1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales
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All 38 Welsh seats to the House of Commons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Results
Below is a table summarising the results of the 1992 general election in Wales.[2]
| Party | Seats | Aggregate Votes | |||||||
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| Total | Gains | Losses | Net +/- | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Difference | ||
| 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 | 0.0 | 9,233 | 0.5 | 0.3 | ||
| Total | 38 | 1,748,777 | |||||||
References
- ^ a b "UK Election Statistics: 1918-2022, A Long Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 22.
- ^ "GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS, 9 APRIL 1992" (PDF). 1993. Retrieved 30 July 2018.