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2010 United Kingdom general election in Wales

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Field	Value
election_name	2010 United Kingdom general election in Wales
country	Wales
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2005 United Kingdom general election in Wales
previous_year	2005
outgoing_members	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)
election_date
<!-- Labour -->	image1
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*
popular_vote1	531,601
percentage1	36.2%
swing1	6.5%
<!-- Conservative -->	image2
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*
popular_vote2	382,730
percentage2	26.1%
swing2	4.7%
<!-- Liberal Democrats -->	image4
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*
swing4	1.7%
<!-- Plaid Cymru -->	image5
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*
map_image	WalesParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg
map_size	200px
map_caption	Colours on map indicate winning party for each constituency
Notional 2005 results on new boundaries.
*Owing to electoral boundaries changing, this figure is notional.

Notional 2005 results on new boundaries.

*Owing to electoral boundaries changing, this figure is notional.

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. 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	Seats	Aggregate Votes	Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	Of all (%)	Total	Of all (%)
	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	0.0	35,690	2.4	1.0
	0	0	0	0	0.0	23,088	1.6	1.5
	0	0	0	0	0.0	6,293	0.4	0.1
	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,947	0.1	New
	0	0	0	0	0.0	341	0.0	New
	Others	0	0	1	1	0.0	24,442	1.7	1.1
40					1,466,690	64.9	2.5

References

"Election 2010 {{!}} Results {{!}} Wales". BBC News.
"UK Election Statistics: 1918-2022, A Long Century of Elections". House of Commons Library.

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