Results of the 2005 general election. Scotland Highlands and Islands North East Scotland Mid Scotland and Fife Central Scotland West of Scotland Lothian South of Scotland Northern Ireland Wales North West England The Lakes, Lancashire, & Cheshire Greater Manchester Merseyside North East England Tyne & Wear Northumberland, Durham & Cleveland Yorkshire and the Humber North Yorkshire, East Riding & North/North East Lincolnshire West Yorkshire South Yorkshire East Midlands Derbyshire, Western Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Eastern Leicestershire 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 63 seats changed hands, since the 2001 general election. Labour gains from Liberal Democrats Leicester South (lost in a by-election, regained) Conservative gains from Labour Bexleyheath and Crayford Braintree Clwyd West Croydon Central Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale, and Tweeddale Ø Enfield Southgate Forest of Dean Gravesham Hammersmith and Fulham Harwich Hemel Hempstead Hornchurch Ilford North Kettering Lancaster and Wyre Monmouth Milton Keynes North East Northampton South Peterborough Preseli Pembrokeshire Putney Reading East Rugby and Kenilworth Scarborough and Whitby Shipley Shrewsbury and Atcham St Albans The Wrekin Wellingborough Welwyn Hatfield Wimbledon from the Liberal Democrats Devon West and Torridge Guildford Ludlow Newbury Weston-super-Mare Liberal Democrat gains from Labour Birmingham Yardley Brent East (in a by-election, retained) Bristol West Cambridge Cardiff Central Dunbartonshire East Falmouth and Camborne Hornsey and Wood Green Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Leeds North West Manchester Withington Rochdale from the Conservatives Solihull Taunton Westmorland and Lonsdale from Plaid Cymru Ceredigion Scottish National Party (SNP) gains from Labour Dundee East Na h-Eileanan an Iar Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) gains from the Ulster Unionists East Antrim Lagan Valley South Antrim Upper Bann Social Democrat and Labour Party (SDLP) gain from the Ulster Unionists Belfast South Sinn Féin gain from the SDLP Newry and Armagh Respect gain from Labour Bethnal Green and Bow Independent candidate gain from Labour Blaenau Gwent Ø Indicates Scottish seat. Due to boundary changes, these are notional gains/losses. 2005 United Kingdom general election Results of United Kingdom general elections by parliamentary constituency