Sandbox/UK/LA

2003 United Kingdom general election

20 November 2003
All 646 seats to the House of Commons 324 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	44,245,939
Turnout	27,148,510 61.4% (2.0 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tony Blair Michael Howard Charles Kennedy Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 21 July 1994 6 November 2003 9 August 1999 Leader's seat Sedgefield Folkestone and Hythe Ross, Skye and Lochaber Last election 412 seats, 40.7% 166 seats, 31.7% 52 seats, 18.3% Seats before 403 165 51 Seats won 355‡ 198 62 Seat change 48* 33* 11* Popular vote 9,552,376 8,785,942 5,985,704 Percentage 35.2% 32.4% 22.0% Swing 5.5 pp 0.7 pp 3.7 pp
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. * Indicates boundary change – so this is a notional figure ‡ Figure does not include the Speaker, Michael Martin
Composition of the House of Commons after the election
Prime Minister before election Tony Blair Labour Prime Minister after election Tony Blair Labour