Political Scene

General Election 2005

The table below shows the national results of the 2005 General Election in terms of seats won by political party.

Party	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net
Labour	355	0	47	-47
Conservative	197	33	3	+33
Liberal Dem.	62	16	5	+11
SNP	6	2	0	+2
PC	3	0	1	-1
UUP	1	0	5	-5
DUP	9	4	0	+4
SDLP	3	1	1	0
SF	5	1	0	+1
Other	4	2	0	+2

Result	Labour majority of			167

The table below focuses specifically on Birkenhead, indicating the margin by which I was returned as MP for the constituency.

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-%
Frank Field	Labour	18,059	65	-5.5
Howard Morton	Conservative	4,602	16.6	-0.1
Roy Wood	Liberal Democrat	5,125	18.4	+5.6
Result:	Majority	12,934	465	-7.3
	Turnout	27,786	48.7	+1.0

The table below illustrates how votes in Birkenhead have been cast in each General Election since 1979.

Year	Labour Share of the Vote (%)	Rank in Labour seats in Great Britain	Rank in Labour seats in England
1979	50	190th	144th
1983	50	73rd	48th
1987	59	55th	27th
1992	64	37th	23rd
1997	71	39th	29th
2001	71	14th	11th
2005	65	14th	10th

Local Councillors

Councillors are elected by you to represent you when decisions by the local authority affecting the local community. Birkenhead is divided up into six wards, and each has three Councillors.

To find out who your Councillors are, simply select your ward from the list below.

Birkenhead & Tranmere