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NORTH WEST
The North West region has a total of 70 seats. There was a 55.3% turnout in 2001, 14.6% less than 1997. The Labour Party polled most votes (51.8%) ahead of Conservative (28.3%). There was a 1.8% swing from Labour to Conservative. Key marginals are Cheadle, which the Lib Dems gained from the Tories by 33 votes in 2001, and Lancaster & Wyre, held by Labour from the Tories by 481 votes.
The North West region has a total of 70 seats. There was a 55.3% turnout in 2001, 14.6% less than 1997. The Labour Party polled most votes (51.8%) ahead of Conservative (28.3%). There was a 1.8% swing from Labour to Conservative. Key marginals are Cheadle, which the Lib Dems gained from the Tories by 33 votes in 2001, and Lancaster & Wyre, held by Labour from the Tories by 481 votes.
NORTH WEST ELECTION RESULTS
| Area | 2001 Results | 2005 Results |
| Altrincham & Sale West |
CON Hold | CON Hold |
| Ashton under Lyne | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Birkenhead | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Blackburn | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Blackpool North & Fleetwood | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Blackpool South | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Bolton North East | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Bolton South East | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Bolton West | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Bootle | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Burnley | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Bury North | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Bury South | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Cheadle | LIB Gain from CON | LIB Hold |
| Chorley | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| City of Chester | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Congleton | CON Hold | CON Hold |
| Crewe & Nantwich | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Crosby | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Denton & Reddish | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Eccles | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Eddisbury | CON Hold | CON Hold |
| Ellesmere Port & Neston | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Fylde | CON Hold | CON Hold |
| Halton | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Hazel Grove | LIB Hold | LIB Hold |
| Heywood & Middleton | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Hyndburn | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Knowsley North & Sefton East | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Knowsley South | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Lancashire West | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Lancaster & Wyre | LAB Hold | CON Gain from LAB |
| Leigh | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Liverpool Garston | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Liverpool Riverside | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Liverpool Walton | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Liverpool Wavertree | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Liverpool West Derby | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Macclesfield | CON Hold | CON Hold |
| Makerfield | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Manchester Blackley | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Manchester Central | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Manchester Gorton | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Manchester Withington | LAB Hold | LIB Gain from LAB |
| Morecambe & Lunesdale | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Oldham East & Saddleworth | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Oldham West & Royton | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Pendle | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Preston | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Ribble South | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Ribble Valley | CON Hold | CON Hold |
| Rochdale | LAB Hold | LIB Gain from LAB |
| Rossendale & Darwen | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Salford | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Southport | LIB Hold | LIB Hold |
| St Helens North | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| St Helens South | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Stalybridge & Hyde | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Stockport | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Stretford & Urmston | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Tatton | CON Gain from IND | CON Hold |
| Wallasey | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Warrington North | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Warrington South | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Weaver Vale | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Wigan | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Wirral South | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Wirral West | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Worsley | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
| Wythenshawe & Sale East | LAB Hold | LAB Hold |
