Plaid Cymru target seats

If Plaid Cymru under Ieuan Wyn Jones hopes to improve on its performance at the last general election in 2005, the 12 seats highlighted in the map and in the list below are those easiest for them to gain.

They are the Welsh seats where Plaid did not win in 2005, but were in second or third place.

The list is based on "notional" results, which provide an estimate of the 2005 election outcome, had recent constituency boundary changes been in force then.

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Plaid Cymru target seats (ordered by vulnerability)

2005 Results 2010 Results
No. Constituency 2005 Majority 2005 Party 2010 Party New majority
1 Ceredigion 0.6% LD   LD 21.8%
2 Arfon 1.8% LAB   PC 5.6%
3 Ynys Mon 3.5% LAB   LAB 7.1%
4 Llanelli 20.5% LAB   LAB 12.5%
5 Aberconwy 3.9% LAB   CON 11.3%
6 Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South 5.3% LAB   CON 8.5%
7 Cardiff West 22.2% LAB   LAB 11.6%
8 Gower 17% LAB   LAB 6.4%
9 Neath 35.5% LAB   LAB 26.3%
10 Clwyd South 19.8% LAB   LAB 8.2%
11 Bridgend 17.9% LAB   LAB 5.9%
12 Caerphilly 37.3% LAB   LAB 27.8%

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Constituency List

  1. Aberavon - LAB Hold
  2. Aberconwy - CON Gain
  3. Aberdeen North - LAB Hold
  4. Aberdeen South - LAB Hold
  5. Aberdeenshire W - LD Hold
  6. Airdrie & Shotts - LAB Hold
  7. Aldershot - CON Hold
  8. Aldridge - CON Hold
  9. Altrincham - CON Hold
  10. Alyn & Deeside - LAB Hold
  11. Amber Valley - CON Gain
  12. Angus - SNP Hold
  13. Arfon - PC Gain
  14. Argyll & Bute - LD Hold
  15. Arundel & S Down - CON Hold
  16. Ashfield - LAB Hold
  17. Ashford - CON Hold
  18. Ashton-u-Lyne - LAB Hold
  19. Aylesbury - CON Hold
  20. Ayr Carrick - LAB Hold
  21. Ayrshire Central - LAB Hold
  22. Ayrshire N & Arran - LAB Hold
  23. B'ham Edgbaston - LAB Hold
  24. B'ham Erdington - LAB Hold
  25. B'ham Hall Green - LAB Hold
  26. B'ham Hodge Hill - LAB Hold
  27. B'ham Ladywood - LAB Hold
  28. B'ham Northfield - LAB Hold
  29. B'ham Perry Barr - LAB Hold
  30. B'ham Selly Oak - LAB Hold
  31. B'ham Yardley - LD Hold
  32. Banbury - CON Hold
  33. Banff & Buchan - SNP Hold
  34. Barking - LAB Hold
  35. Barnsley Central - LAB Hold
  36. Barnsley East - LAB Hold
  37. Barrow & Furness - LAB Hold
  38. Basildon - CON Hold
  39. Basildon Sth Thurr E - CON Gain
  40. Basingstoke - CON Hold
  41. Bassetlaw - LAB Hold
  42. Bath - LD Hold
  43. Batley & Spen - LAB Hold
  44. Battersea - CON Gain
  45. Beaconsfield - CON Hold
  46. Beckenham - CON Hold
  47. Bedford - CON Gain
  48. Bedfordshire Mid - CON Hold
  49. Bedfordshire N - CON Hold
  50. Bedfordshire SW - CON Hold

Battlegrounds

See a UK wide list of seats which the major parties are targetting or defending.

Target Seats

Defence Seats

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