Elections in Wales

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.

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. Since the passing of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 for UK general elections, all four types of elections are held after fixed periods, though early elections to the UK parliament can occur in certain situations, with Senedd elections being postponed to avoid elections to the UK parliament and Senedd coinciding with each other.

The three electoral systems used for elections in Wales are: first-past-the-post (for UK elections and local elections, though individual local authorities are able to move to STV under recent Welsh legislation), the additional member system (for Senedd elections) and the supplementary vote (for Police and Crime Commissioner elections; although proposals by the UK Government to change PCC elections to FPTP have been made).

Local government elections

 

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.

• The next Welsh local elections are scheduled for 2027
• Local election results 2022
• Local election results 2017
• Local election results 2012
• Local election results 2008
• Local election results 2004
• Local election results 1999
• Local election results 1995
• Local election results 1993

Police and crime commissioner elections

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.

• 2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections
• 2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections
• 2012 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections

Devolved parliament elections

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.^[1] 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

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.^[2] Similarly, in 2013 and 2016, the Electoral Reform Society published reports making the case for an upsize of the Assembly.^[3][4] 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.^[2]

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

The Special Committee was set up on 6 October 2021.^[7] In May 2022, a joint position statement was published by First Minister Mark Drakeford and Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price,^[8] 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.^[9]

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.^[10]

Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill

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.^[11]

as the Senedd

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

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

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.^[12]

 
Overall turnout: 46.5%

as the National Assembly for Wales (1999–2020)

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

Main article: 2016 National Assembly for Wales election

 
Overall turnout: 45.3%

2011

Main article: 2011 National Assembly for Wales election

 
Overall turnout: 42.2%

2007

Main article: 2007 National Assembly for Wales election

 
Overall turnout: 43.7%

2003

Main article: 2003 National Assembly for Wales election

 
Overall turnout: 38.2%

1999

Main article: 1999 National Assembly for Wales election

 

 

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

UK parliament elections

 

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	-	-	-	-

Detailed breakdowns

2019

Main articles: 2019 United Kingdom general election and 2019 United Kingdom general election in Wales

Party^[13]		Seats					Votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	% seats	Total	%	Change
	Labour	22	0	6	6	55	632,035	40.9	8.0
	Conservative	14	6^[a]	0	6	35	557,234	36.1	2.5
	Plaid Cymru	4	0	0		10	153,265	9.9	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0^[b]		0	92,171	6.0	1.5
	Brexit Party	0	0	0		0	83,908	5.4	new
	Green	0	0	0		0	15,828	1.0	0.7
	Independents	0	0	0^[c]		0	6,220	0.4	N/A
	Gwlad	0	0	0		0	1,515	0.1	new
	Cynon Valley	0	0	0		0	1,322	0.1	new
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0		0	345	0.0
	Christian	0	0	0		0	245	0.0	new^[d]
	SDP	0	0	0		0	181	0.0	new^[d]
	Socialist Alternative	0	0	0		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. 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

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	3	70.0	771,354	48.9	12.1
	Conservative	8	0	3	3	20.0	528,839	33.6	6.3
	Plaid Cymru	4	1	0	1	10.0	164,466	10.4	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	1	—	71,039	4.5	2.0
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	—	31,376	2.0	11.6
	Green	0	0	0	0	—	5,128	0.3	2.2
	Others	0	0	0	0	—	3,612	0.2	0.1
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

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	1	62.5	552,473	36.9	0.6
	Conservative	11	3	0	3	27.5	407,813	27.2	1.1
	UKIP	0	0	0		—	204,330	13.6	11.2
	Plaid Cymru	3	0	0		7.5	181,704	12.1	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	2	2	2.5	97,783	6.5	13.6
	Green	0	0	0		—	38,344	2.6	2.1
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0		—	3,481	0.2	0.2
	TUSC	0	0	0		—	1,780	0.1	0.1
	Others	0	0	0		—	10,355	0.7	0.5
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

