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For elections in the wider United Kingdom, see Elections in the United Kingdom. For the previous elections in Wales, see 2021 Senedd election and 2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections.

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Represented in the Senedd

There are four types of elections in Wales: elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elections to the devolved Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru), local elections to community councils and the 22 principal areas, and the police and crime commissioner elections. In addition there are by-elections for each aforementioned election. Elections are held on Election Day, which is conventionally a Thursday. Three of these four types of elections are held after fixed periods; the exception is UK general elections, the timing of which is at the discretion of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Senedd elections may be postponed to avoid elections to the UK parliament and Senedd coinciding with each other.

The two electoral systems used for elections in Wales are: first-past-the-post (for UK elections, police and crime commissioner elections and local elections, though individual local authorities are able to move to STV under recent Welsh legislation) and the Closed Lists (for Senedd elections). The supplementary vote system was previously used for police and crime commissioner elections, until the system was switched for those elections to first-past-the-post under provision made by the Elections Act 2022. The previous Additional Members System for the Senedd was replaced for Closed list by the e Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024.[1]

Local government elections

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The results of the 2017 local elections, showing control party by council (left), and largest party by ward (right).[needs update]

There are elections to 22 unitary authorities across Wales every four years, most recently on 5 May 2022. The electoral system used is first-past-the-post. The largest unitary authorities in Wales are Cardiff, Newport and Swansea councils, which all lie in the southern coastal belt.

Police and crime commissioner elections

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Main article: Police and crime commissioner

Police and crime commissioners were established in England and Wales, replacing the local police authorities, following the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement of 2010, with the first police and crime commissioners elected in 2012.

Devolved parliament elections

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For a list of all elections to the Senedd, see List of Senedd elections.
See also: Senedd

There have been six elections to the devolved parliament of Wales, based in Cardiff Bay since 1999. These elections are held every five years to elect sixty Members of the Senedd (MSs; formerly Assembly Members, ASs). Voters have two votes: forty MSs are elected by the First Past the Post system in individual constituencies, and a further twenty MSs are elected by a regional top-up system in which voters vote by region. This system overall is called Additional Members System (AMS) and is a hybrid electoral system mixing both a plurality system (FPTP) and a proportional system (the party list system). The regions are: Mid and West Wales, North Wales, South Wales Central, South Wales East and South Wales West, whereas the constituencies are the same used for elections to the UK parliament. Each region elects four MSs, to achieve approximately proportional representation overall, with every individual in Wales being represented by five MSs in total, their local constituency MS and four regional MSs. Between its inception in 1999, it was known as the 'National Assembly for Wales'. Legislation was passed in 2020, for a name change on 6 May 2020 to its current name, 'Senedd Cymru' or the 'Welsh Parliament' (or simply 'Senedd') to fully reflect its constitutional status as a law-making and tax-setting parliament.[2] It is based in Cardiff Bay, initially (as the Assembly) in Tŷ Hywel from 1999 to 2006, until it moved to the Senedd building, which opened on 1 March 2006, where the Assembly and now Senedd has been based since 2006. The elections were held every four years from 1999, but were increased to five years following the Wales Act 2014 for the 2016 election.

The 2021 Senedd election on 6 May 2021, was the first election to the devolved parliament since its name change. The election took place akin to previous elections when it was known as the National Assembly for Wales.

Election reform

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The Richard Commission report of 2004 suggested an increase of the number of Members to 80. That number was also suggested, as a minimum, by the 2014 report of the Silk Commission.[3] Similarly, in 2013 and 2016, the Electoral Reform Society published reports making the case for an upsize of the Assembly.[4][5] A 2017 report of an expert commission suggested an increase to between 80 and 90 Members, switching to single transferable vote (STV) and enforcing gender quotas.[3]

A reduction in the number of Welsh MPs has been proposed for the next UK general alection. Under the proposals, the number of MPs would be reduced from 40 to 32 and new constituency boundaries have also been proposed.[6] The boundary plans were published on 19 October 2022 and voters have four weeks to comment. The map of the new constituency boundaries would also be used as Senedd regions for the next Senedd election.[7]

