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Line 409: Of the 532 seats contested in [[England]] (a final seat will be contested on 27 May), the Conservatives won an absolute majority with 61 seats more than all other parties combined, and secured an average swing of 5.6% from Labour.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/region/48.stm \|title= Election 2010: England \|publisher=BBC News\|last=Staff \|date= 7 May 2010 \|accessdate=10 May 2010}}</ref> ~~Each of~~In [[Scotland]]~~'s 59 seats was won by the party that won it at the 2005 election~~, ~~with~~ Labour ~~regaining~~regained the two seats they lost in by-elections since 2005. There was a swing to Labour from the Conservatives of 0.8% (with Labour increasing its share of the vote by 2.5% and the Conservatives increasing by just 0.9%) This left the Conservatives with just a single MP representing a Scottish constituency. There were 40 seats contested in [[Wales]]. The Conservative share rose from three to eight, taking one from the Liberal Democrats and four from Labour. [[Welsh nationalism\|Welsh nationalist]] party [[Plaid Cymru]] gained one extra seat, [[Arfon (UK Parliament constituency)\|Arfon]], from Labour. Overall, Labour lost four seats but remained the biggest party, with 26.

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