Fulham Harwich Hemel Hempstead Hornchurch Ilford North Kettering Lancaster and Wyre Monmouth North East Milton Keynes Northampton South Peterborough Preseli Pembrokeshire Putney Reading East Rugby and Kenilworth St Albans Scarborough and Whitby Shipley Shrewsbury and Atcham Wellingborough Welwyn Hatfield Wimbledon The Wrekin Labour to Liberal Democrat (11) Birmingham Yardley Bristol West Cambridge Cardiff Central East Dunbartonshire Falmouth and Camborne Hornsey and Wood Green Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Leeds North West Manchester Withington Rochdale Liberal Democrat to Conservative (5) Guildford Ludlow Newbury Torridge and West Devon Weston-Super-Mare Conservative to Liberal Democrat (3) Solihull Taunton Westmorland and Lonsdale Labour to SNP (2) Dundee East Na h-Eileanan an Iar UUP to DUP (2) East Antrim South Antrim Labour to Independent (1) Blaenau Gwent Liberal Democrat to Labour (1) Leicester South PC to Liberal Democrat (1) Ceredigion UUP to SDLP (1) Belfast South Labour to Respect (1) Bethnal Green and Bow SLDP to Sinn Fein (1) Newry and Armagh Post-election events Formation of government Following the election, Labour remained in power with Tony Blair remaining as Prime Minister. The morning after the election, Blair travelled to Buckingham Palace to inform The Queen of the election result and to receive permission to form a government, consequently beginning his third term as Prime Minister. Blair reshuffled his Cabinet and junior ministers over the following weekend, with formal announcements made on 9 May 2005. The most senior positions of Chancellor, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary remained the same (Gordon Brown, Charles Clarke and Jack Straw respectively), but a few new faces were added. Most notably, David Blunkett returned to cabinet as the Work and Pensions Secretary, although he was forced to resign again due to another scandal before the end of the year that spawned a national press and opposition campaign for his dismissal. Patricia Hewitt became the new Health Secretary, Tessa Jowell remained as Culture Secretary, whilst Alan Johnson was promoted to Trade and Industry Secretary. Meanwhile, Ruth Kelly retained the Education job and Margaret Beckett stayed put at Environment. The new Parliament met on 11 May for the election of the Speaker of the House of Commons. New party leaders On 6 May, Michael Howard announced he would be standing down as leader of the Conservative Party, but not before a review of the leadership rules. The formal leadership election began in October, and was ultimately won by David Cameron. On 7 May, David