The Next Westminster Election

'The Liberal Democrat UK manifesto gave English voters a taste of the half truths being peddled north of the border. 'In Scotland, where the Liberal Democrats are part of the government, we have already guaranteed free personal care,' its front page boasted. 'We have also abolished tuition fees.' Both claims are untrue. The Lib Dems in Scotland voted against free personal care - twice. A 'review' had been set up thanks to a Labour U-turn. Nothing had been 'guaranteed'. Neither had the Scottish tuition fee been 'abolished'. It was reduced to a flat £2,000, renamed and made payable on graduation.' Fraser Nelson in The Times Guide to the House of Commons, July 2001.

Westminster Election, 5 th May 2005

After the Illegal War, the Illegal Election?

The writs sent to returning officers in Scotland are invalid

Doubts were cast on the legality of the election when it was revealed that the Queen used the title "Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" on election writs sent to returning officers in Scotland. There has never been a Queen Elizabeth the first of the United Kingdom, only of England, and the use of a non-existent title by the monarch means the election writs are invalid and the election has no legal basis.

A Westminster election will be held on the 5 th of May 2005.

• Full results

• Battleground Scotland - Redrawn
  
  
• Candidates and constituency guide
  
  
• Most marginal seats and party targets
  
  
• Reduction in the number of Scottish seats
  
  
• Turnout in Westminster elections, 1885 - 2001
  
  
• Westminster election maps
  
  
• Retiring MPs
  
  
• Scottish opinion polls in 2005
  
  
• Election posters