2010 United Kingdom general election in Wales

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.

2010 United Kingdom general election in Wales[1]

6 May 2010 (2010-05-06)
All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
First party Second party   Leader Gordon Brown David Cameron Party Labour Conservative Leader since 24 June 2007 6 December 2005 Last election 29 seats, 42.7% 3 seats, 21.4% Seats before 30† 3† Seats won 26 8 Seat change 4* 5* Popular vote 531,601 382,730 Percentage 36.2% 26.1% Swing 6.5% 4.7%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Nick Clegg Ieuan Wyn Jones Party Liberal Democrats Plaid Cymru Leader since 18 December 2007 3 August 2000 Last election 4 seats, 18.4% 3 seats, 12.6% Seats before 4† 2† Seats won 3 3 Seat change 1* 1* Popular vote 295,164 165,394 Percentage 20.1% 11.3% Swing 1.7% 1.3%
Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency †Notional 2005 results on new boundaries. *Owing to electoral boundaries changing, this figure is notional.

Despite the Labour party winning the most votes in Wales, the Conservatives won across the UK.[2]