On Thursday 15 October 1964, the 1964 United Kingdom general election was held in Wales, to elect all 630 members of the House of Commons, with 36 constituencies being in Wales.

The election saw the Labour party win the most votes and seats in Wales, increasing its seats in Wales from 27 to 28, picking up one seat from the Conservative Party.

The Conservative Party gained Denbigh from its constituency alliance party, the National Liberal Party. Geraint Morgan, who was the sitting National Liberal MP instead stood as a Conservative candidate, retaining the seat for the constituency alliance between the parties overall. This was the last election at which the National Liberals stood any candidates in Wales, before the party officially merged with the Conservatives in 1968, with it only fielding candidates in England in the 1966 United Kingdom general election.

The Conservative Party lost Swansea West to Labour.

The Liberal Party retained its two seats in Wales. These were Cardiganshire and Montgomeryshire. Emlyn Hooson retained Montgomeryshire following the 1962 Montgomeryshire by-election after the death of the former Leader of the Liberal Party Clement Davies.

Candidates

Below is a table summarising the candidates of the 1964 general election in Wales.

Affiliation CandidatesLabour Party 36Conservative Party 34Plaid Cymru 23Liberal Party 12Communist Party of Great Britain 5National Liberal Party 2Total 112

Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the 1964 general election in Wales.

+PartySeatsAggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change (%)   Labour 28 1 0 1 77.8 837,022 57.8 1.4   Conservative (Total) 6 1 2 1 16.7 425,022 29.4 3.2 6 1 1 16.7 398,960 27.6 2.0 0 0 1 1 — 26,062 1.8 1.2   Liberal 2 0 0 5.6 106,114 7.3 2.0   Plaid Cymru 0 0 0 — 69,507 4.8 0.4   Communist 0 0 0 — 9,377 0.6 0.1 Total 36 0 100.0 1,447,042 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 1,805,454 80.1 2.5

See also 1964 United Kingdom general election in England 1964 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (1964–1966)

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