1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales

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1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales

9 April 1992
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.

Despite the Labour party winning the most votes in Wales, the Conservatives won across the UK.

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.

Party		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