Wales election live: Tories lose all MPs as party wiped out

Summary

All the reaction and analysis as the Conservatives wiped out in Wales
Labour win a landslide in the general election, with Sir Keir Starmer set to be prime minister
The Tories go from 14 Welsh MPs in 2019, their best for almost 30 years, to none
Labour take 27 Welsh seats, up nine in 2019, but their vote share slips
David TC Davies becomes first Welsh secretary to get booted out as four other former Welsh ministers lose seats
Craig Williams, a former aide to Rishi Sunak, loses out after betting scandal
Plaid Cymru win four seats and Lib Dem take one in Wales while Reform finish second in 13 Welsh seats

Live Reporting

Edited by Peter Shuttleworth

Tory turmoil in Bridgendpublished at 03:49 British Summer Time 5 July
Sara Rowlands
BBC News
It’s the end for the Conservatives in Bridgend.
Labour re-gained the seat it lost in 2019, with Reform second. The Tories came third.
The Tories were thrown into turmoil in the constituency weeks out from the election when their candidate withdrew over "wholly inappropriate" comments he posted about women online.
Anita Boateng was announced as the party’s candidate at the last moment.
Despite one of the lowest turnouts in this seat’s history, Chris Elmore is the new MP for Bridgend.
"I think local issues have played a part in this result," he said.
Welsh Lib Dems optimistic in Breconpublished at 03:44 British Summer Time 5 July
David Deans
BBC Wales political reporter
The Welsh Liberal Democrats are feeling hopeful that the party can gain Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe.
The party has held the seat in its previous guise of Brecon and Radnorshire in the past.
There had been gossip from Labour quarters that the Lib Dems might have some success there.
A Welsh Liberal Democrat spokesman said the party is "feeling optimistic that they have regained a seat in Wales".
Drakeford 'sympathetic' to successor Gethingpublished at 03:40 British Summer Time 5 July
Mark Palmer
BBC Wales
Image caption,
First Minister Vaughan Gething at an election count in Cardiff
The former First Minister Mark Drakeford says he's very “sympathetic” to his successor Vaughan Gething.
Drakeford has been giving his first substantial interviews to BBC Wales and Newyddion S4C since he stepped down in March.
Gething is embattled in a row over Labour leadership campaign donations.
Drakeford, the Member of the Senedd for Cardiff West, says: "Vaughan has had a very tough start to his time as first minister.
"I feel hugely personally sympathetic for him. He is a much much better person than he is portrayed sometimes."
Labour holds Aberafan Maestegpublished at 03:36 British Summer Time 5 July
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Plaid push Tories into third in Bangor Aberconwypublished at 03:33 British Summer Time 5 July
Mark Palmer
BBC News
Claire Hughes has gained Bangor Aberconwy for Labour from the Conservatives with a majority of nearly 5,000. Plaid Cymru pushed the Tories into third place.
According to her party biography, Hughes is a head of growth at a software company.
She previously worked as digital communications lead for Labour during the 2016 Welsh Assembly election campaign, as well as working for Tom Watson during his time as deputy leader of the Labour party.
The turnout in Bangor Aberconwy was 60%.
Labour gain Bangor Aberconwy from Toriespublished at 03:30 British Summer Time 5 July
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The party map of Wales so farpublished at 03:26 British Summer Time 5 July
Steve Duffy
BBC News
This is what the election map of Wales currently looks like - with 10 of the 32 seats declared.
So far, nine seats have gone to Labour, with Plaid Cymru taking Ynys Môn from the Conservatives.
Ynys Môn a target seat for Plaid Cymrupublished at 03:24 British Summer Time 5 July
Mark Palmer
BBC News
Llinos Medi has won Ynys Mon for Plaid Cymru, beating the Conservatives.
The leader of the local council won with a majority of 637 over the Tory Virginia Crosbie.
This was a key target seat for Plaid Cymru, which had a winning vote of 10,590.
All smiles for former Welsh secretary as successors fall one by onepublished at 03:19 British Summer Time 5 July
Jack Grey
BBC News
As Cairns has found, tonight is not a good one to be a former Welsh secretary - they are dropping like flies.
Cairns is out, Sir Robert Buckland too and David TC Davies conceded he’d probably lost as soon as the exit poll dropped.
