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This is a list of marginal seats[citation needed] in the United Kingdom after the results in the 2005 General Election. At the next General Election, boundary changes applied affecting some of these seats.
Labour – Liberal Democrat marginals[edit]
Constituencies where the Labour Party holds a marginal lead over the Liberal Democrats:
| Constituency
|
Majority
|
%
|
| Edinburgh South
|
405
|
0.9%
|
| Islington South and Finsbury
|
484
|
1.6%
|
| Oxford East
|
963
|
2.3%
|
| Watford
|
1,148
|
2.3%
|
| Aberdeen South
|
1,348
|
3.2%
|
| Edinburgh North and Leith
|
2,153
|
5.0%
|
| City of Durham
|
3,274
|
7.4%
|
| Oldham East and Saddleworth
|
3,590
|
8.3%
|
| Norwich South
|
3,653
|
8.7%
|
| Leicester South
|
3,717
|
8.8%
|
| Bradford North
|
3,511
|
10.2%
|
| Newcastle upon Tyne Central
|
3,982
|
11.1%
|
| Swansea West
|
4,269
|
12.9%
|
Labour – Conservative marginals[edit]
Constituencies where the Labour Party holds a marginal lead over the Conservative Party:
| Constituency
|
Majority
|
%
|
| Crawley
|
37
|
0.1%
|
| Sittingbourne and Sheppey
|
79
|
0.2%
|
| Harlow
|
97
|
0.2%
|
| Battersea
|
163
|
0.4%
|
| Medway
|
213
|
0.5%
|
| Warwick and Leamington
|
266
|
0.5%
|
| Gillingham
|
254
|
0.6%
|
| Stroud
|
350
|
0.6%
|
| Hove
|
420
|
0.9%
|
| Selby
|
467
|
0.9%
|
| Stourbridge
|
407
|
1.0%
|
| Dartford
|
706
|
1.5%
|
| High Peak
|
735
|
1.5%
|
| South Thanet
|
664
|
1.6%
|
| Finchley and Golders Green
|
741
|
1.7%
|
| City of Chester
|
917
|
2.0%
|
| Cardiff North
|
1,146
|
2.5%
|
| Wirral West
|
1,097
|
2.7%
|
| Calder Valley
|
1,367
|
2.9%
|
| Portsmouth North
|
1,139
|
3.0%
|
| Burton
|
1,421
|
3.0%
|
| South Swindon
|
1,353
|
3.1%
|
| Colne Valley
|
1,501
|
3.1%
|
| Corby
|
1,517
|
3.1%
|
| Wansdyke
|
1,839
|
3.6%
|
| South Dorset
|
1,812
|
3.7%
|
| Vale of Glamorgan
|
1,808
|
3.8%
|
| Harrow West
|
2,028
|
4.2%
|
| Loughborough
|
1,996
|
4.3%
|
| South Ribble
|
2,184
|
4.6%
|
| Enfield North
|
1,920
|
4.7%
|
| Hastings and Rye
|
2,026
|
4.7%
|
| Stafford
|
2,121
|
4.7%
|
| Broxtowe
|
2,296
|
4.7%
|
| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
|
1,910
|
5.0%
|
| Nuneaton
|
2,280
|
5.0%
|
| Bolton West
|
2,064
|
5.1%
|
| Pendle
|
2,180
|
5.3%
|
| Chatham and Aylesford
|
2,332
|
5.5%
|
| Staffordshire Moorlands
|
2,438
|
5.5%
|
| North Swindon
|
2,571
|
5.7%
|
| Dumfries and Galloway
|
2,922
|
5.7%
|
| Tamworth
|
2,569
|
5.9%
|
| Cleethorpes
|
2,642
|
6.1%
|
| Birmingham Edgbaston
|
2,349
|
6.2%
|
| Hendon
|
2,699
|
6.5%
|
| Bury North
|
2,926
|
6.6%
|
| Redditch
|
2,716
|
6.7%
|
| Brigg and Goole
|
2,894
|
6.8%
|
| Worcester
|
3,144
|
6.8%
|
| Brighton Kemptown
|
2,737
|
6.9%
|
| Wolverhampton South West
|
3,144
|
6.9%
|
| Basildon
