United Kingdom general election, 2010 (Wales)
United Kingdom general election, 2010[1]
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These are the Welsh results of the United Kingdom general election, 2010. 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.
Party |
Candidates |
Seats |
Seats change |
Votes |
% |
% change |
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Labour |
40 |
26 |
-4 |
531,601 |
36.2 |
-6.5 |
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Conservative |
40 |
8 |
+5 |
382,730 |
26.1 |
+4.7 |
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Liberal Democrat |
40 |
3 |
-1 |
295,164 |
20.1 |
+1.7 |
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Plaid Cymru |
40 |
3 |
+1 |
165,394 |
11.3 |
-1.3 |
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UKIP |
40 |
0 |
0 |
35,690 |
2.4 |
+1.0 |
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BNP |
19 |
0 |
0 |
23,088 |
1.6 |
+1.5 |
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Independent |
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0 |
0 |
15,339 |
1.0 |
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Blaenau Gwent PV |
1 |
0 |
-1 |
6,458 |
0.4 |
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Green |
10 |
0 |
0 |
6,293 |
0.4 |
-0.1 |
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Christian |
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0 |
0 |
1,947 |
0.1 |
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Socialist Labour |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1,155 |
0.0 |
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New Millennium Bean Party |
1 |
0 |
0 |
558 |
0.0 |
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National Front |
1 |
0 |
0 |
384 |
0.0 |
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Monster Raving Loony |
2 |
0 |
0 |
352 |
0.0 |
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TUSC |
2 |
0 |
0 |
341 |
0.0 |
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Communist |
1 |
0 |
0 |
196 |
0.0 |
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Alliance for Green Socialism |
1 |
0 |
0 |
127 |
0.0 |
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Turnout: |
1,446,690 |
64.9 |
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