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]
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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
editBelow is a table summarising the results of the 1992 general election in Wales.[2]
Party[2] | Seats | Votes | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net +/- | % seats | Total votes | % votes | Change | ||
Labour | 27 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | 71.1 | 865,663 | 49.5 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 6 | 1 | 3 | ![]() | 15.8 | 499,677 | 28.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 2 | ![]() | 2.6 | 217,457 | 12.4 | ![]() | |
Plaid Cymru | 4 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 10.5 | 156,747 | 9.0 | ![]() | |
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 9,233 | 0.5 | ![]() |
References
edit- ^ a b "UK Election Statistics: 1918-2022, A Long Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 22.
- ^ a b "GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS, 9 APRIL 1992" (PDF). 1993. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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