2015 United Kingdom general election in Wales

The 2015 United Kingdom general election in Wales was held on 7 May 2015 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested.[1][2] The election for each seat was conducted on the basis of first-past-the-post.

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2015 United Kingdom general election in Wales
7 May 2015
All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ed Miliband David Cameron
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 25 September 2010 6 December 2005
Last election 26 seats, 36.2% 8 seats, 26.1%
Seats won 25 11
Seat change Decrease1 Increase3
Popular vote 552,473 408,213
Percentage 36.9% 27.2%
Swing Increase0.6% Increase1.1%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Leanne Wood Nick Clegg
Party Plaid Cymru Liberal Democrats
Leader since 16 March 2012 18 December 2007
Last election 3 seats, 11.3% 3 seats, 20.1%
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Steady Decrease2
Popular vote 181,704 97,783
Percentage 12.1% 6.5%
Swing Increase0.8% Decrease13.6%
Results of the 2015 election in Wales

Despite the Labour party winning the most votes in Wales, the Conservatives won across the UK.[3]

Results overview

A full list of the results in Wales can be found in the House of Commons Library General Elections Online.[2] The following is an overall table of results for Wales by the BBC.[4]

Party Seats Votes
TotalGainsLosses Net +/- % seats Total % Change
Labour 25 1 2 Decrease1 62.5 552,473 36.9 Increase0.6
Conservative 11 3 0 Increase3 27.5 407,813 27.2 Increase1.1
UKIP 0 0 0 Steady — 204,330 13.6 Increase11.2
Plaid Cymru 3 0 0 Steady 7.5 181,704 12.1 Increase0.8
Liberal Democrats 1 0 2 Decrease2 2.5 97,783 6.5 Decrease13.6
Green 0 0 0 Steady — 38,344 2.6 Increase2.1
Socialist Labour 0 0 0 Steady — 3,481 0.2 Increase0.2
TUSC 0 0 0 Steady — 1,780 0.1 Increase0.1
  Others 0 0 0 Steady — 10,355 0.7 Decrease0.5
Total40 1,498,063
Popular vote
Labour
 
 36.87%
Conservative
 
 27.22%
UKIP
 
 13.64%
Plaid Cymru
 
 12.13%
Liberal Democrats
 
 6.53%
Greens
 
 2.56%
Other
 
 1.05%
Parliament seats
Labour
 
 62.50%
Conservative
 
 27.50%
Plaid Cymru
 
 7.50%
Liberal Democrats
 
 2.50%

Turnout statistics
Election turnout statisticssource and comment
Estimated total population of Wales3.1M[5] data for 30 June 2015
Total eligible electorate2.281M1[6]
electorate as proportion of total population74%
Total valid votes1.498M1[7]
Mean turnout based on total valid votes65.67%
Mean as average of constituency results65.64%
Mean as above but based on ballot box turnout65.77%1 ballot box turnout includes rejected ballots[7]
Median valid vote turnout65.0%turnout midway between 20th and 21st constituency
UK median valid vote turnout66.7%[8] for comparison with above

1 valid vote, count of rejected ballots and total electorate come from the source(s) given in 'Table of results by constituency' below.

Results by constituency
Table of results by constituency
Constituency 1Total electorate 2Winning partyMajoritySource(s)
Aberavon49,821Welsh Labour hold10,445[9]
Aberconwy45,525Welsh Conservatives hold3,999[10]
Alyn and Deeside62,016Welsh Labour hold3,343[11]
Arfon40,492Plaid Cymru hold3,668[12][13]
Blaenau Gwent51,335Welsh Labour hold12,703[14]
Brecon and Radnorshire54,441Welsh Conservatives gain5,102[15][16]
Bridgend59,998Welsh Labour hold1,927[17]
Caerphilly63,603Welsh Labour hold10,073[18]
Cardiff Central57,456Welsh Labour gain4,981[19]
Cardiff North67,196Welsh Conservatives hold2,137[20]
Cardiff South and Penarth76,006Labour Co-operative Party hold7,453[21]
Cardiff West66,762Welsh Labour hold6,789[22]
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr55,605Plaid Cymru hold5,599[23][24]
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire57,777[25]Welsh Conservatives hold6,054[26]
Ceredigion54,243Welsh Liberal Democrats hold3,067[27]
Clwyd South54,996Welsh Labour hold2,402[28]
Clwyd West58,644Welsh Conservatives hold6,730[29]
Cynon Valley51,422Welsh Labour hold9,406[30]
Delyn53,639Welsh Labour hold2,930[31]
Dwyfor Meirionnydd44,394Plaid Cymru hold5,261[12][32]
Gower61,820Welsh Conservatives gain27[33]
Islwyn55,697Labour Co-operative Party hold10,404[34]
Llanelli59,796Welsh Labour hold7,095[35][36]
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney61,716Welsh Labour hold11,513[37]
Monmouth62,248Welsh Conservatives hold10,982[38]
Montgomeryshire48,690Welsh Conservatives hold5,325[15][39]
Neath56,097Welsh Labour hold9,546[9]
Newport East56,015Welsh Labour hold4,705[40][41]
Newport West62,137Welsh Labour hold3,510[40][42]
Ogmore55,320[43]Welsh Labour hold13,043[17]
Pontypridd58,940Welsh Labour hold8,985[30]
Preseli Pembrokeshire57,371[25]Welsh Conservatives hold4,969[26]
Rhondda51,811Welsh Labour hold7,455[30]
Swansea East58,011Welsh Labour hold12,028[33]
Swansea West58,776Welsh Labour 3 hold7,036[33]
Torfaen61,896Welsh Labour hold8,169[44]
Vale of Clwyd56,505Welsh Conservatives gain237[45]
Vale of Glamorgan72,187Welsh Conservatives hold6,880[46]
Wrexham50,992Welsh Labour hold1,831[47]
Ynys Môn49,939Welsh Labour hold229[48][49]

