On Thursday 7 May 2015, the 2015 United Kingdom general election was held in Wales, to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons, with 40 constituencies being in Wales. 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.

Results

A full list of the results in Wales can be found in the House of Commons Library General Elections Online.

+PartySeatsAggregate Votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference 25 1 2 1 62.5 552,473 36.9 0.6 11 3 0 3 27.5 407,813 27.2 1.1 3 0 0 7.5 181,704 12.1 0.8 1 0 2 2 2.5 97,783 6.5 13.6 0 0 0 — 204,330 13.6 11.2 0 0 0 — 38,344 2.6 2.1 0 0 0 — 3,481 0.2 0.2 0 0 0 0.0 1,780 0.1 0.1   Others 0 0 0 — 10,355 0.7 0.5 Total 40 1,498,063 65.7 0.9

Turnout statistics

Election turnout statistics source and comment Estimated total population of Wales 3.1M data for 30 June 2015 Total eligible electorate 2.281M 1 electorate as proportion of total population 74% Total valid votes 1.498M 1 Mean turnout based on total valid votes 65.67% Mean as average of constituency results 65.64% Mean as above but based on ballot box turnout 65.77% 1 ballot box turnout includes rejected ballots Median valid vote turnout 65.0% turnout midway between 20th and 21st constituency UK median valid vote turnout 66.7% for comparison with above

1 valid vote, count of rejected ballots and total electorate come from the source(s) given in 'Table of results by constituency' below.

Results by constituency

+ Table of results by constituency Constituency 1 Total electorate 2 Winning party Majority Source(s) Aberavon 49,821 Welsh Labour hold 10,445 Aberconwy 45,525 Welsh Conservatives hold 3,999 Alyn and Deeside 62,016 Welsh Labour hold 3,343 Arfon 40,492 Plaid Cymru hold 3,668 rejected ballots 95 email from Gwynedd Council 3Jun15 Blaenau Gwent 51,335 Welsh Labour hold 12,703 Brecon and Radnorshire 54,441 Welsh Conservatives gain 5,102 rejected ballots 71 email from Powys County Council 15Jul15 Bridgend 59,998 Welsh Labour hold 1,927 Caerphilly 63,603 Welsh Labour hold 10,073 Cardiff Central 57,456 Welsh Labour gain 4,981 Cardiff North 67,196 Welsh Conservatives hold 2,137 Cardiff South and Penarth 76,006 Labour Co-operative Party hold 7,453 Cardiff West 66,762 Welsh Labour hold 6,789 Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 55,605 Plaid Cymru hold 5,599 rejected ballots 61 email from Carmarthenshire County Council 27Jul15 Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 57,777email from Pembrokeshire County Council 14Jul15 Welsh Conservatives hold 6,054 Ceredigion 54,243 Welsh Liberal Democrats hold 3,067 Clwyd South 54,996 Welsh Labour hold 2,402 Clwyd West 58,644 Welsh Conservatives hold 6,730 Cynon Valley 51,422 Welsh Labour hold 9,406 Delyn 53,639 Welsh Labour hold 2,930 Dwyfor Meirionnydd 44,394 Plaid Cymru hold 5,261 rejected ballots 65 email from Gwynedd Council 3Jun15 Gower 61,820 Welsh Conservatives gain 27 Islwyn 55,697 Labour Co-operative Party hold 10,404 Llanelli 59,796 Welsh Labour hold 7,095 rejected ballots 40 email from Carmarthenshire County Council 27Jul15 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 61,716 Welsh Labour hold 11,513 Monmouth 62,248 Welsh Conservatives hold 10,982 Montgomeryshire 48,690 Welsh Conservatives hold 5,325 rejected ballots 54 email from Powys County Council 15Jul15 Neath 56,097 Welsh Labour hold 9,546 Newport East 56,015 Welsh Labour hold 4,705 rejected ballots 70 email from Newport City Council 4Sep15 Newport West 62,137 Welsh Labour hold 3,510 rejected ballots 76 email from Newport City Council 4Sep15 Ogmore 55,320email from Bridgend County Borough Council 29Jun15 Welsh Labour hold13,043 Pontypridd 58,940 Welsh Labour hold 8,985 Preseli Pembrokeshire 57,371 Welsh Conservatives hold 4,969 Rhondda 51,811 Welsh Labour hold 7,455 Swansea East 58,011 Welsh Labour hold 12,028 Swansea West 58,776 Welsh Labour 3 hold 7,036 Torfaen 61,896 Welsh Labour hold 8,169 Vale of Clwyd 56,505 Welsh Conservatives gain 237 Vale of Glamorgan 72,187 Welsh Conservatives hold 6,880 Wrexham 50,992 Welsh Labour hold 1,831 Ynys Môn 49,939 Welsh Labour hold 229