The Special Committee was set up on 6 October 2021.[8] In May 2022, a joint position statement was published by First Minister Mark Drakeford and Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price,[9] calling for a 96-Member Senedd, all elected through closed party list proportional representation (using the D'Hondt method) with mandatory "zipping" of male and female candidates in the list to ensure that for every party, half of the Members will be women.[10]

The final report of the Special Committee was published on 30 May 2022 and recommended the system agreed to by the Labour and Plaid Cymru leaders.[11]

Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill

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Main article: Senedd Reform Bill

In September 2023, the Welsh Government published its plans for electoral reform as part of the proposed Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill. The number of Senedd constituencies is set to fall to 16, with each constituency electing six MSs from a closed list under the D'Hondt method. Under the proposals, all candidates must live in Wales, and elections would take place every four years, rather than five.[12]

as the Senedd

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Elections to the institution prior to 2020, with the last being in 2016, were done under the previous name the 'National Assembly for Wales' (see below). Following legislation in 2020, any subsequent elections, from the 2021 Senedd election will be under its new name.

2026

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Main article: Next Senedd election

The next Senedd election is expected to be held on Thursday 7 May 2026, under the provisions of the Wales Act 2014 where Senedd terms are five-year terms. This date can be postponed under circumstances including public health or safety emergencies, or an early UK parliamentary election (itself expected in 2024, but can be held prior).

2021

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Main article: 2021 Senedd election

It was the sixth general election since the establishment of the institution in 1999. It was held along with the other 2021 United Kingdom local elections and was the first election where 16 and 17-year-olds were allowed to vote in Wales, which is the largest extension of the franchise in Wales since 1969. Both changes were a result of the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill 2019.[13]

A map showing the constituency winners of the Election by their party colours.
Overall turnout: 46.5%

as the National Assembly for Wales (1999–2020)

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Elections to the then 'National Assembly for Wales' (or Welsh Assembly') occurred from its first election in 1999 up until the 2016 election (with any subsequent elections being as the 'Senedd'). This follows the 1997 devolution referendum where Welsh voters narrowly approved the formation of the devolved institution. The institution is now known as the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru) (see above).

2016

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Main article: 2016 National Assembly for Wales election

A map showing the constituency winners of the election by their party colours.
Overall turnout: 45.3%

2011

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Main article: 2011 National Assembly for Wales election

A map showing the constituency winners of the election by their party colours.
Overall turnout: 42.2%

2007

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Main article: 2007 National Assembly for Wales election

A map showing the constituency winners of the election by their party colours.
Overall turnout: 43.7%

2003

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Main article: 2003 National Assembly for Wales election

A map showing the constituency winners of the election by their party colours.
Overall turnout: 38.2%

1999

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Main article: 1999 National Assembly for Wales election
1999 constituency results map
1999 electoral region results map
A map showing the constituency winners (left) and additional members by electoral region (right) of the election by their party colours.

Overall turnout: 46%

Past elections and referendums

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UK parliament elections

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Map of the 2019 election results.
Map of the 2017 election results.

Wales has been eligible to send MPs to Westminster since the Laws in Wales Act 1535. Between then and 1885, most constituencies were categorised as county or borough constituencies; each sent one MP to Westminster. As the Industrial Revolution took hold there were many calls for reform (particularly in towns such as Merthyr Tydfil). Parliament eventually[when?] allowed the new towns to vote, and this introduced the first Labour MPs. The first leader of the Labour Party in Parliament, Keir Hardie, was one of the two MPs for Merthyr Tydfil. The following table shows the composition of Wales' Westminster MPs since 1885.

