Electoral Commission strategy and policy statement
The UK Government has announced it intends to abolish the power for the government to set a strategy and policy statement for the Electoral Commission.
This note lists UK Parliament seats by marginality using results for the 2005 General Election. Majorities are measured by both numbers of votes and shares of the vote inpercentage points.
Marginal seats (358KB PDF)
This note lists UK Parliament seats by marginality using results for the 2005 General Election. Majorities are measured by both numbers of votes and shares of the vote in percentage points. The accompanying tables are presented in two sections: the first contains results based on actual 2005 results, the second presents notional results on the new boundary basis for parliamentary constituencies in England and Wales. Notional results have been extracted from the dataset kindly supplied by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher used in the compilation of the Media Guide to the new parliamentary constituencies (2007).
Marginal seats (358KB PDF)
The UK Government has announced it intends to abolish the power for the government to set a strategy and policy statement for the Electoral Commission.
Polling day for UK elections is usually Thursday and cannot be held at a weekend. Weekend voting pilots were held in four areas in local elections in May 2026.
The UK Government authorised early and flexible voting pilot schemes in England in May 2026. Further pilots are due in May 2027.