|
3,142
|
7.3%
|
| Great Yarmouth
|
3,055
|
7.4%
|
| Stevenage
|
3,139
|
7.5%
|
| Warrington South
|
3,515
|
7.5%
|
| Bedford
|
3,383
|
8.0%
|
| Milton Keynes South West
|
4,010
|
8.1%
|
| South Derbyshire
|
4,495
|
8.1%
|
| Gloucester
|
4,271
|
8.2%
|
| Bradford West
|
3,026
|
8.3%
|
| Rossendale and Darwen
|
3,676
|
8.3%
|
| Halifax
|
3,417
|
8.6%
|
| Derby North
|
3,757
|
8.6%
|
| Gedling
|
3,811
|
8.6%
|
| Conwy
|
3,081
|
9.2%
|
| Eltham
|
3,276
|
9.3%
|
| Harrow East
|
4,730
|
9.3%
|
| Wirral South
|
3,724
|
9.4%
|
| Northampton North
|
3,960
|
9.4%
|
| North West Leicestershire
|
4,477
|
9.5%
|
| Brentford and Isleworth
|
4,411
|
9.6%
|
| Elmet
|
4,528
|
9.6%
|
| Tynemouth
|
4,143
|
9.7%
|
| Hampstead and Highgate
|
3,729
|
9.8%
|
| Dover
|
4,941
|
10.3%
|
| Halesowen and Rowley Regis
|
4,337
|
10.5%
|
| Keighley
|
4,852
|
10.5%
|
| Plymouth Sutton
|
4,109
|
10.8%
|
| Dudley South
|
4,244
|
10.8%
|
| Stirling
|
4,767
|
10.9%
|
| Bolton North East
|
4,103
|
11.1%
|
| Reading West
|
4,672
|
11.1%
|
| Amber Valley
|
5,275
|
11.1%
|
| Morecambe and Lunesdale
|
4,768
|
11.5%
|
| Brighton Pavilion
|
5,030
|
11.5%
|
| Norwich North
|
5,459
|
11.6%
|
| Blackpool North and Fleetwood
|
5,062
|
11.7%
|
| Wakefield
|
5,154
|
11.9%
|
| Waveney
|
5,915
|
11.9%
|
| Dewsbury
|
4,615
|
12.0%
|
| Lincoln
|
4,613
|
12.5%
|
| Pudsey
|
5,870
|
12.6%
|
| Leeds North East
|
5,262
|
12.7%
|
| Ipswich
|
5,332
|
12.7%
|
| Stockton South
|
6,139
|
12.7%
|
| Tooting
|
5,381
|
12.9%
|
| Dudley North
|
5,432
|
13.1%
|
| Ealing North
|
6,159 |
13.5%
|
| Ealing Acton and Shepherd's Bush
|
5,520
|
13.9%
|
| Exeter
|
7,665
|
13.9%
|
| East Renfrewshire
|
6,657
|
14.0%
|
| Erewash
|
7,084
|
14.0%
|
| West Lancashire
|
6,084
|
14.1%
|
| Sherwood
|
6,652
|
14.1%
|
| Hyndburn
|
5,587
|
14.2%
|
| Vale of Clwyd
|
4,669
|
14.4%
|
| Luton South
|
5,650
|
14.5%
|
| Thurrock
|
6,375
|
14.6%
|
| Batley and Spen
|
5,788
|
14.8%
|
| Regent's Park and Kensington North
|
6,131
|
15.1%
|
| Newport West
|
5,458
|
15.3%
|
| Coventry South
|
6,255
|
15.4%
|
| Ellesmere Port and Neston
|
6,486
|
15.4%
|
| Chorley
|
7,625
|
15.4%
|
| Telford
|
5,406
|
15.8%
|
| Brent North
|
5,641
|
15.8%
|
| Kingswood
|
7,873
|
15.9%
|
| Carlisle
|
5,695
|
16.1%
|
| Crosby
|
5,840
|
16.1%
|
| Birmingham Hall Green
|
5,714
|
16.5%
|
| Barrow and Furness
|
6,037
|
16.5%
|
| Edinburgh South West
|
7,242
|
16.5%
|
| Luton North
|
6,487
|
16.6%
|
| Southampton Test
|
7,018
|
16.8%
|
| Gower
|
6,703
|
17.0%
|
| Bridgend
|
6,523
|
17.2%
|
| Weaver Vale
|
6,855
|
17.4%
|
| Workington
|
6,895
|
17.4%
|
| Feltham and Heston
|
6,820
|
18.3%
|
| Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
|
8,000
|
18.3%
|
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