Summary

  • All the 40 constituency seats have been declared, along with 12 regional seats

  • The tally at the end of Friday is: Labour 30, Conservatives 12, Plaid Cymru 9, Lib Dems 1

  • Labour has held on to all but one of its seats targeted by the Conservatives

  • The Tories narrowly take Vale of Clwyd from Labour and beat the Liberal Democrats in Brecon and Radnorshire

  • It means the Lib Dems will have no constituency seats in the Senedd, but they have picked up a regional seat

  • Plaid have held three seats in their north-west heartlands all with increased majorities - but lose Rhondda to Labour

  • This is the first election in which 16 and 17-year-olds can vote

  • Voters have elected 40 Members of the Senedd (MS) representing constituencies and 20 representing five large regions

  • 31 seats are needed for a majority

  • In 2016, Labour won 29 seats, Plaid Cymru 12, the Conservatives 11, UKIP seven and the Liberal Democrats one

  1. Labour HOLD Swansea Eastpublished at 17:29 British Summer Time 7 May 2021
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    Mike Hedges has held Swansea East for Labour.

    The seat has belonged to the party since 1999, with Mr Hedges' majority increasing from 7,452 last time to 9,700.

    Swansea East
  2. Labour HOLD Islwynpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 7 May 2021
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    Rhianon Passmore has held the Islwyn constituency in Caerphilly county for Labour.

    Her majority has increased slightly from 5,106 to 5,239.

    UKIP's UK leader Neil Hamilton also stood in the constituency and lost after receiving 507 votes.

    Before the election the former Conservative MP had been an MS for Mid and West Wales.

    ISLWYN
  3. Plaid Cymru HOLD Arfonpublished at 17:26 British Summer Time 7 May 2021
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    They're coming in quick and fast now....

    Plaid Cymru hold Arfon, with Sian Gwenllian re-elected.

    aRFON
  4. Labour HOLD Clwyd Southpublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 7 May 2021
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    Welsh cabinet minister Ken Skates retains Clwyd South.

    His majority has dropped slightly from 3,016 to 2,913.

    Ken Skates
    Clwyd South
  5. Conservatives HOLD Preseli Pembrokeshirepublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 7 May 2021
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    We have another result in...

    The Conservatives hold Preseli Pembrokeshire.

    Paul Davies, the Welsh Conservatives' ex-leader, has been an MS since 2007.

    He took 12,295 of the votes.

    Labour’s Jackie Jones came second with 10,895 votes.

    Mr Davies held onto the seat despite a 4.7% swing to Labour, decreasing his majority from 3.930 to to 1,400.

    Preseli
  6. Analysis

    Delyn win may help Labour get closer to majoritypublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    Professor Sir John Curtice
    Polling expert

    Delyn was retained quite comfortably by Labour in 2016 with a 15-point majority, but it is one of the Welsh red wall seats that the Conservatives narrowly picked up in 2019.

    Labour will be pleased at having comfortably held the constituency this time around.

    The victory may help the party get closer to 31 seats than would have been the case if Wales' red wall had voted Conservative once again.

  7. Labour HOLD Wrexhampublished at 17:16 British Summer Time 7 May 2021
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    Lesley Griffiths holds the seat with just over 37% of the vote.

    Lesley Griffiths
    Wrexham
  8. Labour HOLD Caerphillypublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 7 May 2021
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    Labour have held Caerphilly.

    Hefin David holds the seat for Labour with 46% of the vote.

    He has been a Member of the Senedd since 2016.

  9. Conservatives HOLD Aberconwypublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 7 May 2021
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    Janet Finch-Saunders has held Aberconwy for the Conservatives.

    She has held the seat since 2011 and increased her majority from 754 last time to 3,336 this year.

    Janet Finch-Saunders
    Aberconwy
  10. Labour HOLD Delynpublished at 17:04 British Summer Time 7 May 2021
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    Hannah Blythyn

    And we have another result in…

    Labour hold Delyn.

    Hannah Blythyn, the deputy minister for housing and local government, took 12,846 of the votes.

    She has been the MS for Delyn since 2016.

    The Conservatives’ Mark Isherwood came second with 9,135 votes.

