General Election 2005 Results
6th May 2005
The votes are in, and the count has finished, Congratulations to James Gray on holding the North Wiltshire Constituency. He has increased his overall majority to 5303 compared to the 3,878 majority at the 2001 Election, an increase of 1.4 per cent, a swing of 1.1% from Liberal Democrats to Conservative.

Speaking just before the local results were announced, James Gray was extremely proud of the electorate and pleased to have served the constituency. His praise went to Conservative leader Michael Howard, for his direction and manner at which he has shown the need for trust and accountability.

The country also reflected that opinion too, where Labour has lost the landslide majority from the last election, losing 47 seats, which the Conservative Party gained 33. As the results were announced in the early hours of this morning, Mr Gray received a massive 26,282 votes from North Wiltshire and will continue to represent the area in Parliament.

Conservative Shadow Foreign Secretary Michael Ancram held his safe Devizes seat with a slightly increased majority. Mr Ancram polled 48.5% of the vote - some 27,253 votes. Liberal Democrat candidate Fiona Hornby was second with 14,059 votes, Labour's Sharon Charity was third with 12,519 votes.

As the polling stations closed at 10pm last night, the Ballot Box was sealed, your votes were rushed from St Michael's Church Hall, to the counting station at The Olympiad Chippenham, where around 70 staff had the unenviable task of counting the votes.. In a packed sports centre, all the local candidates waited in anticipation of the first results to come in. Not only were they waiting in anticipation locally, but they were kept up-to-date nationally via a large television screen.

In this election, there was an increased turnout and maybe many people were voting, as a protest for the years of mistrust and misleading manner of the Iraq war, but the Conservatives have made a significant step towards recovery. The Labour party will serve Government for the next four to five years, but Mr Blair will have a harder time in the House of Commons, as his overall majority has been considerably reduced. The Liberal Democrats will also have a larger say in Parliament too. The overall noticeable factor about this election, is the swing away from Labour. The strong seats of Labour majorities were slashed to slight majorities, particularly in Swindon North and South.

Both Liberal Democrats and The Conservatives have played a major part in highlighting the countries need for honesty. The Liberal Democrats gained the biggest swing of votes out of the three major parties, a 17 per cent swing. The big scalp of the night, was Putney, where the normal Labour strong hold seat of Tony Coleman his 8.09 per cent majority was overturned to a Conservative majority of 1,766 for Justine Greening, a 4.83 per cent majority. Tony Blair this morning promised to respond "sensibly and wisely" to what is an historic third election win for Labour. After being re-elected in his Sedgefield constituency, Mr Blair said: "I know Iraq has been a divisive issue in this country. "But I hope now we can unite again and look to the future." Lets be honest and see what comes our way.

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