1 The information on the winning party and the majority come from the source(s) indicated.

2 The total electorate comes from unless another reference is given. 3 The MP is a Labour Co-op Party member but he was nominated as 'Welsh Labour'.

Target seats

Labour Gower, Conservative, 0.1% Vale of Clwyd, Conservative, 0.7% Cardiff North, Conservative, 4.2%

Conservative Bridgend, Labour, 4.9% Wrexham, Labour, 5.6% Clwyd South, Labour, 6.9% Delyn, Labour, 7.8% Alyn and Deeside, Labour, 8.1% Newport West, Labour, 8.7%

Plaid Cymru Ynys Môn, Labour, 0.7% Ceredigion, Liberal Democrats, 8.2%

Opinion polling Date(s) conductedPolling organisation/clientSample size PlaidLab Con LD UKIPGreen Others Lead16 April 2015Five-way Opposition Leaders' Debate held on BBC One13–15 April 2015 YouGov/ITV/Cardiff University 1,143 12% 40% 26% 6% 13% 4% <0.5% 14%2 April 2015 Seven-way Leaders' Debate on ITV26–31 Mar 2015 YouGov/The Sun 1,035 9% 40% 27% 6% 13% 5% 1% 13% 30 March 2015 Dissolution of Parliament and the official start of the election campaign24–27 Mar 2015 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,189 11% 40% 25% 5% 14% 5% 1% 15% 26 March 2015First TV election interview by Jeremy Paxman with David Cameron and Ed Miliband on Sky and Channel 45–9 Mar 2015 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,279 10% 39% 25% 5% 14% 6% 1% 14% 19–21 Jan 2015 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,036 10% 37% 23% 6% 16% 8% 1% 14% 8–13 Jan 2015 ICM/BBC Wales 1,004 12% 38% 21% 7% 13% 6% 2% 17% 2–3 Dec 2014 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,131 11% 36% 23% 5% 18% 5% 2% 13% 19–22 Sep 2014 ICM/BBC Wales 1,006 13% 39% 23% 5% 16% 2% 1% 16% 8–11 Sep 2014 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,025 11% 38% 23% 6% 17% 5% 1% 15% 26 Jun–1 Jul 2014 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,035 11% 41% 25% 5% 14% 3% 2% 16% 22 May 2014 2014 European Parliament elections12–14 May 2014 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,092 11% 43% 22% 7% 13% 3% 2% 21% 11–22 Apr 2014 YouGov/University of Cardiff 1,027 11% 45% 24% 7% 10% 1% 2% 21% 21–24 Feb 2014 ICM/BBC Wales 1,000 15% 45% 24% 6% 8% 2% 1% 21% 10–12 Feb 2014 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,250 11% 47% 22% 7% 9% 2% 2% 25% 2–4 Dec 2013 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,001 12% 46% 21% 8% 10% 2% 2% 25% 18–22 Jul 2013 YouGov 1,012 9% 48% 23% 8% 8% 2% 2% 25% 18–20 Feb 2013 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,007 10% 51% 22% 9% 7% 1% 1% 29% 2–4 Jul 2012 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,000 10% 54% 23% 4% 9% 21% 3 May 2012 2012 Welsh local elections12–16 Apr 2012 YouGov 1,039 12% 50% 23% 7% 9% 27% 30 Jan–1 Feb 2012 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,008 11% 50% 25% 6% 5% 3% 2% 25% 5 May 2011 2011 Welsh Assembly election2–4 May 2011 YouGov/ITV Wales 1,010 10% 50% 24% 8% 4% 2% 2% 25% 6 May 2010 General election results 1,466,690 11.3% 36.2% 26.1% 20.1% 2.4% 0.4% 3.4% 10%

See also 2015 United Kingdom general election in England 2015 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 2015 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (2015–2017)

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