Year Labour Liberal Democrat/
Liberal 		Conservative Plaid Cymru Independent Liberal Unionist Independent Labour Others
1885 - 29 4 - - - - 1
1886 - 26 6 - - 1 - 1
1892 - 30 3 - - - - 1
1895 - 24 8 - - 1 - 1
1900 1 26 6 - - 1 - 1
1906 1 28 - - - - 1 -
1910 (Jan) 5 27 2 - - - - -
1910 (Dec) 6 26 3 - - - 1 -
1918 9 3 4 - - - - 19
1922 18 2 6 - - - 1 9
1923 19 11 4 - - - - 2
1924 16 11 9 - - - - -
1929 25 10 1 - - - - -
1931 15 5 6 - - - 1 9
1935 18 8 6 - - - - 4
1945 25 7 3 - - - - 1
1950 27 5 3 - - - - 1
1951 27 3 5 - - - - 1
1955 27 3 5 - - - - 1
1959 27 2 6 - - - - 1
1964 28 2 6 - - - - -
1966 32 1 3 - - - - -
1970 27 1 7 - - - 1 -
1974 (Feb) 24 2 8 2 - - - -
1974 (Oct) 23 2 8 3 - - - -
1979 22 1 11 2 - - - -
1983 20 2 14 2 - - - -
1987 24 3 8 3 - - - -
1992 27 1 6 4 - - - -
1997 34 2 - 4 - - - -
2001 34 2 - 4 - - - -
2005 29 4 3 3 1 - - -
2010 26 3 8 3 - - - -
2015 25 1 11 3 - - - -
2017 28 - 8 4 - - - -
2019 22 - 14 4 - - - -
2024 27 1 - 4 - - - -

Detailed breakdowns

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2019

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Main articles: 2019 United Kingdom general election and 2019 United Kingdom general election in Wales
Party[14] Seats Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- % seats Total % Change
Labour 22 0 6 Decrease 6 55 632,035 40.9 Decrease 8.0
Conservative 14 6[a] 0 Increase 6 35 557,234 36.1 Increase 2.5
Plaid Cymru 4 0 0 Steady 10 153,265 9.9 Decrease 0.5
Liberal Democrats 0 0 0[b] Steady 0 92,171 6.0 Increase 1.5
Brexit Party 0 0 0 Steady 0 83,908 5.4 new
Green 0 0 0 Steady 0 15,828 1.0 Increase 0.7
  Independents 0 0 0[c] Steady 0 6,220 0.4 N/A
Gwlad 0 0 0 Steady 0 1,515 0.1 new
Cynon Valley 0 0 0 Steady 0 1,322 0.1 new
Monster Raving Loony 0 0 0 Steady 0 345 0.0 Steady
Christian 0 0 0 Steady 0 245 0.0 new[d]
SDP 0 0 0 Steady 0 181 0.0 new[d]
Socialist Alternative 0 0 0 Steady 0 88 0.0 new[e]
Total 40 1,544,357 Turnout 66.6
  1. ^ Not including Brecon and Radnorshire and Aberconwy, which the Conservative Party won in 2017 but did not control when parliament was dissolved.
  2. ^ Not including Brecon and Radnorshire, which the Liberal Democrats won in a 2019 by-election.
  3. ^ Not including Aberconwy, previously controlled by the independent Guto Bebb who lost the Conservative Party whip in 2019.
  4. ^ a b Party entered candidates in the 2017 general election but not in any Welsh seats.
  5. ^ Party has entered candidates in past general elections but not the 2017 general election.
Popular vote
Labour
 
 40.9%
Conservative
 
 36.1%
Plaid Cymru
 
 9.9%
Liberal Democrats
 
 6.0%
Brexit Party
 
 5.0%
Greens
 
 1.0%
Parliament seats
Labour
 
 55%
Conservative
 
 35%
Plaid Cymru
 
 10%

2017

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Main articles: 2017 United Kingdom general election and 2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales
Party Seats Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- % seats Total % Change
Labour 28 3 0 Increase3 70.0 771,354 48.9 Increase12.1
Conservative 8 0 3 Decrease3 20.0 528,839 33.6 Increase6.3
Plaid Cymru 4 1 0 Increase1 10.0 164,466 10.4 Decrease1.7
Liberal Democrats 0 0 1 Decrease1 — 71,039 4.5 Decrease2.0
UKIP 0 0 0 0 — 31,376 2.0 Decrease11.6
Green 0 0 0 0 — 5,128 0.3 Decrease2.2
  Others 0 0 0 0 — 3,612 0.2 Decrease0.1
Total 40 1,575,814 Turnout 68.6
Popular vote
Labour
 
