1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales

1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales

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All 38 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
First party Second party   Leader Neil Kinnock John Major Party Labour Conservative Leader since 2 October 1983 28 November 1990 Last election 24 seats, 45.1% 8 seats, 29.5% Seats won 27 6 Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 865,663 499,677 Percentage 49.5% 28.6% Swing 4.4% 0.9%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Dafydd Wigley Paddy Ashdown Party Plaid Cymru Liberal Democrats Leader since 1991 16 July 1988 Last election 3 seats, 7.3% 3 seats, 17.9% Seats won 4 1 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 156,747 217,457 Percentage 9.0% 12.4% Swing 1.7% 5.5%

The 1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales took place on 9 April 1992 for all 38 seats 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. ^[1]

Despite the Labour party winning the most votes in Wales, the Conservatives won across the UK.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the 1992 general election in Wales.^[2]

Party[2]		Seats					Votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	% seats	Total votes	% votes	Change
	Labour	27	3	0	3	71.1	865,663	49.5	4.4
	Conservative	6	1	3	2	15.8	499,677	28.6	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	2	2	2.6	217,457	12.4	5.5
	Plaid Cymru	4	1	0	1	10.5	156,747	9.0	1.7
	Others	0	0	0		—	9,233	0.5	0.3

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