The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales was held on 8 June 2017; all 40 seats in
Wales were contested. The election for each seat was conducted on the basis of
first-past-the-post.
Despite the Labour party winning the most votes in Wales, the Conservatives won across the UK.
Results summary
Analysis
The Labour Party remained the largest party in Wales and won an even larger majority of seats after gaining three seats from the Conservatives. Its 48.9% of the vote and total of 771,354 popular votes were its best in Wales since
1997
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The Conservative Party, who entered the campaign with high hopes of making gains, saw its representation reduced back to the levels it won in the 2010 general election.
Plaid Cymru won back Ceredigion after the constituency's 12 years in Liberal Democrat hands, and brought its tally up to four seats, which was its best result showing since 2001 and one of its joint best in history.
Plaid Cymru's gain in Ceredigion and the Liberal Democrats' failure to make gains elsewhere meant that this was the first time in Welsh electoral history where there were no Liberal or Liberal Democrat MPs elected to represent a Welsh constituency in a Westminster Parliamentary election.
Target seats
Labour
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Gower, Conservative, 0.1% (Labour Gain)
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Vale of Clwyd, Conservative, 0.7% (Labour Gain)
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Cardiff North, Conservative, 4.2% (Labour Gain)
Conservative
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Bridgend, Labour, 4.9% (Labour Hold)
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Wrexham, Labour, 5.6% (Labour Hold)
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Clwyd South, Labour, 6.9% (Labour Hold)
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Delyn, Labour, 7.8% (Labour Hold)
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Alyn and Deeside, Labour, 8.1% (Labour Hold)
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Newport West, Labour, 8.7% (Labour Hold)
Plaid Cymru
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Ynys Môn, Labour, 0.7% (Labour Hold)
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Ceredigion, Liberal Democrats, 8.2% (Plaid Gain)
Opinion polling
See also
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2017 United Kingdom general election in England
The 2017 United Kingdom general election in England was held on Thursday 8 June 2017 across 533 constituencies within England.
Results summary
Analysis
The Conservatives retained a majority of seats in England, though with a net loss ...
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2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 8 June 2017. All 18 seats in Northern Ireland were contested. 1,242,698 people were eligible to vote, up 5,933 from the 2015 general election. 65.6% of eligible voters tur ...
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2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 8 June 2017; all 59 seats in Scotland were contested under the first-past-the-post electoral system.
The general election in Scotland was fought in the aftermath of the 2016 Scot ...
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References
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