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	4	65.0	531,601	36.2	6.5
	Conservative	8	5	0	5	20.0	382,730	26.1	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	1	1	7.5	295,164	20.1	1.7
	Plaid Cymru	3	1	0	1	7.5	165,394	11.3	1.3
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	—	35,690	2.4	1.0
	BNP	0	0	0	0	—	23,088	1.6	1.5
	Green	0	0	0	0	—	6,293	0.4	0.1
	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	1	—	24,442	1.7	1.1
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

Main articles: 2005 United Kingdom general election and 2005 United Kingdom general election in Wales

Party		Candidates	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour		29	5	594,821	42.7	5.9
	Conservative		3	3	297,830	21.4	0.4
	Liberal Democrats		4	2	256,249	18.4	4.6
	Plaid Cymru		3	1	174,838	12.6	1.7
	UKIP		0		20,297	1.5
	Green		0		7,144	0.5
	Forward Wales		0		3,461	0.2
	Legalise Cannabis		0		1,772	0.1
	BNP		0		1,689	0.1
	Socialist Labour		0		1,605	0.1
	Veritas		0		1,437	0.1
	Respect		0		643	0.0
	Liberal		0		605	0.0
	Socialist Alliance		0		557	0.0
	Communist		0		440	0.0
	Yourself		0		284	0.0
	Bean Party		0		159	0.0
	Independent		1	1	28,888	2.3
Turnout:					1,392,719	62.4

2001

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		666,956	48.6	6.1
	Conservative	40	0		288,623	21.0	1.4
	Plaid Cymru	40	4		195,893	14.3	4.4
	Liberal Democrats		2		189,254	13.8	1.5
	UKIP		0		12,552	0.9
	Green		0		3,753	0.3
	Socialist Labour		0		2,805	0.2
	Socialist Alliance		0		2,258	0.2
	ProLife Alliance		0		1,609	0.1
	Communist		0		384	0.0
	BNP		0		278	0.0
	Others				7,959	0.6
Turnout:				1,372,324	61.6

1997

Main articles: 1997 United Kingdom general election and 1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales

Party^[14]		Seats					Votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	% seats	Total votes	% votes	Change
	Labour	34	7	0	7	85.0	885,935	54.7	5.2
	Conservative	0	0	8	8	—	317,127	19.6	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	0	1	5.0	200,020	12.4	0.1
	Plaid Cymru	4	0	0		10.0	161,030	10.0	1.1
	Referendum	0	0	0		—	38,245	2.4	New
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0		—	6,203	0.4	New
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		—	4,633	0.3	New
	Independent	0	0	0		—	2,258	0.2	N/A
	Green	0	0	0		—	1,718	0.1	0.3
	Other parties	0	0	0		—	3,087	0.2	N/A

1992

Main articles: 1992 United Kingdom general election and 1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales

Party^[15]		Seats					Votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	% seats	Total votes	% votes	Change
	Labour	27	3	0	3	71.1	865,663	49.5	4.4
	Conservative	6	1	3	2	15.8	499,677	28.6	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	2	2	2.6	217,457	12.4	5.5
	Plaid Cymru	4	1	0	1	10.5	156,747	9.0	1.7
	Others	0	0	0		—	9,233	0.5	0.3

1987

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	4	63.2	765,209	45.1	7.6
	Conservative	8	0	6	6	21.1	501,316	29.5	1.5
	Alliance	3	1	0	1	7.9	304,230	17.9	5.3
	Plaid Cymru	3	1	0	1	7.9	123,599	7.3	0.5
	Others	0	0	0		—	3,742	0.2	0.2

1983

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	3	52.6	603,858	37.5	9.4
	Conservative	14	3	1	2	36.8	499,310	31.0	1.2
	Alliance	2	1	0	1	5.3	373,358	23.2	12.6
	Plaid Cymru	2	0	0		5.3	125,309	7.8	0.2
	Other parties	0	0	0		—	7,151	0.4	1.9

European Parliament

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

^[18]

