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The 2024 general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024. Thirty-two seats were up for election in Wales as the general election occurred after the recently completed boundary review took effect. The Labour Party remained the largest party in Wales, gaining six seats for a total of 27.
Between the 2019 and 2024 general elections the boundaries of Chingford and Woodford Green were changed. The Conservative Party's candidate was former party leader Iain Duncan Smith. Faiza Shaheen was the Labour Party candidate for the seat in 2019 and originally reselected to contest the seat again.
The elections will be organised in 16 six-member constituencies created by pairing up the 32 redrawn Westminster constituencies. [10] [11] Although the new system would only be ready and used for elections held after 6 April 2026, to allow time for the new constituencies to be drawn up. [12] The next election is due to be held on 7 May 2026. [13]
This year’s Welsh Parliament election is the first since the legislature was renamed from the National Assembly of Wales.
These are maps of the results of the last four general elections in Wales and changes in 2019 following a by-election and a change of affiliation. Red represents the Labour Party's MPs. Blue represents the Conservative Party's MPs. Amber represents the Liberal Democrats' MPs. Green represents Plaid Cymru's MPs. Grey represents Independent MPs.
The dates of these opinion polls range from the previous general election on 4 July 2024 to the present. The next general election must be held no later than 15 August 2029 under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022. The Act mandates that any Parliament automatically dissolves five years after it first met – unless it is ...
In 2022, polls conducted in the final three weeks before Election Day missed the final margin of Senate, House and governor elections by a weighted*** average of 4.8 points.
There are elections to 22 unitary authorities across Wales every four years, most recently on 5 May 2022. The electoral system used is first-past-the-post. The largest unitary authorities in Wales are Cardiff, Newport and Swansea councils, which all lie in the southern coastal belt. The next Welsh local elections are scheduled for 2027