Result of AGM

UNITED UTILITIES PLC                              

                     ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - POLL RESULT                      

At the annual general meeting held on 25 July 2008 at the Bridgewater Hall,
Manchester, the following resolutions were duly passed and the result of the
poll is shown below. At the record date for the meeting the total number of
voting rights in the company stood at 881,787,478 and the total ordinary shares
in issue were 881,787,478.

No.  Resolution                     Votes For    Votes Against   Votes Withheld
                                                                               
 1   Receiving the report         333,032,614          676,525           68,458
     and accounts                                                              
                                                                               
 2   Declaring a final            333,727,099           23,974           26,524
     dividend                                                                  
                                                                               
 3   Approving the                302,034,235        7,200,631       24,542,731
     directors' remuneration                                                   
     report                                                                    
                                                                               
 4   Reappointing Dr John         329,607,086        3,903,365          267,146
     McAdam                                                                    
                                                                               
 5   Reappointing Nick            332,046,773        1,470,085          260,739
     Salmon                                                                    
                                                                               
 6   Reappointing David           330,108,902        3,394,391          274,304
     Jones                                                                     
                                                                               
 7   Reappointing the             321,035,148        7,206,008        5,536,441
     auditors                                                                  
                                                                               
 8   Remunerating the             328,767,932        4,697,151          312,514
     auditors                                                                  
                                                                               
 9   Authorising the              331,421,065        2,062,843          293,689
     directors to allot                                                        
     shares                                                                    
                                                                               
 10  Disapplying statutory        318,967,826       14,343,740          466,031
     pre-emption rights                                                        
                                                                               
 11  Authorising market           332,817,675          757,881          202,041
     purchases of its own                                                      
     shares by the company                                                     
                                                                               
 12  Adopting new articles        331,389,111        1,963,149          425,337
     of association                                                            
                                                                               
 13  Authorising political        323,457,926        9,502,820          816,851
     donations                                                                 

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United Utilities' ordinary shares trade on the London Stock Exchange and its
ADRs, each equal to two ordinary shares, trade OTC in the USA under the Trading
Symbol "UUPLY".