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Conservatives gain target seats | Conservatives gain target seats |
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Welsh Conservatives have gained two target seats from Labour - Vale of Glamorgan and Aberconwy - and Montgomeryshire from Lembit Opik. | |
Labour emphatically regained their former stronghold Blaenau Gwent, which was lost in 2005 to an independent after an internal party row. | |
The Liberal Democrats have held Ceredigion but failed to gain Swansea West, which was retained by Labour. | |
Their hopes of taking Newport East and Wrexham from Labour were also dashed. | Their hopes of taking Newport East and Wrexham from Labour were also dashed. |
Meanwhile, senior figures in Plaid Cymru said they were deeply disappointed at their failure to reclaim Ceredigion from the Lib Dems, and a big fall in their share of the vote on Ynys Mon, which was held by Labour. | |
They also failed to take Llanelli from Labour despite a high profile campaign. | They also failed to take Llanelli from Labour despite a high profile campaign. |
2005 ELECTION IN WALES Labour: 29 seats (42.7%)Liberal Democrat: 4 (18.4%)Conservative: 3 (21.4%)Plaid Cymru: 3 (12.6%)Independent: 1Labour have a notional total of 30 at the 2010 election, with Aberconwy a new seat | 2005 ELECTION IN WALES Labour: 29 seats (42.7%)Liberal Democrat: 4 (18.4%)Conservative: 3 (21.4%)Plaid Cymru: 3 (12.6%)Independent: 1Labour have a notional total of 30 at the 2010 election, with Aberconwy a new seat |
Cardiff North Labour candidate Julie Morgan has said she could lose if the exit poll is right - but she was not accepting defeat. | |
"We have certainly had a very warm reception wherever we've been in the constituency," she said. "But it's very difficult to go against a swing that's against you. I've always had to fight the seat like a marginal." | "We have certainly had a very warm reception wherever we've been in the constituency," she said. "But it's very difficult to go against a swing that's against you. I've always had to fight the seat like a marginal." |
In Llanelli, a Plaid target seat, Labour candidate Nia Griffith retained her seat with a 4,701 majority. | |
Conservatives have won the Vale of Glamorgan from Labour, held Clwyd West, and hope to take Cardiff North. | |
At a UK level, Plaid will also be hoping for a hung parliament - or a balanced parliament as they put it - where they can team up with the SNP to gain concessions for Wales and Scotland from a minority government. | At a UK level, Plaid will also be hoping for a hung parliament - or a balanced parliament as they put it - where they can team up with the SNP to gain concessions for Wales and Scotland from a minority government. |