    Labour now has a majority of 3,711, up from 3,382.

  11. Vale of Clwyd MS: 'Thanks for putting your trust in me'published at 16:50 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    New Vale of Clwyd MS Gareth Davies thanked voters for “putting their trust in me”.

    The Conservative said: “I look forward to getting to work, in the constituency which is my home, and I will be proud to represent.”

    He also thanked former Labour MS Ann Jones, who held the seat for 22 years for Labour before announcing she would stand down ahead of this year’s election.

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  12. Welsh Tory source expecting Labour to hold Wrexhampublished at 16:36 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    More from Wrexham... The declaration is expected shortly, however Conservatives are now not expecting to win the seat.

    A party source says they believe Wrexham will be a Labour hold.

    The seat has been a high-profile battleground between the parties and saw a visit from Boris Johnson.

  13. Wrexham 'leaning towards Labour'published at 16:27 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    Sticking in the north-east, a Plaid Cymru source says they think Wrexham is leaning towards Labour.

    The seat has seen high profile visits from party leaders Sir Keir Starmer and Mark Drakeford during campaigning.

    Plaid's Carrie Harper had hoped to take it from Lesley Griffiths, who has held it for Labour since 2007.

  14. Delyn 'looking OK' for Labourpublished at 16:24 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    With the Delyn count almost finished, Labour sources are saying it “looks OK” for them.

    Hannah Blythyn won it for the party in 2016 with 40.9% of the vote.

  15. Analysis

    Vale of Clwyd is 'crucial marginal seat'published at 16:19 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    Professor Sir John Curtice
    Polling expert

    The Vale of Clwyd is a crucial marginal seat that Labour were trying to defend but which was one of the Conservative red wall victories in 2019.

    The Conservatives' narrow success here is perhaps the first clear sign that Labour are going to struggle to achieve the 31 seats needed for an overall majority, and that the Conservatives may register important gains during the course of this afternoon.

  16. Labour reaction to Vale of Clwyd losspublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    A Labour spokesman says about the result: "Jason run them very close and has a lot to be proud of. We’ll be back."

    The party failed to hold the seat despite Ann Jones having represented the area since the start of devolution in 1999.

    It was gained by the Welsh Conservatives on a small margin.

  17. ... but Plaid 'not feeling confident' in Aberconwypublished at 16:15 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    Unlike in Ynys Mon, Plaid Cymru in Aberconwy say they're not feeling as confident as they were earlier. They think the Welsh Conservatives will hold by a small margin.

    Sampling in the Llanrwst ward area suggests Aaron Wynne has done very well for Plaid Cymru, but that’s not a shock as he is a local boy and the area has been a Plaid stronghold for years.Conservative Janet Finch-Saunders says she is “quietly confident” and is “overwhelmed” by the postal votes.

    A Plaid Cymru member confirmed that by looking at the postal votes only from afar, the Conservatives seemed to be in the lead.

  18. Plaid confident in Ynys Monpublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 7 May 2021

    Plaid Cymru officials are saying they are confident they have held on to Ynys Mon (Anglesey).

    This is based on verification, as counting still hasn’t started.

  19. Conservatives GAIN Vale of Clwydpublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 7 May 2021
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    The Welsh Conservatives take Vale of Clwyd from Labour.

    Gareth Davies, an NHS physiotherapist, is the winner with 10,792 of the votes compared with Labour's 10,426.

    The Conservatives took 41.4% of the vote, giving them a majority of 366.

    It's a swing of 2.3% from Labour.

    Vale of Clwyd
  20. Labour HOLD Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymneypublished at 15:38 British Summer Time 7 May 2021
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    We have our second result of the day, as Labour hold Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney, with Dawn Bowden re-elected.

    It's a resounding victory too, with Labour's vote share increasing by 14.3% to take the seat with 61% of the vote.

    Ms Bowden won 13,009 votes, with a majority of 9,311. The turnout was 35%.

    Plaid Cymru were second on 3,698, the Welsh Tories came third with 2,665.

    The Tories increased their share of the vote by 6.2%, while Plaid's vote share fell by 0.5%.

    Two seats down. One hold each for Labour and the Tories.

    Dawn Bowden