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Wrexham — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Wrexham was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 5,948 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Wrexham from 1918 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1918–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Robert John Thomas (Liberal) 20,874 76.3% Hugh Hughes (Labour) 14,374 (52.5 pts) 69.7%
1922 Robert Richards (Labour) 11,940 35.9% Evan Robert Davies (National Liberal) 1,098 (3.3 pts) 84.4%
1923 Robert Richards (Labour) 12,918 39.0% Horace Alexander Morgan (Liberal) 1,881 (5.7 pts) 81.1%
1924 Christmas Price Williams (Liberal) 19,154 55.6% Robert Richards (Labour) 3,863 (11.2 pts) 82.6%
1929 Robert Richards (Labour) 20,584 46.4% Christopher Price Williams (Liberal) 6,587 (14.8 pts) 84.9%
1931 Aled Owen Roberts (Liberal) 22,474 52.1% Robert Richards (Labour) 1,821 (4.2 pts) 79.8%
1935 Robert Richards (Labour) 23,650 56.3% Aled Owen Roberts (Liberal) 5,283 (12.6 pts) 75.5%
1945 Robert Richards (Labour) 26,854 56.0% David Leslie Milne (National Liberal) 13,140 (27.4 pts) 76.8%
1950 Robert Richards (Labour) 32,042 57.8% Willoughby Gervase Cooper (Conservative) 17,925 (32.4 pts) 87.3%
1951 Robert Richards (Labour) 33,759 61.5% Willoughby Gervase Cooper (Conservative) 14,635 (26.7 pts) 84.8%
1955 James Idwal Jones (Labour) 27,945 56.6% Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones (Conservative) 11,659 (23.6 pts) 76.2%
1959 James Idwal Jones (Labour) 30,101 55.9% Griffith Hughes Pierce (Conservative) 12,957 (24.1 pts) 81.4%
1964 James Idwal Jones (Labour) 30,478 58.2% Griffith Hughes Pierce (Conservative) 13,238 (25.3 pts) 78.7%
1966 James Jones (Labour) 30,039 58.6% Griffith Pierce (Conservative) 17,443 (34.0 pts) 77.2%
1970 Tom Ellis (Labour) 31,089 56.8% Benjamin Patterson (Conservative) 15,440 (28.2 pts) 75.2%
Feb 1974 Tom Ellis (Labour) 27,384 46.7% John Pritchard (Conservative) 13,083 (22.3 pts) 77.6%
Oct 1974 Tom Ellis (Labour) 28,885 51.1% Donald Thomas (Liberal) 16,366 (29.0 pts) 74.3%
1979 Tom Ellis (Labour) 30,405 49.2% Roger Graham-Palmer (Conservative) 12,149 (19.7 pts) 78.4%
1983 John Marek (Labour) 16,120 34.3% Cynthia Wood (Conservative) 424 (0.9 pts) 77.5%
1987 John Marek (Labour) 22,144 43.9% Roger Graham-Palmer (Conservative) 4,152 (8.2 pts) 80.9%
1992 John Marek (Labour) 24,830 48.3% Owen Paterson (Conservative) 6,716 (13.1 pts) 80.7%
1997 John Marek (Labour) 20,450 56.1% Stuart Andrew (Conservative) 11,762 (32.3 pts) 71.8%
2001 Ian Lucas (Labour) 15,934 53.0% Felicity Elphick (Conservative) 9,188 (30.6 pts) 59.5%
2005 Ian Lucas (Labour) 13,993 46.1% Tom Rippeth (Liberal Democrat) 6,819 (22.4 pts) 63.3%
2010 Ian Lucas (Labour) 12,161 36.9% Thomas Rippeth (Liberal Democrat) 3,658 (11.1 pts) 64.9%
2015 Ian Lucas (Labour) 12,181 37.2% Andrew Atkinson (Conservative) 1,831 (5.6 pts) 64.3%
2017 Ian Lucas (Labour) 17,153 48.9% Atkinson Mark (Conservative) 1,832 (5.2 pts) 70.5%
2019 Sarah Atherton (Conservative) 15,199 45.3% Mary Wimbury (Labour) 2,131 (6.4 pts) 67.6%
2024 Andrew Ranger (Labour) 15,836 39.2% Sarah Atherton (Conservative) 5,948 (14.7 pts) 57.6%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert John Thomas Liberal 20,87476.3% Yes
Hugh Hughes Labour 6,50023.7% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Richards Labour 11,94035.9% Yes
Evan Robert Davies National Liberal 10,84232.6% No
Richard Conan Roberts Unionist 10,50831.6% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Richards Labour 12,91839.0% Yes
Horace Alexander Morgan Liberal 11,03733.4% No
