2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales

The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales was held on 8 June 2017; all 40 seats in Wales were contested.[1] The election for each seat was conducted on the basis of first-past-the-post.

2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales

8 June 2017
All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
Turnout	68.6% 3.0%
Leader Jeremy Corbyn Theresa May Leanne Wood Party Labour Conservative Plaid Cymru Leader since 12 September 2015 11 July 2016 16 March 2012 Last election 25 seats, 36.9% 11 seats, 27.2% 3 seats, 12.1% Seats won 28 8 4 Seat change 3 3 1 Popular vote 771,354 528,839 164,466 Percentage 48.9% 33.6% 10.4% Swing 12.1% 6.3% 1.7%
Results by constituency

Results summary

Party		Seats					Votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	% seats	Total	%	Change
	Labour	28	3	0	3	70.0	771,354	48.9	12.1
	Welsh Conservatives	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%

Analysis

The Labour Party remained the largest party in Wales and won an even larger majority of seats after gaining three seats from the Conservatives. Its 48.9% of the vote and total of 771,354 popular votes were its best in Wales since 1997.[2]

The Conservative Party, who entered the campaign with high hopes of making gains, saw its representation reduced back to the levels it won in the 2010 general election.[3]

Plaid Cymru won back Ceredigion after the constituency's 12 years in Liberal Democrat hands, and brought its tally up to four seats, which was its best result showing since 2001 and one of its joint best in history.[4][5]

Plaid Cymru's gain in Ceredigion and the Liberal Democrats' failure to make gains elsewhere meant that this was the first time in Welsh electoral history where there were no Liberal or Liberal Democrat MPs elected to represent a Welsh constituency in a Westminster Parliamentary election.[6][7]

Target seats

Labour

• Gower, Conservative, 0.1% (Labour Gain)
• Vale of Clwyd, Conservative, 0.7% (Labour Gain)
• Cardiff North, Conservative, 4.2% (Labour Gain)

Conservative

• Bridgend, Labour, 4.9% (Labour Hold)
• Wrexham, Labour, 5.6% (Labour Hold)
• Clwyd South, Labour, 6.9% (Labour Hold)
• Delyn, Labour, 7.8% (Labour Hold)
• Alyn and Deeside, Labour, 8.1% (Labour Hold)
• Newport West, Labour, 8.7% (Labour Hold)

Plaid Cymru

• Ynys Môn, Labour, 0.7% (Labour Hold)
• Ceredigion, Liberal Democrats, 8.2% (Plaid Gain)

Opinion polling

Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample size	Lab	Con	UKIP	Plaid	Lib Dem	Green	Others	Lead
8 June	General Election results	1,575,814	48.9%	33.6%	2.0%	10.4%	4.5%	0.3%	0.2%	15.3%
5–7 June 2017	YouGov/ITV	1,074	46%	34%	5%	9%	5%	1%		12%
29–31 May 2017	YouGov/ITV	1,014	46%	35%	5%	8%	5%	0%	0%	11%
18–21 May 2017	YouGov/ITV	1,025	44%	34%	5%	9%	6%	1%	1%	10%
5–7 May 2017	YouGov/ITV	1,018	35%	41%	4%	11%	7%	1%	1%	6%
4 May 2017	2017 Welsh local elections
19–21 April 2017	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	1,029	30%	40%	6%	13%	8%	2%	1%	10%
18 Apr	Prime Minister Theresa May announces her intention to seek a general election to be held on 8 June 2017
3–6 Jan 2017	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	1,034	33%	28%	13%	13%	9%	2%	0	5%
18–21 Sep 2016	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	1,001	35%	29%	14%	13%	7%	2%	0	6%
13 Jul 2016	Theresa May becomes the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
30 Jun–4 Jul 2016	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	1,010	34%	23%	16%	16%	8%	1%	2%	11%
5 May 2016	Welsh Assembly election and Ogmore by-election
19–22 Apr 2016	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	1,001	37%	23%	17%	13%	7%	2%	1%	14%
7–11 Apr 2016	YouGov/ITV Wales	1,011	38%	22%	18%	13%	6%	2%	1%	16%
7–18 Mar 2016	Welsh Election Study	3,272	36%	25%	16%	14%	6%	N/A	3%[lower-alpha 1]	11%
9–11 Feb 2016	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	1,024	37%	27%	18%	13%	4%	1%	-	10%
30 Nov–4 Dec 2015	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	1,005	37%	27%	17%	12%	4%	2%	-	10%
21–24 Sep 2015	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	1,151	42%	26%	16%	10%	5%	2%	-	16%
24–26 Jun 2015	YouGov/Welsh Political Barometer	1,151	37%	28%	15%	12%	4%	3%	1%	9%
7 May 2015	General Election results	1,498,433	36.9%	27.2%	13.6%	12.1%	6.5%	2.6%	1.0%	9.7%

See also

• 2017 United Kingdom general election in England
• 2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
• 2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

Notes

1. Including the Green Party.

References

1. "Election 2017 – Wales". BBC News. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
2. Colombeau, Joseph (29 June 2017). "The 2017 General Election – the numbers behind the result – London Datastore". Retrieved 27 December 2020.
3. Watson, Leon (9 June 2017). "Tory hopes of breakthrough in Wales dashed as Labour gain Gower, Vale of Clwyd and Cardiff North". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
4. "Meet Ben Lake - Wales' youngest Member of Parliament". ITV News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
5. Coles, Jon (10 June 2017). "Plaid wrestle Ceredigion from Lib Dems". The Ceredigion Herald. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
6. "No Liberal MP in Wales for the first time since 1859". BBC News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
7. Shipton, Martin (9 June 2017). "The end of Liberalism in Wales as party loses Ceredigion seat". WalesOnline. Retrieved 27 December 2020.