General election results timings and when we'll know who's won in Wales

Ruth Mosalski

25 June 2024 at 8:34 am·1-min read

The general election on July 4 is likely to see a huge electoral change in Wales. As it stands, the polls have the Tories facing desolation with some projecting the party could lose all its MPs this side of Offa's Dyke.

There are 32 constituencies in Wales with each represented by its own MP. This election the number has dropped from 40 as the boundaries have been redrawn. You can find your constituency and details of your candidates here. Labour is projected to win somewhere around 28 of those 32 with Plaid Cymru taking at least two.

Across the UK there are 650 constituency results set to be declared overnight and into the early hours of Friday, July 5. Polls close on election day at 10pm and after that the counting of ballots begins. There is no exact science about what times results will come but the news agency Press Association has compiled a list of estimated result times.

The estimated result times in the Welsh constituencies are:

Aberafan Maesteg: 4am

Alyn & Deeside: 3am

Bangor Aberconwy: 3am

Blaenau Gwent & Rhymney: 4am

Brecon, Radnor & Cwm Tawe: 4am

Bridgend: 4am

Caerfyrddin: 3.15am

Caerphilly: 2.30am

Cardiff East: 4am

Cardiff North: 4.30am

Cardiff South & Penarth: 4am

Cardiff West: 4.45am

Ceredigion Preseli: 4am

Clwyd East: 4am

Clwyd North: 2.30am

Dwyfor Meirionnydd: 3am

Gower: 2.15am

Llanelli: 3.15am

Merthyr Tydfil & Aberdare: 3.15am

Mid & South Pembrokeshire: 4am

Monmouthshire: 4.30am

Montgomeryshire & Glyndwr: 4.30am

Neath & Swansea East: 4.30am

Newport East: 3am

Newport West & Islwyn: 2.30am

Pontypridd: 3am

Rhondda & Ogmore: 3am

Swansea West: 2am

Torfaen: 3am

Vale of Glamorgan: 2am

Wrexham: 3am

Ynys Mon: 3am

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