Edmund Fleming Bushby Unionist 9,13127.6% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christmas Price Williams Liberal 19,15455.6% Yes
Robert Richards Labour 15,29144.4% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Richards Labour 20,58446.4% Yes
Christopher Price Williams Liberal 13,99731.5% No
Edmund Fleming Bushby Unionist 9,82022.1% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Aled Owen Roberts Liberal 22,47452.1% Yes
Robert Richards Labour 20,65347.9% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Richards Labour 23,65056.3% Yes
Aled Owen Roberts Liberal 18,36743.7% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Richards Labour 26,85456.0% Yes
David Leslie Milne National Liberal 13,71428.6% No
John David Williams Liberal 6,96014.5% No
John Rathbone Hayes-Jones Independent 4300.9% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Richards Labour 32,04257.8% Yes
Willoughby Gervase Cooper Conservative 14,11725.5% No
Herbert Mostyn Lewis Liberal 8,28715.0% No
Geraint Bowen Plaid Cymru 9601.7% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Richards Labour 33,75961.5% Yes
Willoughby Gervase Cooper Conservative 19,12434.8% No
Daniel Thomas Plaid Cymru 1,9973.6% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Idwal Jones Labour 27,94556.6% Yes
Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones Conservative 16,28633.0% No
Dafydd Elystan Morgan Plaid Cymru 5,13910.4% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Idwal Jones Labour 30,10155.9% Yes
Griffith Hughes Pierce Conservative 17,14431.9% No
Dafydd Elystan Morgan Plaid Cymru 6,57912.2% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Idwal Jones Labour 30,47858.2% Yes
Griffith Hughes Pierce Conservative 17,24032.9% No
John Richard Thomas Plaid Cymru 4,6738.9% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Jones Labour 30,03958.6% Yes
Griffith Pierce Conservative 12,59624.6% No
Wilfred McBriar Liberal 6,35112.4% No
John Thomas Plaid Cymru 2,2974.5% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom Ellis Labour 31,08956.8% Yes
Benjamin Patterson Conservative 15,64928.6% No
Wilfred McBriar Liberal 5,0679.3% No
Cyril Golding Plaid Cymru 2,8945.3% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom Ellis Labour 27,38446.7% Yes
John Pritchard Conservative 14,30124.4% No
Donald Thomas Liberal 14,29724.4% No
Hywel Roberts Plaid Cymru 2,6244.5% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom Ellis Labour 28,88551.1% Yes
Donald Thomas Liberal 12,51922.2% No
John Pritchard Conservative 12,25121.7% No
Hywel Roberts Plaid Cymru 2,8595.1% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom Ellis Labour 30,40549.2% Yes
Roger Graham-Palmer Conservative 18,25629.5% No
Martin Thomas Liberal 11,38918.4% No
Hywel Roberts Plaid Cymru 1,7402.8% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Marek Labour 16,12034.3% Yes
Cynthia Wood Conservative 15,69633.4% No
Martin Thomas Liberal 13,97429.7% No
John Thomas Plaid Cymru 1,2392.6% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Marek Labour 22,14443.9% Yes
Roger Graham-Palmer Conservative 17,99235.6% No
Martin Thomas Liberal 9,80819.4% No
Dennis Watkins Plaid Cymru 5391.1% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Marek Labour 24,83048.3% Yes
Owen Paterson Conservative 18,11435.2% No
Andrew Thomas Liberal Democrat 7,07413.8% No
Gareth Wheatley Plaid Cymru 1,4152.8% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Marek Labour 20,45056.1% Yes
Stuart Andrew Conservative 8,68823.9% No
Andrew Thomas Liberal Democrat 4,83313.3% No
John Cronk Referendum Party 1,1953.3% No
