Mark Palmer
BBC Wales

As the map in the previous post shows, there are no Conservative MPs elected in Wales for the first time since the 2001 general election.

When Tony Blair came to power for Labour in 1997 there were no Conservatives elected - a result repeated in 2001.

At the 2005 election, the Conservatives had three MPs elected in Wales - gaining the Clwyd West, Preseli Pembrokeshire and Monmouth seats.

In failing to get re-elected in Monmouthshire, David TC Davies becomes the first serving Welsh secretary to lose a seat.

This is how the electoral map of Wales looks after the final result was declared at 05:30.

All the Conservative seats have been wiped out, as Labour made significant gains, while Plaid Cymru and the Lib Dems made inroads.

Outgoing Welsh Secretary David TC Davies spoke to the BBC following his election defeat.

Davies, who has represented Monmouth since 2005, says he is going home “for a long sleep and a weekend off”.

He became the first Welsh secretary to lose his seat while in office since the post was created in 1964.

Gareth Lewis
BBC Wales political editor

Labour has done what it needed to in Wales.

It’s re-taken the blue ribbon along the north Wales coast and Bridgend and Vale of Glamorgan in the south.

And, for the first time, Montgomeryshire will have a Labour MP.

There’ll be disappointment though, particularly after Keir Starmer’s visit on Wednesday, that Caerfyrddin was a seat too far and they came third on Ynys Mon - both won by Plaid Cymru.

Despite taking seats, their share of the vote has dropped and Reform have surged.

Based on turnout stats, the Labour offer does not appear to have sent voters running to the polling stations, although some might have felt the result was a foregone conclusion and stayed home.

If you're just waking up, where have you been? Don't worry, here's the overnight headlines you've missed while enjoying a good night's sleep

• The Conservatives lose all of their seats in Wales
• Losses include Welsh Secretary David TC Davies and three of his predecessors
• Labour gain nine seats, but see their vote share slip
• Plaid Cymru fend off boundary changes and return four MPs, with two of them gains
• Reform come second in 13 seats

Jenny Rees

David Chadwick, the new Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe has described his victory as a “seismic result”.

Describing it as a vote to "reject the sleaze and neglect of the previous party" he says Wales will "once again have a Liberal voice fighting its corner".

Outgoing Conservative MP Fay Jones "sincerely congratulated" Chadwick.

“Clearly this is a sad and difficult night for my party,” she adds, calling her time as an MP "the most incredible experience".

This is the final tally of seats in Wales - showing the changes since the 2019 election.

There are now fewer seats, 32 down from 40, after boundary changes.

Labour have gained nine in Wales as the party swept to power with a landslide at Westminster.

Plaid Cymru now have four seats, up from two, and the Lib Dems are back on the map with one win in Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe.

The Conservatives lost an astonishing 12 seats and were wiped out.

If you've missed the overnight action - here is the headline in one picture.

Among the Conservative casualties are outgoing Welsh Secretary David TC Davies and Craig Williams, who lost the previously safe seat of Montgomeryshire after being embroiled in a betting scandal about the date of the general election.

After his loss, former MP Craig Williams thanked his team and the voters from the old seat of Montgomeryshire for "his dream job to represent his home town" and says he wants to "put on record my apology to my team and family".

The man who beat him in Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, Steve Witherden, said: "History has been made here tonight. Many people who voted Labour will have done so for the first time – thank you for putting your trust in me."

Mark Palmer
BBC Wales

The Conservatives are facing a wipeout in Wales.

At the 2019 general election, the party won 14 of Wales' 40 seats.

This time round, because of boundary changes, there are 32 seats up for grabs.

With only Monmouthshire left to declare and Welsh Secretary David TC Davies already saying, the Conservatives are on the verge of zero seats here.

There are echoes of 1997 when Tony Blair came to power and Wales had no Conservative MPs elected.

One Conservative says there is a danger that, with a wipeout in Wales and Scotland, the Tories will be "an England-only party" which is not "a good look" for the party of the UK union.

David Deans
BBC Wales politics reporter

Embroiled in a betting scandal and abandoned by his party, Craig Williams has gone from holding the safest Tory seat in Wales to coming third.

Williams was suspended from the Conservatives after he admitted making a bet on the timing of the election.

The gambling commission is still investigating and Williams says he has committed an "error of judgement, not an offence".

It was a scandal that left Tories publicly and privately fuming. Although he kept some local support, with the Conservatives decision he was left without a party machine to help him win.

He was cut off.

Labour's Steve Witherden won the seat in an area which has never been held by the party - stretching back to the predecessor seat of Montgomeryshire - but the new version includes some wards from more Labour-leaning Wrexham.

Reform's Oliver Lewis came second.

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Jack Grey
BBC News

Craig Williams, who was suspended from the Conservatives over the betting scandal, has lost his seat in Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr.

Labour's Steve Witherden has won what was the safest Tory seat in Wales - a seat Labour has never won before.

Williams thanked his team and the voters from the old seat of Montgomeryshire for “his dream job to represent his home town”.

He also “put on record my apology to my team and family” and described it as being “the honour of his life".

To Witherden, he added: "Treasure it, it’s a great job."

The votes were:

Conservatives 7,775

Labour 12,709

Reform 8,894

Lib Dems 6,470

Plaid Cymru 5,667

Green 1,744

Mark Palmer
BBC News

Just before Dwyfor Meirionnydd was held by Plaid Cymru's Westminster leader Liz Savile Roberts, the party's leader Rhun ap Iorwerth, speaking from the count in Ynys Môn– his home patch – said the party had seen "some terrific results this evening".

"We’ve had some pretty important and dramatic gains and it gives me confidence looking towards the Senedd elections in 2026," he says.

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