On Thursday 9 April 1992, the 1992 United Kingdom general election was held in Wales, to elect all 651 members of the House of Commons, with 38 constituencies being in Wales.
The Labour Party again won a decisive majority of Welsh MPs, gaining three seats for a total of 27 out of 38. The Conservatives lost two Welsh MPs, Plaid Cymru gained one and the Liberal Democrats lost two of their three Welsh MPs.
Despite the Labour party winning the most votes in Wales, the Conservatives won across the UK.
However, due to strong Conservative results in England and Scotland, the Conservative result in Wales was enough to allow the party to form a majority government for a fourth term.
Candidates
Below is a table summarising the candidates of the 1992 general election in Wales.
Affiliation CandidatesLabour Party 38Conservative Party 38Liberal Democrats 38Plaid Cymru 35Green Party of England and Wales 14Natural Law Party 9British National Party 1Anti-Federalist League 1Independent 1Communist Party of Great Britain (PCC) 1Independent Conservative 1Official Monster Raving Loony Party 1Real Bean Party 1Raving Loony Green Giant Party 1Total 180
Results Below is a table summarising the results of the 1992 general election in Wales.
+PartySeatsAggregate Votes Total Gains Losses Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change (%) 27 3 0 3 71.1 865,663 49.5 4.4 6 1 3 2 15.8 499,677 28.6 0.9 4 1 0 1 10.5 156,747 9.0 1.7 1 0 2 2 2.6 217,457 12.4 5.5 0 0 0 — 7,073 0.4 0.3 0 colspan=3 — 1,231 0.1 Real Bean 0 colspan=3 — 707 0.0 0 colspan=3 — 637 0.0 0 colspan=3 — 547 0.0 0 colspan=3 — 245 0.0 0 colspan=3 — 200 0.0 0 colspan=3 — 158 0.0 0 colspan=3 — 121 0.0 0 colspan=3 — 114 0.0 Total 38 0 100.0 1,748,777 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 79.7 0.8
See also 1992 United Kingdom general election in England 1992 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (1992–1997)
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