In the run-up to an election which will define the nature of modern British politics, POLITICO?S GUIDE TO THE GENERAL ELECTION 2005 provides a mine of information for party leaders, candidates, voters and commentators. Sections include: Profiles of 200 marginal constituencies and candidate listings * Regional profiles * Party prospects * Results and summaries of every post-war general election * Historical precedents * Key events since 2001 month by month * Opinion polls and by-elections since 2001 * Summary of rebellions against the government since 2001 * Lists of retiring MPs and big names at risk of defeat POLITICO?S GUIDE TO THE GENERAL ELECTION 2005 is essential reading for all engaged with the imminent ballot. Don?t enter the polling booth without it.

Simon Henig is a lecturer in politics at the University of Sunderland. Lewis Baston is a reader in history at Kingston University and the author of Sleaze (Channel 4 Books, 2000) and Reggie Maudling (Sutton, 2004). They are coauthors of The Political Map of Britain (Politico's 2002)