2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales

2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales
8 June 2017
All 40 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
Turnout68.6% 3.0%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jeremy Corbyn Theresa May
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 12 September 2015 11 July 2016
Last election 25 seats, 36.9% 11 seats, 27.2%
Seats won 28 8
Seat change 3 3
Popular vote 771,354 528,839
Percentage 48.9% 33.6%
Swing 12.1% 6.3%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Leanne Wood Tim Farron
Party Plaid Cymru Liberal Democrats
Leader since 16 March 2012 16 July 2015
Last election 3 seats, 12.1% 1 seat, 6.5%
Seats won 4 0
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 164,466 71,039
Percentage 10.4% 4.5%
Swing 1.7% 2.0%
Results by constituency

The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales was held on 8 June 2017; all 40 seats in Wales were contested. The election for each seat was conducted on the basis of first-past-the-post.

The Labour party won the most votes in Wales, with the Conservatives winning overall across the UK.

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