 48.9%
Conservative
 
 33.6%
Plaid Cymru
 
 10.4%
Liberal Democrats
 
 4.5%
UKIP
 
 2.0%
Greens
 
 0.3%
Other
 
 0.2%
Parliament seats
Labour
 
 70%
Conservative
 
 20%
Plaid Cymru
 
 10%

2015

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Main articles: 2015 United Kingdom general election and 2015 United Kingdom general election in Wales
Party Seats Votes
Total Gains Losses 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
Total 40 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%

2010

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Main articles: 2010 United Kingdom general election and 2010 United Kingdom general election in Wales
Party Seats Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- % seats Total % Change
Labour 26 1 5 Decrease4 65.0 531,601 36.2 Decrease6.5
Conservative 8 5 0 Increase5 20.0 382,730 26.1 Increase4.7
Liberal Democrats 3 0 1 Decrease1 7.5 295,164 20.1 Increase1.7
Plaid Cymru 3 1 0 Increase1 7.5 165,394 11.3 Decrease1.3
UKIP 0 0 0 0 — 35,690 2.4 Increase1.0
BNP 0 0 0 0 — 23,088 1.6 Increase1.5
Green 0 0 0 0 — 6,293 0.4 Decrease0.1
Christian 0 0 0 0 — 1,947 0.1 N/A
TUSC 0 0 0 0 — 341 0.0 N/A
  Others 0 0 1 Decrease1 — 24,442 1.7 Decrease1.1
Total 40 1,466,690 64.9
Popular vote
Labour
 
 36.2%
Conservative
 
 26.1%
Liberal Democrats
 
 20.1%
Plaid Cymru
 
 11.3%
UKIP
 
 2.4%
BNP
 
 1.6%
Greens
 
 0.4%
Other
 
 1.8%
Parliament seats
Labour
 
 65.0%
Conservative
 
 20.0%
Liberal Democrats
 
 7.50%
Plaid Cymru
 
 7.50%

2005

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Main articles: 2005 United Kingdom general election and 2005 United Kingdom general election in Wales
Party Candidates Seats Seats
change 		Votes % %
change
Labour 29 Decrease5 594,821 42.7 Decrease5.9
Conservative 3 Increase3 297,830 21.4 Increase0.4
Liberal Democrats 4 Increase2 256,249 18.4 Increase4.6
Plaid Cymru 3 Decrease1 174,838 12.6 Decrease1.7
UKIP 0 Steady 20,297 1.5
Green 0 Steady 7,144 0.5
Forward Wales 0 Steady 3,461 0.2
Legalise Cannabis 0 Steady 1,772 0.1
BNP 0 Steady 1,689 0.1
Socialist Labour 0 Steady 1,605 0.1
Veritas 0 Steady 1,437 0.1
Respect 0 Steady 643 0.0
Liberal 0 Steady 605 0.0
Socialist Alliance 0 Steady 557 0.0
Communist 0 Steady 440 0.0
Yourself 0 Steady 284 0.0
Bean Party 0 Steady 159 0.0
Independent 1 Increase1 28,888 2.3
Turnout: 1,392,719 62.4

2001

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Main articles: 2001 United Kingdom general election and 2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales
Party Candidates Seats Seats
change 		Votes % %
change
Labour 40 34 Steady 666,956 48.6 Decrease6.1
Conservative 40 0 Steady 288,623 21.0 Increase1.4
Plaid Cymru 40 4 Steady 195,893 14.3 Increase4.4
Liberal Democrats 2 Steady 189,254 13.8 Increase1.5
UKIP 0 Steady 12,552 0.9
Green 0 Steady 3,753 0.3
Socialist Labour 0 Steady 2,805 0.2
Socialist Alliance 0 Steady 2,258 0.2
ProLife Alliance 0 Steady 1,609 0.1
Communist 0 Steady 384 0.0
BNP 0 Steady 278 0.0
Others Steady 7,959 0.6
Turnout: 1,372,324 61.6

