| Election Name: | 2010 United Kingdom general election in Wales[1] |
| Country: | Wales |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2005 United Kingdom general election in Wales |
| Previous Year: | 2005 |
| Previous Mps: | List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (2001–2005) |
| Next Election: | 2015 United Kingdom general election in Wales |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
| Seats For Election: | All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons |
| Elected Mps: | List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (2010–2015) |
| Leader1: | Gordon Brown |
| Leader Since1: | 24 June 2007 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 29 seats, 42.7% |
| Seats Before1: | 30 |
| Seats1: | 26 |
| Seat Change1: | 4* |
| Uk Seats1: | 258 |
| Popular Vote1: | 531,601 |
| Percentage1: | 36.2% |
| Swing1: | 6.5% |
| Leader2: | David Cameron |
| Leader Since2: | 6 December 2005 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 3 seats, 21.4% |
| Seats Before2: | 3 |
| Seats2: | 8 |
| Seat Change2: | 5* |
| Uk Seats2: | 307 |
| Popular Vote2: | 382,730 |
| Percentage2: | 26.1% |
| Swing2: | 4.7% |
| Leader4: | Nick Clegg |
| Leader Since4: | 18 December 2007 |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Popular Vote4: | 295,164 |
| Percentage4: | 20.1% |
| Last Election4: | 4 seats, 18.4% |
| Seats Before4: | 4 |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seat Change4: | 1* |
| Uk Seats4: | 57 |
| Swing4: | 1.7% |
| Leader5: | Ieuan Wyn Jones |
| Leader Since5: | 3 August 2000 |
| Party5: | Plaid Cymru |
| Popular Vote5: | 165,394 |
| Percentage5: | 11.3% |
| Swing5: | 1.3% |
| Last Election5: | 3 seats, 12.6% |
| Seats Before5: | 2 |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Seat Change5: | 1* |
| Uk Seats5: | 3 |
| Map Size: | 200px |
See main article: 2010 United Kingdom general election.
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).
| Seats | Votes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net +/- | % seats | Total | % | Change | |||
| 26 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 65.0 | 531,601 | 36.2 | 6.5 | |||
| 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 382,730 | 26.1 | 4.7 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 295,164 | 20.1 | 1.7 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.5 | 165,394 | 11.3 | 1.3 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 35,690 | 2.4 | 1.0 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23,088 | 1.6 | 1.5 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6,293 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1,947 | 0.1 | N/A | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 341 | 0.0 | N/A | |||
| Others | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 24,442 | 1.7 | 1.1 | ||
| Total | 40 | 1,466,690 | 64.9 | |||||||