Kevin Plant Plaid Cymru 1,1703.2% No
Nicholas Low Natural Law 860.2% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Lucas Labour 15,93453.0% Yes
Felicity Elphick Conservative 6,74622.5% No
Ronald Davies Liberal Democrat 5,15317.1% No
Malcolm Evans Plaid Cymru 1,7835.9% No
Jane Brookes UKIP 4321.4% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Lucas Labour 13,99346.1% Yes
Tom Rippeth Liberal Democrat 7,17423.6% No
Therese Coffey Conservative 6,07920.0% No
Sion Owen Plaid Cymru 1,7445.7% No
John Walker BNP 9193.0% No
Janet Williams Forward Wales 4761.6% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Lucas Labour 12,16136.9% Yes
Thomas Rippeth Liberal Democrat 8,50325.8% No
Gareth Hughes Conservative 8,37525.4% No
Arfon Jones Plaid Cymru 2,0296.2% No
Melvin Roberts BNP 1,1343.4% No
John Humberstone UKIP 7742.3% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Lucas Labour 12,18137.2% Yes
Andrew Atkinson Conservative 10,35031.6% No
Niall Plevin-Kelly UKIP 5,07215.5% No
Carrie Harper Plaid Cymru 2,5017.6% No
Rob Walsh Liberal Democrat 1,7355.3% No
David Munnerley Green 6692.0% No
Brian Edwards Independent 2110.6% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Lucas Labour 17,15348.9% Yes
Atkinson Mark Conservative 15,32143.7% No
Carrie Harper Plaid Cymru 1,7535.0% No
Carole O'Toole Liberal Democrat 8652.5% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sarah Atherton Conservative 15,19945.3% Yes
Mary Wimbury Labour 13,06839.0% No
Carrie Harper Plaid Cymru 2,1516.4% No
Tim Sly Liberal Democrat 1,4474.3% No
Ian Berkeley-Hurst Brexit Party 1,2223.6% No
Duncan Rees Green 4451.3% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Andrew Ranger Labour 15,83639.2% Yes
Sarah Atherton Conservative 9,88824.5% No
Charles Dodman Reform UK 6,91517.1% No
Becca Martin Plaid Cymru 4,13810.2% No
Timothy Sly Liberal Democrat 1,7774.4% No
Tim Morgan Green 1,3393.3% No
Paul Ashton Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party 4801.2% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1918: Liberal margin 52.5 pts 1922: Labour margin 3.3 pts 1923: Labour margin 5.7 pts 1924: Liberal margin 11.2 pts 1929: Labour margin 14.8 pts 1931: Liberal margin 4.2 pts 1935: Labour margin 12.6 pts 1945: Labour margin 27.4 pts 1950: Labour margin 32.4 pts 1951: Labour margin 26.7 pts 1955: Labour margin 23.6 pts 1959: Labour margin 24.1 pts 1964: Labour margin 25.3 pts 1966: Labour margin 34.0 pts 1970: Labour margin 28.2 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 22.3 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 29.0 pts 1979: Labour margin 19.7 pts 1983: Labour margin 0.9 pts 1987: Labour margin 8.2 pts 1992: Labour margin 13.1 pts 1997: Labour margin 32.3 pts 2001: Labour margin 30.6 pts 2005: Labour margin 22.4 pts 2010: Labour margin 11.1 pts 2015: Labour margin 5.6 pts 2017: Labour margin 5.2 pts 2019: Conservative margin 6.4 pts 2024: Labour margin 14.7 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Wrexham has been contested at 29 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Labour, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Wrexham in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Wrexham in 2024 with 15,836 votes (39.2%), a majority of 5,948 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Wrexham since 1918?

Since 1918, Wrexham has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal.

What was the closest result in Wrexham?

The closest result on record for Wrexham was 1983, when Labour beat Conservative by just 424 votes (0.9 percentage points).

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