Welsh Conservatives
Welsh Conservatives Ceidwadwyr Cymreig | |
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right-wing[1] | |
Colours | Blue |
Senedd | 16 / 60 |
House of Commons (Welsh seats) | 14 / 40 |
Local government in Wales[2] | 111 / 1,234 |
Website | |
www | |
The Welsh Conservatives (
At the 2021 Senedd election, the Welsh Conservatives won eight constituency seats, taking Vale of Clwyd from Welsh Labour and Brecon and Radnorshire from the Welsh Liberal Democrats and 26.1% of the constituency vote across Wales, their best constituency seats results since creation of the Senedd in 1999.
History
The Welsh Conservatives were formed (as the Wales and
As a result of the agreement, the Conservatives, the largest opposition party, became the Official Opposition in the Welsh Assembly.In the otherwise mainly successful Welsh Assembly elections of 2011, the long serving Welsh Conservative Leader,
In the 2022 Welsh local elections, the Conservatives lost half their councillors across Wales and lost control of Monmouthshire County Council.[7]
Electoral performance
House of Commons
Election | Wales | +/– | |
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% | Seats | ||
1922 | 21.4 | 6 / 36
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1923 | 21.0 | 4 / 36
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2 |
1924 | 28.3 | 9 / 36
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5 |
1929 | 21.9 | 1 / 36
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8 |
1931 | 22.1 | 6 / 36
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5 |
1935 | 23.3 | 6 / 36
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1945 | 16.5 | 3 / 36
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3 |
1950 | 21.0 | 3 / 36
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1951 | 27.6 | 5 / 36
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2 |
1955 | 26.7 | 5 / 36
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1959 | 29.6 | 6 / 36
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1 |
1964 | 27.6 | 6 / 36
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1966 | 27.0 | 3 / 36
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3 |
1970 | 27.7 | 7 / 36
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4 |
Feb 1974 | 25.9 | 8 / 36
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1 |
Oct 1974 | 23.9 | 8 / 36
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1979 | 32.2 | 11 / 36
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3 |
1983 | 31.0 | 14 / 38
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3 |
1987 | 29.5 | 8 / 38
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6 |
1992 | 28.6 | 6 / 38
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2 |
1997 | 19.6 | 0 / 40
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6 |
2001 | 21.0 | 0 / 40
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2005 | 21.4 | 3 / 40
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3 |
2010 | 26.1 | 8 / 40
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5 |
2015 | 27.2 | 11 / 40
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3 |
2017 | 33.6 | 8 / 40
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3 |
2019 | 36.1 | 14 / 40
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6 |
Senedd
Election | Constituency | Regional | Total seats | +/– | Government | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
1999 | 162,133 | 15.8 | 1 / 40
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168,206 | 16.5 | 8 / 20
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9 / 60
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Opposition | |
2003 | 169,832 | 19.9 | 1 / 40
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162,725 | 19.2 | 10 / 20
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11 / 60
|
2 | Opposition |
2007 | 218,730 | 22.4 | 5 / 40
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209,153 | 21.4 | 7 / 20
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12 / 60
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1 | Opposition |
2011 | 237,388 | 25.0 | 6 / 40
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213,773 | 22.5 | 8 / 20
|
14 / 60
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2 | Opposition |
2016 | 215,597 | 21.1 | 6 / 40
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190,846 | 18.8 | 5 / 20
|
11 / 60
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3 | Opposition |
2021 | 289,802 | 26.1 | 8 / 40
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278,560 | 25.1 | 8 / 20
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16 / 60
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5 | Opposition |
Local councils
Election | Votes | % | Councils | +/- | Seats | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | 84,909 | 12.5 | 0 / 8
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32 / 502
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1995 | 75,448 | 8.1 | 0 / 22
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42 / 1,272
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10 | |
1999 | 99,565 | 10.1 | 0 / 22
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75 / 1,270
|
33 | |
2004 | 99,991 | 11.0 | 1 / 22
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1 | 107 / 1,263
|
32 |
2008 | 148,708 | 15.6 | 2 / 22
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2 | 165 / 1,270
|
19 |
2012* | 108,365 | 12.8 | 0 / 22
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2 | 105 / 1,235
|
66 |
2017 | 182,520 | 18.8 | 1 / 22
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1 | 184 / 1,271
|
79 |
2022 | 0 / 22
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1 | 111 / 1,231
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86 |
*The 2012 figures excludes Anglesey which was elected in 2013 although the change in seats and votes shown is a direct comparison between the 2008 and 2012 figures in the 21 councils up for election. The 2017 figures are based on changes from the 2012 & 2013 elections.
European Parliament
Election | Wales | +/– | |
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% | Seats | ||
1979 | 36.6 | 1 / 4
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1984 | 25.4 | 1 / 4
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1989 | 23.5 | 0 / 4
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1 |
1994 | 14.6 | 0 / 5
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1999 | 22.8 | 1 / 5
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1 |
2004 | 19.4 | 1 / 4
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2009 | 21.2 | 1 / 4
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2014 | 17.4 | 1 / 4
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2019 | 6.5 | 0 / 4
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1 |
Appointments
House of Lords
No. | Name | Date Ennobled |
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1. | Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth |
2013 |
2. | Lord Harlech | 2021 (Hereditary) |
3. | Lord Gilbert of Panteg | 2015 |
4. | Lord Colwyn | 1967 (Hereditary) |
5. | Lord Davies of Gower | 2019 |
6. | Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach |
1991 |
7. | Lord Trefgarne of Cleddau |
1962 (Hereditary) |
8. | Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 2021 |
9. | Baroness Finn of Swansea | 2015 |
10. | Baroness Swinburne | 2023 |
References
- ^ Davies-Lewis, Theo (2019). "All three major Welsh parties need new blood at the top". nation.cymru. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". www.opencouncildata.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Jones, B, Welsh Elections 1885 – 1997(1999), Lolfa
- ^ Melding, D, Have We Been Anti-Welsh? The Conservative Party and the Welsh Nation (2005), Cymdeithas Y Kymberiaid
- ^ "Welsh Tory leader resigns". BBC News. 11 August 1999. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ "Labour agrees historic coalition". BBC News. 6 July 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ "Welsh election results 2022: Tories lose their only council". BBC News. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.