2010 United Kingdom general election in Wales

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2010 United Kingdom general election in Wales [1]
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg
  2005 6 May 2010 (2010-05-06) 2015  

All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
 First partySecond party
  Gordon Brown (2008).jpg David Cameron official.jpg
Leader Gordon Brown David Cameron
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 24 June 2007 6 December 2005
Last election29 seats, 42.7%3 seats, 21.4%
Seats before303
Seats won268
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4*Increase2.svg5*
Popular vote531,601382,730
Percentage36.2%26.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg6.5%Increase2.svg4.7%

 Third partyFourth party
  Nick Clegg official portrait.jpg Ieuan Wyn Jones 2011 (cropped).jpg
Leader Nick Clegg Ieuan Wyn Jones
Party Liberal Democrats Plaid Cymru
Leader since 18 December 2007 3 August 2000
Last election4 seats, 18.4%3 seats, 12.6%
Seats before42
Seats won33
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1*Increase2.svg1*
Popular vote295,164165,394
Percentage20.1%11.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.7%Decrease2.svg1.3%

WalesParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency

Notional 2005 results on new boundaries.

*Owing to electoral boundaries changing, this figure is notional.

These are the results of the 2010 United Kingdom general election in Wales. The election was held on 6 May 2010, and all 40 parliamentary seats in Wales were contested. The Labour Party remained the party with the most seats in Wales, however it suffered a net loss of 4 seats and its share of the vote dropped by 6.5%. The Conservatives increased their number of seats by 5 and the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru saw little change both in the number of seats and share of the vote.

Despite the Labour party winning the most votes in Wales, the Conservatives won across the UK. [2] Also, by the share of the vote, the Labour Party got their worst result since 1918 (in 1918 election the Labour Party didn't have candidates in all Welsh constituencies).

Results

PartySeatsAggregate Votes
TotalGainsLossesNet +/-Of all (%)TotalOf all (%)Difference
Labour 2615Decrease2.svg465.0531,60136.2Decrease2.svg6.5
Conservative 850Increase2.svg520.0382,73026.1Increase2.svg4.7
Liberal Democrats 301Decrease2.svg17.5295,16420.1Increase2.svg1.7
Plaid Cymru 310Increase2.svg17.5165,39411.3Decrease2.svg1.3
UKIP 00000.035,6902.4Increase2.svg1.0
BNP 00000.023,0881.6Increase2.svg1.5
Green 00000.06,2930.4Decrease2.svg0.1
Christian 00000.01,9470.1New
TUSC 00000.03410.0New
 Others001Decrease2.svg10.024,4421.7Decrease2.svg1.1
Total401,466,69064.9Increase2.svg2.5

References

  1. "Election 2010 | Results | Wales". BBC News. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. "UK Election Statistics: 1918-2022, A Long Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 22.