1997

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Main articles: 1997 United Kingdom general election and 1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales
Party[15] Seats Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- % seats Total votes % votes Change
Labour 34 7 0 Increase7 85.0 885,935 54.7 Increase5.2
Conservative 0 0 8 Decrease8 — 317,127 19.6 Decrease9.0
Liberal Democrats 2 1 0 Increase1 5.0 200,020 12.4 Decrease0.1
Plaid Cymru 4 0 0 Steady 10.0 161,030 10.0 Increase1.1
Referendum 0 0 0 Steady — 38,245 2.4 New
Socialist Labour 0 0 0 Steady — 6,203 0.4 New
Independent Labour 0 0 0 Steady — 4,633 0.3 New
Independent 0 0 0 Steady — 2,258 0.2 N/A
Green 0 0 0 Steady — 1,718 0.1 Decrease0.3
Other parties 0 0 0 Steady — 3,087 0.2 N/A

1992

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Main articles: 1992 United Kingdom general election and 1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales
Party[16] Seats Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- % seats Total votes % votes Change
Labour 27 3 0 Increase3 71.1 865,663 49.5 Increase4.4
Conservative 6 1 3 Decrease2 15.8 499,677 28.6 Decrease0.9
Liberal Democrats 1 0 2 Decrease2 2.6 217,457 12.4 Decrease5.5
Plaid Cymru 4 1 0 Increase1 10.5 156,747 9.0 Increase1.7
Others 0 0 0 Steady — 9,233 0.5 Increase0.3

1987

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Main articles: 1987 United Kingdom general election and 1987 United Kingdom general election in Wales
Party Seats Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- % seats Total votes % votes Change
Labour 24 4 0 Increase4 63.2 765,209 45.1 Increase7.6
Conservative 8 0 6 Decrease6 21.1 501,316 29.5 Decrease1.5
Alliance 3 1 0 Increase1 7.9 304,230 17.9 Decrease5.3
Plaid Cymru 3 1 0 Increase1 7.9 123,599 7.3 Decrease0.5
Others 0 0 0 Steady — 3,742 0.2 Decrease0.2

1983

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Main articles: 1983 United Kingdom general election and 1983 United Kingdom general election in Wales
Party Seats Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- % seats Total votes % votes Change
Labour 20 0 3 Decrease3 52.6 603,858 37.5 Decrease9.4
Conservative 14 3 1 Increase2 36.8 499,310 31.0 Decrease1.2
Alliance 2 1 0 Increase1 5.3 373,358 23.2 Increase12.6
Plaid Cymru 2 0 0 Steady 5.3 125,309 7.8 Decrease0.2
Other parties 0 0 0 Steady — 7,151 0.4 Decrease1.9

European Parliament

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Wales was a constituency in European Parliament elections. Following the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020, Wales no longer elects representatives to the European Parliament.

2019

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European Election 2019: Wales[17][18]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Brexit Party Nathan Gill (1)
James Wells (3)
Gethin James, Julie Price 		271,404
(135,702) 		32.46 Increase32.46
Plaid Cymru Jill Evans (2)
Carmen Smith, Patrick McGuinness, Ioan Bellin 		163,928 19.60 Increase4.34
Labour Jacqueline Jones (4)
Matthew Dorrance, Mary Wimbury, Mark Whitcott 		127,833 15.29 Decrease12.86
Liberal Democrats Sam Bennett, Donna Lalek, Alistair Cameron, Andrew Parkhurst 113,885 13.62 Increase9.67
Conservative Daniel Boucher, Craig Lawton, Fay Jones, Tomos Davies 54,587 6.53 Decrease10.90
Green Anthony Slaughter, Ian Chandler, Ceri Davies, Duncan Rees 52,660 6.30 Increase1.76
UKIP Kristian Hicks, Keith Edwards, Thomas Harrison, Robert McNeil-Wilson 27,566 3.30 Decrease24.26
Change UK Jon Owen Jones, June Davies, Matthew Paul, Sally Anne Stephenson 24,332 2.91 Increase2.91
Turnout 836,195 37.1 Increase5.6