1 The information on the winning party and the majority come from the source(s) indicated.
2 The total electorate comes from[2] unless another reference is given.
3 The MP is a Labour Co-op Party member[50] but he was nominated as 'Welsh Labour'.[51]

Target seats

Labour

Conservative

Plaid Cymru

Opinion polling

Date(s) conducted

Polling organisation/client

Sample size

Plaid

Lab

Con

LD

UKIP

Green

Others

 Lead
16 April 2015Five-way Opposition Leaders' Debate held on BBC One
13–15 April 2015 YouGov/ITV/Cardiff University 1,143 12% 40% 26% 6% 13% 4% <0.5% 14%
2 April 2015 Seven-way Leaders' Debate on ITV
26–31 Mar 2015 YouGov/The Sun 1,035 9% 40% 27% 6% 13% 5% 1% 13%
30 March 2015 Dissolution of Parliament and the official start of the election campaign
24–27 Mar 2015 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,189 11% 40% 25% 5% 14% 5% 1% 15%
26 March 2015First TV election interview by Jeremy Paxman with David Cameron and Ed Miliband on Sky and Channel 4
5–9 Mar 2015 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,279 10% 39% 25% 5% 14% 6% 1% 14%
19–21 Jan 2015 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,036 10% 37% 23% 6% 16% 8% 1% 14%
8–13 Jan 2015 ICM/BBC Wales 1,004 12% 38% 21% 7% 13% 6% 2% 17%
2–3 Dec 2014 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,131 11% 36% 23% 5% 18% 5% 2% 13%
19–22 Sep 2014 ICM/BBC Wales 1,006 13% 39% 23% 5% 16% 2% 1% 16%
8–11 Sep 2014 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,025 11% 38% 23% 6% 17% 5% 1% 15%
26 Jun–1 Jul 2014 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,035 11% 41% 25% 5% 14% 3% 2% 16%
22 May 20142014 European Parliament elections
12–14 May 2014 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,092 11% 43% 22% 7% 13% 3% 2% 21%
11–22 Apr 2014 YouGov/University of Cardiff 1,027 11% 45% 24% 7% 10% 1% 2% 21%
21–24 Feb 2014 ICM/BBC Wales 1,000 15% 45% 24% 6% 8% 2% 1% 21%
10–12 Feb 2014 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,250 11% 47% 22% 7% 9% 2% 2% 25%
2–4 Dec 2013 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,001 12% 46% 21% 8% 10% 2% 2% 25%
18–22 Jul 2013 YouGov 1,012 9% 48% 23% 8% 8% 2% 2% 25%
18–20 Feb 2013 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,007 10% 51% 22% 9% 7% 1% 1% 29%
2–4 Jul 2012 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,000 10% 54% 23% 4% 9% 21%
3 May 20122012 Welsh local elections
12–16 Apr 2012 YouGov 1,039 12% 50% 23% 7% 9% 27%
30 Jan–1 Feb 2012 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,008 11% 50% 25% 6% 5% 3% 2% 25%
5 May 20112011 Welsh Assembly election
2–4 May 2011 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,010 10% 50% 24% 8% 4% 2% 2% 25%
6 May 2010 General election results 1,466,690 11.3% 36.2% 26.1% 20.1% 2.4% 0.4% 3.4% 10%

See also

References
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