See main article: 1992 United Kingdom general election.
| Election Name: | 1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales |
| Country: | Wales |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | United Kingdom general election, 1987 (Wales) |
| Previous Year: | 1987 |
| Previous Mps: | List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1987 |
| Next Election: | United Kingdom general election, 1997 (Wales) |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
| Next Mps: | List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1992 |
| Seats For Election: | All 38 Welsh seats to the House of Commons |
| Elected Mps: | List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1992 |
| Election Date: | 9 April 1992 |
| Leader1: | Neil Kinnock |
| Leader Since1: | 2 October 1983 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 24 seats, 45.1% |
| Seats1: | 27 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 865,663 |
| Percentage1: | 49.5% |
| Swing1: | 4.4% |
| Leader2: | John Major |
| Leader Since2: | 28 November 1990 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 8 seats, 29.5% |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 499,677 |
| Percentage2: | 28.6% |
| Swing2: | 0.9% |
| Leader4: | Dafydd Wigley |
| Leader Since4: | 1991 |
| Party4: | Plaid Cymru |
| Last Election4: | 3 seats, 7.3% |
| Seats4: | 4 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 156,747 |
| Percentage4: | 9.0% |
| Swing4: | 1.7% |
| Leader5: | Paddy Ashdown |
| Leader Since5: | 16 July 1988 |
| Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election5: | 3 seats, 17.9% |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 217,457 |
| Percentage5: | 12.4% |
| Swing5: | 5.5% |
The 1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales took place on 9 April 1992 for all 38 seats in Wales. The Labour Party again won a decisive majority of Welsh MPs, gaining three seats for a total of 27 out of 38. The Conservatives lost two Welsh MPs, Plaid Cymru gained one and the Liberal Democrats lost two of their three Welsh MPs. [1]
Despite the Labour party winning the most votes in Wales, the Conservatives won across the UK.
However, due to strong Conservative results in England and Scotland, the Conservative result in Wales was enough to allow the party to form a majority government for a fourth term.
Below is a table summarising the results of the 1992 general election in Wales.[2]
| Seats | Votes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net +/- | % seats | Total votes | % votes | Change | |||
| 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 71.1 | 865,663 | 49.5 | 4.4 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15.8 | 499,677 | 28.6 | 0.9 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.6 | 217,457 | 12.4 | 5.5 | |||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.5 | 156,747 | 9.0 | 1.7 | |||
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9,233 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |||