2015 United Kingdom general election in Wales information
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2015 United Kingdom general election in Wales
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All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
First party
Second party
Leader
Ed Miliband
David Cameron
Party
Labour
Conservative
Leader since
25 September 2010
6 December 2005
Last election
26 seats, 36.2%
8 seats, 26.1%
Seats won
25
11
Seat change
1
3
Popular vote
552,473
408,213
Percentage
36.9%
27.2%
Swing
0.6%
1.1%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Leanne Wood
Nick Clegg
Party
Plaid Cymru
Liberal Democrats
Leader since
16 March 2012
18 December 2007
Last election
3 seats, 11.3%
3 seats, 20.1%
Seats won
3
1
Seat change
2
Popular vote
181,704
97,783
Percentage
12.1%
6.5%
Swing
0.8%
13.6%
Results of the 2015 election in Wales
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The 2015 United Kingdom general election in Wales was held on 7 May 2015 and all 40 seats in Wales were contested.[1][2] The election for each seat was conducted on the basis of first-past-the-post.
Despite the Labour party winning the most votes in Wales, the Conservatives won across the UK.[3]
^"Election 2015 – Wales". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
^Cite error: The named reference HoC Wales 2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"UK Election Statistics: 1918-2022, A Long Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 22.
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