This means nothing when we don’t know what the rest of the voters wanted. Not all “leave” voters might have wanted to vote for a brand new party led by Nigel Farage after all. Seen in context, the Brexit party did stunningly well in Wales.
Wales results - official
As we predicted, the results as officially announced were:
Brexit Party - 271,404 - 32.5% - Two MEPs - Nathan Gill and James Wells
Plaid Cymru - 163,928 - 19.6% - One MEP - Jill Evans
Labour - 127,833 - 15.3% - One MEP - Jackie Jones
Lib Dems - 113,885 - 13.6%
Conservatives - 54,587 - 6.5%
Greens - 52,660 - 6.3%
UKIP - 27,566 - 3.3%
Change UK - 24,332 - 2.9%
(Rejected ballot papers - 5,655)