European Election 2019: Wales^[16]^[17]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Brexit Party	Nathan Gill (1) James Wells (3) Gethin James, Julie Price	271,404 (135,702)	32.46	32.46
	Plaid Cymru	Jill Evans (2) Carmen Smith, Patrick McGuinness, Ioan Bellin	163,928	19.60	4.34
	Labour	Jacqueline Jones (4) Matthew Dorrance, Mary Wimbury, Mark Whitcott	127,833	15.29	12.86
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Bennett, Donna Lalek, Alistair Cameron, Andrew Parkhurst	113,885	13.62	9.67
	Conservative	Daniel Boucher, Craig Lawton, Fay Jones, Tomos Davies	54,587	6.53	10.90
	Green	Anthony Slaughter, Ian Chandler, Ceri Davies, Duncan Rees	52,660	6.30	1.76
	UKIP	Kristian Hicks, Keith Edwards, Thomas Harrison, Robert McNeil-Wilson	27,566	3.30	24.26
	Change UK	Jon Owen Jones, June Davies, Matthew Paul, Sally Anne Stephenson	24,332	2.91	2.91
Turnout			836,195	37.1	5.6

2019 opinion polls

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

European Election 2014: Wales
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Derek Vaughan Jayne Bryant, Alex Thomas, Christina Rees^[19]^[20]	206,332	28.15	+7.9
	UKIP	Nathan Gill James Cole, Caroline Jones, David Rowlands^[20]^[21]	201,983	27.55	+14.8
	Conservative	Kay Swinburne Aled Davies, Dan Boucher, Richard Hopkin^[20]^[22]	127,742	17.43	−3.8
	Plaid Cymru	Jill Evans Marc Jones, Stephen Cornelius, Ioan Bellin^[20]^[23]^[24]	111,864	15.26	−3.3
	Green	Pippa Bartolotti, John Matthews, Chris Were, Rosemary Cutler^[20]^[25]^[26]	33,275	4.54	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alec Dauncey, Robert Speht, Jackie Radford, Bruce Roberts^[20]	28,930	3.95	−6.7
	BNP	Mike Whitby, Laurence Reid, Jean Griffin, Gary Tumulty^[20]	7,655	1.04	−4.4
	Britain First	Paul Golding, Anthony Golding, Christine Smith, Anne Elstone^[20]	6,633	0.9	0.00
	Socialist Labour	Andrew Jordan, Katherine Jones, David Lloyd Jones, Liz Screen^[20]	4,459	0.61	−1.2
	NO2EU	Robert Griffiths, Claire Job, Steve Skelly, Laura Picand^[20]	2,803	0.38	−0.9
	Socialist (GB)	Brian Johnson, Richard Cheney, Ed Blewitt, Howard Moss^[20]^[27]	1,384	0.19	0.00
Turnout			733,060	31.5	+1.1

2009

European Election 2009: Wales^[28]^[29]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	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

European Election 2004: Wales^[30]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	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^[31]	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

European Election 1999: Wales^[32]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	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

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	5	1	530,749	55.86	6.93
	Plaid Cymru	0		162,478	17.10	4.21
	Conservative	0		138,349	14.56	8.89
	Liberal Democrats	0		82,480	8.68	5.46
	Green	0		19,413	2.04	9.11
	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

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	4	1	436,730	48.93	4.40
	Conservative	0	1	209,313	23.45	1.91
	Plaid Cymru	0		115,062	12.89	0.69
	Green	0		99,546	11.15	10.64
	SLD	0		28,785	3.22	14.18
	SDP	0	–	3,153	0.35	–
Turnout:				892,589

1984

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	3		375,982	44.53	2.83
	Conservative	1		214,086	25.36	10.98
	Alliance	0		146,947	17.40	7.79
	Plaid Cymru	0		103,031	12.20	0.41
	Ecology	0	–	4,266	0.51	–
Turnout:				844,312

1979

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

• Elections in the United Kingdom
• Elections in England
• Elections in Northern Ireland
• Elections in Scotland

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