List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wales

Wales is divided into forty Parliamentary constituencies which elect Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. After the General Election of December 2019, 22 of the Welsh constituencies are represented by Labour MPs, 14 by Conservative MPs, and 4 by Plaid Cymru MPs. [1]

The same constituencies are used for elections to the Senedd. The same boundaries make up the Senedd constituencies.

Constituencies
Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  ‡Labour   †Conservative   ₪Plaid Cymru   ¤Liberal Democrat   *Brexit Party   ȼIndependent

Constituency Electorate[2] Majority[3] Member of Parliament[3] Nearest opposition[3] Map
Aberavon 50,750 10,490 Stephen Kinnock‡ Charlotte Lang†
Aberconwy 44,699 2,034 Robin Millar† Emily Owen ‡
Alyn and Deeside 62,789 213 Mark Tami‡ Sanjoy Sen†
Arfon 42,215 2,781 Hywel Williams₪ Steffie Williams Roberts‡
Blaenau Gwent 50,739 8,647 Nick Smith‡ Richard Taylor*
Brecon and Radnorshire 55,490 7,131 Fay Jones† Jane Dodds¤
Bridgend 63,303 1,157 Jamie Wallis† Madeleine Moon‡
Caerphilly 63,166 6,833 Wayne David‡ Jane Pratt†
Cardiff Central 64,037 17,179 Jo Stevens‡ Meirion Jenkins†
Cardiff North 68,438 6,982 Anna McMorrin‡ Mo Ali†
Cardiff South and Penarth 78,837 12,737 Stephen Doughty‡ Philippa Broom†
Cardiff West 68,508 10,986 Kevin Brennan‡ Carolyn Webster†
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 57,419 1,809 Jonathan Edwardsȼ David Darkin†
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 59,158 7,745 Simon Hart† Marc Tierney‡
Ceredigion 56,250 6,329 Ben Lake₪ Amanda Jenner¤
Clwyd South 53,919 1,239 Simon Baynes† Susan Elan Jones‡
Clwyd West 57,714 6,747 David Jones† Jo Thomas‡
Cynon Valley 51,134 8,822 Beth Winter‡ Pauline Church†
Delyn 54,560 865 Rob Roberts† David Hanson‡
Dwyfor Meirionnydd 44,362 4,740 Liz Saville-Roberts₪ Tomos Davies†
Gower 61,762 1,837 Tonia Antoniazzi‡ Francesca O'Brien†
Islwyn 55,423 5,464 Christopher James Evans‡ Gavin Chambers†
Llanelli 60,518 4,670 Nia Griffith‡ Tamara Reay†
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 56,322 10,606 Gerald Jones‡ Sara Jones†
Monmouth 67,098 9,982 David Davies† Yvonne Murphy‡
Montgomeryshire 48,997 12,138 Craig Williams† Kishan Devani¤
Neath 56,419 5,637 Christina Rees‡ Jon Burns†
Newport East 58,554 1,992 Jessica Morden‡ Mark Brown†
Newport West 66,657 902 Ruth Jones‡ Matthew Evans†
Ogmore 57,581 7,805 Chris Elmore‡ Sadie Vidal†
Pontypridd 60,327 5,887 Alex Davies-Jones‡ Sam Trask†
Preseli Pembrokeshire 59,606 5,062 Stephen Crabb† Philippa Thompson‡
Rhondda 50,262 11,440 Chris Bryant‡ Hannah Jarvis
Swansea East 58,450 11,440 Carolyn Harris‡ Denise Howard†
Swansea West 57,078 8,116 Geraint Davies‡ James Price†
Torfaen 62,330 3,742 Nick Thomas-Symonds‡ Graham Smith†
Vale of Clwyd 56,649 1,827 James Davies† Chris Ruane‡
Vale of Glamorgan 76,508 3,562 Alun Cairns† Belinda Loveluck-Edwards‡
Wrexham 49,737 2,131 Sarah Atherton† Mary Wimbury‡
Ynys Môn (Anglesey) 51,925 1,968 Virginia Crosbie† Mary Roberts‡

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for Wales submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries.[4] Subsequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020[5] was passed into law on 14 December 2020. This formally removed the duty to implement the 2018 review and set out the framework for future boundary reviews. The Act provided that the number of constituencies should remain at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.

The Act specified that the next review should be completed no later than 1 July 2023 and the Boundary Commission formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[6] The Commission have calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to Wales will decrease by 8, from 40 to 32.[7] This includes the protected constituency of Ynys Môn.

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[8]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Wales in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Labour 632,035 40.9% 8.0% 22 6
Conservative 557,234 36.1% 2.5% 14 6
Plaid Cymru 153,265 9.9% 0.5% 4 0
Liberal Democrats 92,171 6.0% 1.5% 0 0
Brexit 83,908 5.4% new 0 0
Greens 15,828 1.0% 0.7% 0 0
Others 9,916 0.6% 1.6% 0 0
Total 1,544,357 100.0 40

Percentage votes
Wales votes percentage

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

PC - Plaid Cymru

UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019

Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats
Wales seats

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

OTH - 1970 - Independent (S. O. Davies); 2005 - Independent (Peter Law)

PC - Plaid Cymru

Maps
  • 2010
  • 2015
  • 2017
  • 2019 by-elections
  • December 2019

These are maps of the results of the last four general elections in Wales and changes in 2019 following a by-election and a change of affiliation.

2019 by-elections

*Two by-elections were held in 2019:

See also

References
  1. "Wales 2019 results". Election 2019 Results. BBC. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "BBC Elections 2019 results". BBC Elections. 15 December 2019.
  4. "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020".
  6. "2023 Review launched | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  7. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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