United Kingdom general election, 2005

External links

Media coverage

• BBC Election 2005
• Channel 4 - Election 2005
• Angus Reid Consultants - Election Tracker
• The Guardian Election 2005 weblog
• The Guardian Politics - Special Report: Election 2005
• The Times Election 2005 Log
• Yahoo! News - Election 2005
• How the British election works

Electoral information

• The Electoral Commission - Election results
• Electoral Calculus: If there were a General Election tomorrow, what would happen?
• UK Polling Report - analysis of polls on a day-by-day basis.
• Candidates by Party - All 3405 candidates listed by their 124 distinct party labels.
• SourceWatch's article on the 2005 UK general election - with a focus on the strategists and public relations experts involved in the campaigns of the various parties.
• Strategic Voter 2005 - Information for each constituency to strategically vote against the invasion of Iraq

Manifestos

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• Alliance Party of Northern Ireland: Alliance works. Tribal politics costs (PDF File)
• British National Party: Rebuilding British Democracy (Abbreviated) (PDF)
• Conservatives: It's Time For Action/The British Dream
• DUP: Leadership That's Working (PDF File)
• Green Party of England and Wales: People, Planet, Peace
• Labour: Britain: forward not back
• Liberal Democrats: The REAL Alternative
• Official Monster Raving Loony Party: Vote for insanity, you know it makes sense!
• Scottish National Party: Make Scotland Matter (PDF file)
• Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales: We can build a better Wales (PDF file)
• Respect – The Unity Coalition: Policy
• Scottish Socialist Party: Make Capitalism History
• SDLP: A Better Way to a Better Ireland (PDF File)
• Sinn Fein: Manifesto
• UUP: Simply British
• United Kingdom Independence Party: We want our country back

Miscellaneous

• Who should you vote for? - A tool to show which party's policies most closely match your priorities
• Who Do I Vote For? - An alternative tool to show which party's policies most closely match your opinions on 20 key policy areas
• The Christian Institute - Includes an election briefing that analyses party manifestos in the light of their perception of Christian beliefs