Plaid Cymru retains 4 seats

Wales elected its first three female Conservative MPs on December 12th, as Plaid Cymru maintained its four MPs, but Labour lost ground. Of the 40 Welsh seats, the Tories now hold 14, a new high for them since 1983, with a matching new low for Labour, although they remained the biggest party in the country on 14. This year, turnout was down to 66.6 per cent. The new Plaid MPs are from the next constituencies:

• Ceredigion: Ben Lake - Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales
• Arfon: Hywel Williams - Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales
• Carmarthen East and Dinefwr: Jonathan Edwards - Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales
• Dwyfor Meirionnydd: Liz Saville Roberts - Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales

Plaid won a 9,9 % meaning 153,265  while in 2017 it was a 10,4 % meaning 164,466.