2010 United Kingdom general election in Wales explained

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).

Results

Party! colspan="5"
SeatsVotes
Total Gains LossesNet +/-% seatsTotal%Change
2615465.0531,60136.26.5
850520.0382,73026.14.7
30117.5295,16420.11.7
31017.5165,39411.31.3
000035,6902.41.0
000023,0881.61.5
00006,2930.40.1
00001,9470.1N/A
00003410.0N/A
 Others001124,4421.71.1
Total40 1,466,69064.9

Notes and References

  1. News: Election 2010 Results Wales. 4 February 2021. BBC News.
  2. Web site: UK Election Statistics: 1918-2022, A Long Century of Elections . House of Commons Library . 22.