1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales

On Thursday 9 April 1992, the 1992 United Kingdom general election was held in Wales, to elect all 651 members of the House of Commons, with 38 constituencies being 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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1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales

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All 38 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
Turnout	79.7% (0.8 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Neil Kinnock John Major Party Labour Conservative Leader since 2 October 1983 28 November 1990 Leader's seat Islwyn Huntingdon 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 pp 0.9 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Dafydd Wigley Paddy Ashdown Party Plaid Cymru Liberal Democrats Leader since 1991 16 July 1988 Leader's seat Caernarfon Yeovil 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 pp 5.5 pp

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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]}