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- Thursday 7 and Friday 8 May 2015
- Stephen Crabb hails Tories' best result since 1983', gaining three seats to take 11
- Peter Hain says it was a 'bad night' for Labour, down one seat to 25
- Kirsty Williams says Lib Dems losing two of their three seats is 'truly devastating'
- Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood says keeping their three seats is 'not as bad as it could have been'
- UKIP hails 'wonderful night' as party comes third in share of Welsh vote
- Greens 'overwhelmed' by six-fold increase in vote
- Final result in Wales - Labour 25, Conservatives 11, Plaid Cymru 3, Liberal Democrats 1, UKIP 0, Green Party 0
Stephen Kinnock, new MP for Aberavon, tells BBC Radio Wales that the Conservatives had run an "effective but negative" campaign, based around the SNP. There were a "huge number of undecided" voters, especially in England who made their minds up late, tipping the balance for the Tories, especially in England.
BBC Wales Parliamentary correspondent
Political editor, Wales
It is astory of the Davies boys: James, Byron and Chris winning in the Vale of Clwyd, Gower and Brecon and Radnorshire respectively.
And yet, arguably, the sweetest victory of them all for the Welsh Tories was for Craig Williams to hold on to Cardiff North, because they know how much effort Labour put in trying to take it.
The number of Conservative MPs in Wales is back in double figures, something the party hasn't achieved since the early 80s.
It is particularly striking if you take into account the Tories were wiped out at a parliamentary level in Wales in the wilderness years, when Tony Blair was in Number 10.
Senior Conservatives appear to have been as surprised as anyone.
New Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens, of Labour,has said her joy at victory was "tempered" by her party's wider performance and the resignation of leader Ed Miliband.
"I'm really very disappointed that we have ended up in the position that we are," she said.
A Welsh Conservative spokesman has said Assembly group leader Andrew RT Davies is due to speak to Byron Davies about his position as an AM following his election as MP for Gower.
A statement will be issued in due course, they added.
Mr Davies, a south west Wales AM, won the parliamentary seat in Thursday's general with a majority of 27.
Conservative Antoinette Sandbach has stood down as a Welsh assembly member after being elected as MP for Eddisbury.
She secured a 12,974 majority in Thursday's general election vote.
Ms Sandbach said: "It has been a privilege to serve my constituents in north Wales for the last four years."
Paying tribute to her work while serving as a north Wales AM, Welsh Conservative Leader, Andrew RT Davies AM, said: "Antoinette has been an exceptional Assembly Member and I wholeheartedly congratulate her on today's result."
David Cameronhas promised to press ahead with plans to devolve more power to Wales "as fast as I can".
He gave the pledge as he returned to Downing Street after the Conservatives won the general election.
Mr Cameron said: "The governance of these nations will become powerful with wider responsibilities."
Clwyd West AM Darren Millar has said he is "delighted" yesterday's election resulted in a hat-trick of Welsh Conservative MPs for north Wales
Welsh Conservatives won in Vale Clwyd, with James Davies taking a seat held by Labour for 18 years.
Former Welsh secretary David Jones retained Clwyd West and Guto Bebb retained his Aberconwy seat.
Mr Millar said: "It has been an amazing 24 hours and I am absolutely delighted by the Conservatives' success in North Wales.
"David and Guto have already done fantastic work over the years and with James now joining the team they will be unstoppable."
BBC Wales political reporter
With David Cameron having confounded predications to form a majority government, three party leader resignations and a post-mortem into why opinion polls failed to predict the Tory win, it would be easy to miss some major political changes going on in Wales.
It goes without saying that it was it was a fantastic night for Welsh Conservatives and a grim one for Welsh Labour, but there is a fascinating scramble going on for third place in Welsh politics.
Relative newcomer UKIP is now hailing itself as the third party party in Wales, after bumping Plaid Cymru down to fourth place in share of the vote.