2019 opinion polls

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Date(s) Polling organisation/client Sample Lab UKIP Con Plaid Green Lib Dems Brexit Change UK Others Lead
16–20 May 2019 YouGov/ITV 1,009 15% 2% 7% 19% 8% 10% 36% 2% 0% 17%
10–15 May 2019 YouGov/Plaid Cymru 1,133 18% 3% 7% 16% 8% 10% 33% 4% 0% 15%
2–5 April 2019 YouGov/ITV 1,025 30% 11% 16% 15% 5% 6% 10% 8% 1% 14%
22 May 2014 2014 EU election results 733,060 28.2% 27.6% 17.4% 15.3% 4.5% 4.0% N/A N/A 3.2% 0.6%

2014

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European Election 2014: Wales
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Labour Derek Vaughan
Jayne Bryant, Alex Thomas, Christina Rees[20][21] 		206,332 28.15 +7.9
UKIP Nathan Gill
James Cole, Caroline Jones, David Rowlands[21][22] 		201,983 27.55 +14.8
Conservative Kay Swinburne
Aled Davies, Dan Boucher, Richard Hopkin[21][23] 		127,742 17.43 −3.8
Plaid Cymru Jill Evans
Marc Jones, Stephen Cornelius, Ioan Bellin[21][24][25] 		111,864 15.26 −3.3
Green Pippa Bartolotti, John Matthews, Chris Were, Rosemary Cutler[21][26][27] 33,275 4.54 −1.0
Liberal Democrats Alec Dauncey, Robert Speht, Jackie Radford, Bruce Roberts[21] 28,930 3.95 −6.7
BNP Mike Whitby, Laurence Reid, Jean Griffin, Gary Tumulty[21] 7,655 1.04 −4.4
Britain First Paul Golding, Anthony Golding, Christine Smith, Anne Elstone[21] 6,633 0.9 0.00
Socialist Labour Andrew Jordan, Katherine Jones, David Lloyd Jones, Liz Screen[21] 4,459 0.61 −1.2
NO2EU Robert Griffiths, Claire Job, Steve Skelly, Laura Picand[21] 2,803 0.38 −0.9
Socialist (GB) Brian Johnson, Richard Cheney, Ed Blewitt, Howard Moss[21][28] 1,384 0.19 0.00
Turnout 733,060 31.5 +1.1

2009

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European Election 2009: Wales[29][30]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Conservative Kay Swinburne
Evan Price, Emma Greenow, David Chipp 		145,193 21.2 +1.8
Labour Derek Vaughan
Lisa Stevens, Rachel Maycock, Leighton Veale 		138,852 20.3 −12.2
Plaid Cymru Jill Evans
Eurig Wyn, Ioan Bellin, Natasha Asghar 		126,702 18.5 +1.1
UKIP John Bufton
David Bevan, Kevin Mahoney, David Rowlands 		87,585 12.8 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Alan Butt Phillip, Kevin O'Connor, Nick Tregoning, Jackie Radford 73,082 10.7 +0.2
Green Jake Griffiths, Kay Roney, Ann Were, John Matthews 38,160 5.6 +2.0
BNP Ennys Hughes, Laurence Read, Clive Bennett, Kevin Edwards 37,114 5.4 +2.5
Christian Jeffrey Green, David Griffiths, Alun Owen, John Harrold 13,037 1.9 N/A
Socialist Labour Robert English, Richard Booth, Liz Screen, Judith Sambrook 12,402 1.8 N/A
NO2EU Robert Griffiths, Rob Williams, Laura Picand, Trevor Jones 8,600 1.3 N/A
Jury Team (UK) Paul Sabanskis, James Eustace, Neil Morgan, Steven Partridge 3,793 0.6 N/A
Turnout 684,520 30.4 −11.0

