2010 United Kingdom general election results in Wales
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These are the results of the United Kingdom general election, 2010 for the country of Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. The election was held on 6 May 2010, and all 40 parliamentary seats in Wales were contested. The Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

 remained the party with the most seats in Wales, however it suffered a net loss of 4 seats and its share of the vote dropped by 6.5%. The Conservatives
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 increased their number of seats by 5 and the Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...

 and Plaid Cymru
Plaid Cymru
' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...

saw little change both in the number of seats and share of the vote.
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Party Candidates Seats Seats
change
Votes % %
change
40 26 -4 531,601 36.2 -6.5
40 8 +5 382,730 26.1 +4.7
40 3 -1 295,164 20.1 +1.7
40 3 +1 165,394 11.3 -1.3
40 0 0 35,690 2.4 +1.0
19 0 0 23,088 1.6 +1.5
0 0 15,339 1.0
1 0 -1 6,458 0.4
10 0 0 6,293 0.4 -0.1
0 0 1,947 0.1
4 0 0 1,155 0.0
1 0 0 558 0.0
1 0 0 384 0.0
2 0 0 352 0.0
2 0 0 341 0.0
1 0 0 196 0.0
1 0 0 127 0.0
Turnout: 1,446,690 64.9
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