2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales
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8 June 2017
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On Thursday 8 June 2017, the 2017 United Kingdom general election was held in Wales, to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons, with 40 constituencies being in Wales.[1] The election for each seat was conducted on the basis of first-past-the-post.
The Labour party won the most votes in Wales, with the Conservatives winning overall across the UK.[2]
Candidates
[edit]Below is a table summarising the candidates of the 2017 general election in Wales.[3][4][5]
| Affiliation | Candidates | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 40 | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 40 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 40 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 40 | |
| UK Independence Party | 32 | |
| Green Party of England and Wales | 10 | |
| Pirate Party | 3 | |
| Independent | 3 | |
| Save Whithybush Save Lives | 1 | |
| Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 1 | |
| Women's Equality Party | 1 | |
| Socialist Party of Great Britain | 1 | |
| The New Society of Worth | 1 | |
| Total | 213 | |
Analysis
[edit]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.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8][9]
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.[10][11]
Target seats
[edit]Labour
[edit]- Gower, Conservative, 0.1% (Labour Gain)
- Vale of Clwyd, Conservative, 0.7% (Labour Gain)
- Cardiff North, Conservative, 4.2% (Labour Gain)
Conservative
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Ynys Môn, Labour, 0.7% (Labour Hold)
- Ceredigion, Liberal Democrats, 8.2% (Plaid Gain)
Results summary
[edit]| Party[12][4] | Seats | Aggregate Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | 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 | 0.0 | 71,039 | 4.5 | 2.0 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | — | 31,376 | 2.0 | 11.6 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 5,128 | 0.3 | 2.2 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 1,484 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
| Save Whithybush Save Lives | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 1,209 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Pirate | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 446 | 0.0 | | |
| Women's Equality | 0 | New | — | 177 | 0.0 | New | |||
| Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 157 | 0.0 | | |
| Socialist (GB) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 92 | 0.0 | | |
| New Society of Worth | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 31 | 0.0 | | |
| Total | 40 | 0 | 100.0 | 1,575,798 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Registered voters, and turnout | 2,296,373[13] | 68.6[14] | 2.9 | ||||||
Opinion polling
[edit]| 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 Archived 25 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine | 3,272 | 36% | 25% | 16% | 14% | 6% | N/a | 3%[a] | 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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Including the Green Party.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Election 2017 – Wales". BBC News. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ↑ "UK Election Statistics: 1918-2022, A Long Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 22.
- ↑ Cracknell, Richard; Uberoi, Elise; Burton, Matthew (9 August 2023). "UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 23. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- 1 2 "UK General Elections Results 1832-2019". Retrieved 12 August 2026.
- ↑ "Results for the UK general election on 8 June 2017". Retrieved 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Colombeau, Joseph (29 June 2017). "The 2017 General Election – the numbers behind the result – London Datastore". Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Meet Ben Lake - Wales' youngest Member of Parliament". ITV News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ↑ Coles, Jon (10 June 2017). "Plaid wrestle Ceredigion from Lib Dems". The Ceredigion Herald. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ↑ "No Liberal MP in Wales for the first time since 1859". BBC News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ↑ Shipton, Martin (9 June 2017). "The end of Liberalism in Wales as party loses Ceredigion seat". WalesOnline. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ↑ "Results for the UK general election on 8 June 2017". Retrieved 21 October 2026.
- ↑ "Election 2017: Wales results". BBC News. Retrieved 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Cracknell, Richard; Uberoi, Elise; Burton, Matthew (9 August 2023). "UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 29. Retrieved 20 October 2026.