2004

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European Election 2004: Wales[31]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Labour Glenys Kinnock, Eluned Morgan
Gareth Williams, Gwennan Jeremiah 		297,810
(148,905) 		32.5 +0.6
Conservative Jonathan Evans
Owen Williams, Felicity Elphick, Albert Fox 		177,771 19.4 −3.3
Plaid Cymru Jill Evans
Jon Blackwood, Eilian Williams, Gwenllian Lansdown 		159,888 17.4 −12.2
UKIP David Rowlands, Clive Easton, Elizabeth Phillips, Timothy Jenkins 96,677 10.5 +7.4
Liberal Democrats David John Williams, Alison Goldsworthy, Nicholas Tregoning, Nilmini Priyanga de Silva 96,116 10.5 +2.3
Green Martyn Shrewsbury, Molly Scott Cato, David Bradney, Dorienne Robinson 32,761 3.6 +1.0
BNP John Walker, Pauline Gregory, James Roberts, Mark Stringfellow[32] 27,135 3.0 N/A
Forward Wales Ron Davies, Wendy Paintsil, Janet Williams, Graham Jones 17,280 1.9 N/A
Christian Democratic Party Catherine Smith, Christine West, Joseph Biddulph, Robert Evans 6,821 0.7 N/A
Respect Helen Griffin, Huw Williams, Raja Gul Raiz, Taran O'Sullivan 5,427 0.6 N/A
Turnout 917,686 41.4 +12.4

1999

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European Election 1999: Wales[33]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Labour Glenys Kinnock, Eluned Morgan
Joe Wilson, Gareth Williams, Jane Hutt 		199,690
(99,845) 		31.9 N/A
Plaid Cymru Jill Evans, Eurig Wyn
Marc Phillips, Susanna Perkins, Owain Llywelyn 		185,235
(92,617.5) 		29.6 N/A
Conservative Jonathan Evans
Chris Butler, Owen John Williams, Robert Buckland, Edmund Hayward 		142,631 22.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Roger Roberts, Peter Price, Alistair Cameron, Juliana Hughes, John Dixon 51,283 8.2 N/A
UKIP Dai Rees, Niall Warry, Idris Richard Francis, Alan Barham, David Lloyd 19,702 3.1 N/A
Green Molly Scott Cato, Klaus Armstrong-Braun, Sue Walker, Rachel Kalela, John Matthews 16,146 2.6 N/A
Pro-Euro Conservative William Powell, Jennifer Harris, Antonio Fernandes-Vidal, Alan Morris, Christopher Hodgkinson 5,834 0.9 N/A
Socialist Labour Elizabeth Screen, Darren Hickery, Stephen Bell, Miriam Bowen, George Tafarides 4,283 0.7 N/A
Natural Law David Hughes, Brian Francis, Helen Evans, Andrea Jarman, John Ashforth 1,621 0.3 N/A
Turnout 626,425 29.0 N/A

1994

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Party Seats Seats
change 		Votes % %
change
Labour 5 Increase1 530,749 55.86 Increase6.93
Plaid Cymru 0 Steady 162,478 17.10 Increase4.21
Conservative 0 Steady 138,349 14.56 Decrease8.89
Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 82,480 8.68 Increase5.46
Green 0 Steady 19,413 2.04 Decrease9.11
Natural Law 0 – 6,081 0.64 –
UKIP 0 – 5,536 0.58 –
Independent 0 – 2,729 0.29 –
Socialist Alliance 0 – 1,270 1.33 –
Communist 0 – 1,073 0.11 –
Turnout: 950,158

1989

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Party Seats Seats
change 		Votes % %
change
Labour 4 Increase1 436,730 48.93 Increase4.40
Conservative 0 Decrease1 209,313 23.45 Decrease1.91
Plaid Cymru 0 Steady 115,062 12.89 Increase0.69
Green 0 Steady 99,546 11.15 Increase10.64
SLD 0 Steady 28,785 3.22 Decrease14.18
SDP 0 – 3,153 0.35 –
Turnout: 892,589

1984

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Party Seats Seats
change 		Votes % %
change
Labour 3 Steady 375,982 44.53 Increase2.83
Conservative 1 Steady 214,086 25.36 Decrease10.98
Alliance 0 Steady 146,947 17.40 Increase7.79
Plaid Cymru 0 Steady 103,031 12.20 Increase0.41
Ecology 0 – 4,266 0.51 –
Turnout: 844,312

1979

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Party Seats Seats
change 		Votes % %
change
Labour 3 – 294,978 41.70 –
Conservative 1 – 257,029 36.34 –
Plaid Cymru 0 – 83,399 11.79 –
Liberal 0 – 67,962 9.61 –
Independent 0 – 4,008 0.57 –
Turnout: 707,376

See also

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