However it's all smiles at the moment for Stephen Crabb ahead of the decision in his Mid and South Pembrokeshire constituency.
Just him and Simon Hart remain, can they hang on?
The Tories have not held a single seat in Wales yet this evening, with every one going to Labour.
French exit for Cairns after losing Valepublished at 03:18 British Summer Time 5 July
Huw Thomas
BBC Wales business correspondent
Surrounded by his team, the former Welsh secretary left the count in Barry quickly after the results were announced.
Despite hoping for personal backing from the constituents he has represented in parliament since 2020, Cairns lost to Labour candidate Karishna Narayan.
Both parties saw votes lost to Reform, who came third. This seat has changed with the ruling party since 1992.
As the incoming MP, Narayan paid tribute to his predecessor and promised to bring "change" to the Vale of Glamorgan.
But he warned that it wouldn’t happen overnight.
First win of the night for Plaid as they take Ynys Môn from Toriespublished at 03:17 British Summer Time 5 July
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Labour hold Newport Eastpublished at 03:14 British Summer Time 5 July
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Vale of Glamorgan win for Labour in numberspublished at 03:09 British Summer Time 5 July
Here is the full result in the Vale of Glamorgan, where Tory former minister Alun Cairns lost his seat to Labour.
Labour's Kanishka Narayan won the seat with 17,740 votes, meanwhile Mr Cairns received 13,524 votes.
There was a swing to Labour of 7.2% from the Conservatives.
Chris Bryant holds Rhondda & Ogmore for Labourpublished at 03:08 British Summer Time 5 July
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Labour hold Caerphillypublished at 03:06 British Summer Time 5 July
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Starmer ally promises to be the 'voice of people of Swansea'published at 03:04 British Summer Time 5 July
Meleri Williams
BBC Wales News
Image caption,
New Swansea West MP Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell, the new MP for Swansea West, says he will be the "voice of the people of Swansea".
The so-called "parachuting" of the candidate into the safe Labour seat had been criticised.
That didn’t affect the result, although the majority is down.
Who is Alun Cairns, the top Tory beaten by Labour?published at 02:57 British Summer Time 5 July
Mark Palmer
BBC News
Alun Cairns has been the MP for Vale of Glamorgan since 2010.
Previously he served as a member of Welsh Assembly and became Secretary of State for Wales in 2016.
He resigned from the Cabinet in November 2019 following a row over a former aide's role in the "sabotage" of a rape trial.
Cairns insisted he did not know the details of the case and he was cleared of breaking the ministerial code.
Starmer will give Wales more powers - Drakefordpublished at 02:50 British Summer Time 5 July
Image source, Getty Images
More from Mark Drakeford from a little earlier, who was asked about whether having a Labour government in both Westminster and Wales will see more money come to Wales.
He says "the opportunities that Vaughan [Gething] will have will be a lot better than I and Carwyn [Jones] had".
"It would have been a lot better for me to have had the chance to collaborate with a Labour government in Westminster.
"Now, with Vaughan, there will be period of time for us to do that - and that is great.
"I think there will be more powers to come to Wales and when the economy grows, more money will come to us too. The relationship will be a lot better and that will be good for us."
Labour's Kanishka Narayan speaks after unseating senior Tory Alun Cairnspublished at 02:47 British Summer Time 5 July
Jack Grey
BBC News
Kanishka Narayan has given a speech after winning Vale of Glamorgan, beating former Welsh secretary Alun Cairns.
Cairns, who held the cabinet position from 2016 to 2019, left the count without giving a speech.
"Thank you from the bottom of my heart," says Narayan.
"This is a moment of change."
Media caption,
Labour’s Kanishka Narayan speech
Reform repeating runners up placepublished at 02:47 British Summer Time 5 July
David Deans
BBC Wales political reporter
Reform has come second in several of the seats declared so far.
Labour has won all of the seats called, with Nigel Farage's party second in Bridgend, Torfaen, Swansea West and Pontypridd.
It is not expected that Reform will win any MPs in Wales, but politicians in the Senedd will be looking to the next elections in 2026, when a new and more proportional election system will be in place.