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. To view the enhanced content on this page you need to enable javascript and download flash here.
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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% | |
