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2010 United Kingdom general election in Wales

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2010 United Kingdom general election in Wales[1]

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All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party
  David Cameron
Leader Gordon Brown David Cameron
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 24 June 2007 6 December 2005
Last election 29 seats, 42.7% 3 seats, 21.4%
Seats before 30 3
Seats won 26 8
Seat change Decrease4* Increase5*
Popular vote 531,601 382,730
Percentage 36.2% 26.1%
Swing Decrease6.5% Increase4.7%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Nick Clegg Ieuan Wyn Jones
Party Liberal Democrats Plaid Cymru
Leader since 18 December 2007 3 August 2000
Last election 4 seats, 18.4% 3 seats, 12.6%
Seats before 4 2
Seats won 3 3
Seat change Decrease1* Increase1*
Popular vote 295,164 165,394
Percentage 20.1% 11.3%
Swing Increase1.7% Decrease1.3%

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

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Party Seats Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- % seats Total % Change
Labour 26 1 5 Decrease4 65.0 531,601 36.2 Decrease6.5
Conservative 8 5 0 Increase5 20.0 382,730 26.1 Increase4.7
Liberal Democrats 3 0 1 Decrease1 7.5 295,164 20.1 Increase1.7
Plaid Cymru 3 1 0 Increase1 7.5 165,394 11.3 Decrease1.3
UKIP 0 0 0 0 35,690 2.4 Increase1.0
BNP 0 0 0 0 23,088 1.6 Increase1.5
Green 0 0 0 0 6,293 0.4 Decrease0.1
Christian 0 0 0 0 1,947 0.1 N/A
TUSC 0 0 0 0 341 0.0 N/A
  Others 0 0 1 Decrease1 24,442 1.7 Decrease1.1
Total 40 1,466,690 64.9

References

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  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.