Shortly before quitting as UKIP leader, Nigel Faragelooked forward to next year's Welsh assembly election, where an element of proportional representation comes into play, and the prospect of the first UKIP AMs in Cardiff Bay.
It might not have Welsh MPs, but the party is already turning its mind to efforts to push deeper into traditional Labour territory in south Wales.
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams has said Nick Clegg led the party with "decency and integrity".
She said: "Nick Clegg is a man of both decency and integrity who helped transform the face of British politics.
"In 2010 Nick demonstrated what true leadership looks like at a time when our country most needed it.
"His decision to form a coalition government was the right one for the country, and these isles are a more liberal place because of it."
She said Mr Clegg was right to say "fear and grievance have won the day" while Liberalism had lost.
"But this is just one battle of many to come and my party has been here before," she added.
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Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones has said former Labour leader Ed Miliband led the party with "humility, decency and dignity".
He said: "I really enjoyed spending time with him on the campaign trail, he was genuinely interested in, and supportive of the Welsh Labour agenda and I know he was passionate about making a real difference for working people in government."
The Welsh Labour leader also paid tribute to deputy leader Harriet Harman, who he said had "done so much for our party and equality in the UK".
Mr Jones said: "Clearly it was not the result we were hoping for last night, and I will be playing a full part in building up our party for the upcoming elections."
Business interest group CBI has said Welsh firms are "relieved" the possibility of a hung parliament has been dismissed by Friday's election result.
Emma Watkins, CBI Wales Director, said: "With the votes counted, businesses will be relieved that the clouds of uncertainty around the possibility of a hung parliament have dispersed.
"There will be hurdles to overcome for the new UK government though with a slim majority, but it must not duck the tough decisions needed to keep growth striding ahead."
She said the government must create a "pro-enterprise environment" by cutting the national deficit and "continuing to make the UK one of the most competitive tax environments in the G20".
"With an EU referendum now likely, business will now want to see an ambitious, achievable reform agenda that will make both the UK and Europe more competitive and prosperous for all," she added.
Re-elected Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire Glyn Davies says a penis drawn against his name on a ballot paper counted as a vote.
Mr Davies, who won with a majority of 5,325, told hisFacebook page he was "grateful".
He said: "One voter decided to draw a detailed representation of a penis instead of a cross in my box on one ballot paper.
"Amazingly, because it was neatly drawn within the confines of the box the returning officer deemed it a valid vote. Not sure the artist meant it to count, but I am grateful."
As Ed Miliband stood down as leader of the Labour Party, his Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith told Radio Wales he thought he gave an "extremely dignified, decent, honest speech, typical of the man, typical of the way he's led the Labour Party over the past five years".
He added: "I'm extremely sorry to see him going as our leader because I think he would have made a great prime minister of our party."
David Cameron, returning to Downing Street with a narrow majority, promises the Conservatives will "govern as a party of one nation", and that he will implement plans to devolve more powers to the Welsh Government "as fast as I can".
He said would continue to govern with "respect" towards the administrations in Cardiff Bay, Belfast and Edinburgh.
"Governing with respect means ensuring the nations of our United Kingdom have their own governments as well as the United Kingdom government. Both are important.
"And indeed with our plans, the governance of these nations will become powerful with wider responsibilities."
Eleven new MPs are among the 40 who'll be representing Wales in the House of Commons, with three seats won by the Tories and others replacing their Conservative, Labour and Plaid Cymru colleagues.
Davies is the most common surname among the new Tory politicians with Byron, Chris and James winning seats for Gower, Brecon and Radnorshire, and the Vale of Clwyd.
Stephen Kinnock, the son of former Labour leader Neil, has become an MP after Labour held on to Aberavon.
And Plaid's first female MP Liz Saville Roberts held Dwyfor Meirionnydd.Read more about the new MPs.
Plaid Cymru's economy spokesman in the assembly, Rhun ap Iorwerth, has told BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad that Leanne Wood should not step down as leader of the party despite its failure to improve its tally of three Westminster seats.