul Marsden) has since joined the Lib Dems.

#Wantage: Con MP (Robert Jackson) has since joined Labour.

Source: Politico’s guide to the general election 2005, by Simon Henig and Lewis Baston, ISBN 1 84275 073 9

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