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href="#First_National_Assembly_(1999–2003)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9.1</span> <span>First National Assembly (1999–2003)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-First_National_Assembly_(1999–2003)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Second_National_Assembly_(2003–07)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Second_National_Assembly_(2003–07)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9.2</span> <span>Second National Assembly (2003–07)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Second_National_Assembly_(2003–07)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Third_National_Assembly_(2007–2011)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Third_National_Assembly_(2007–2011)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9.3</span> <span>Third National Assembly (2007–2011)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Third_National_Assembly_(2007–2011)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fourth_National_Assembly_(2011–16)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fourth_National_Assembly_(2011–16)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9.4</span> <span>Fourth National Assembly (2011–16)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fourth_National_Assembly_(2011–16)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fifth_National_Assembly/Senedd_(2016–2021)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fifth_National_Assembly/Senedd_(2016–2021)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9.5</span> <span>Fifth National Assembly/Senedd (2016–2021)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fifth_National_Assembly/Senedd_(2016–2021)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sixth_Senedd_(2021–)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sixth_Senedd_(2021–)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9.6</span> <span>Sixth Senedd (2021–)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sixth_Senedd_(2021–)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Independence_Commission_2020" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Independence_Commission_2020"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Independence Commission 2020</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Independence_Commission_2020-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Undeb_Credyd_Plaid_Cymru" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Undeb_Credyd_Plaid_Cymru"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Undeb Credyd Plaid Cymru</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Undeb_Credyd_Plaid_Cymru-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Party_leadership" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Party_leadership"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Party leadership</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Party_leadership-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Party leadership subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Party_leadership-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Leaders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Leaders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Leaders</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Leaders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Deputy_leaders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Deputy_leaders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Deputy leaders</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Deputy_leaders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chief_executives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chief_executives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Chief executives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chief_executives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elected_representatives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elected_representatives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Elected representatives</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Elected_representatives-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Elected representatives subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Elected_representatives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-House_of_Commons" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#House_of_Commons"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>House of Commons</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-House_of_Commons-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Senedd" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Senedd"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Senedd</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Senedd-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Local_councillors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Local_councillors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Local councillors</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A" title="بليد كيمري – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بليد كيمري" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleyd_Kamri" title="Pleyd Kamri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Pleyd Kamri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF" title="প্লেইড কামরি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="প্লেইড কামরি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%B0" title="Партыя Уэльса – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Партыя Уэльса" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%8E%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B7%D0%B0" title="Партыя Ўэйлза – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Партыя Ўэйлза" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Plaid Cymru" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Plaid Cymru" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Plaid Cymru" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Plaid Cymru" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Plaid Cymru" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Plaid Cymru" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Plaid Cymru" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Plaid Cymru" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%BC%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9F%CF%85%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Κόμμα της Ουαλίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κόμμα της Ουαλίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Plaid Cymru" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partio_de_Kimrujo" title="Partio de Kimrujo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Partio de Kimrujo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Plaid Cymru" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="پلاید کامری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پلاید کامری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Plaid Cymru" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Plaid Cymru" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a 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Jewell</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Westminster Leader</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Liz_Saville_Roberts" title="Liz Saville Roberts">Liz Saville Roberts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Chair</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;">Marc Jones</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Honorary President</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">The Lord Wigley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">5 August 1925<span class="noprint">; 99 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1925-08-05</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span title="Welsh-language text"><span lang="cy" style="font-style: normal;">Tŷ Gwynfor</span></span><br />Marine Chambers<br />Anson Court<br />Atlantic Wharf<br />Cardiff<br />CF10 4AL</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Youth_wing" title="Youth wing">Youth wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Ifanc" title="Plaid Ifanc">Plaid Ifanc</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">LGBT wing</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Plaid Pride</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Disability wing</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Plaid Cymru Anabledd</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Membership <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2022)</span></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr>10,000<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist nowrap"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_nationalism" title="Welsh nationalism">Welsh nationalism</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_independence" title="Welsh independence">Welsh independence</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_republicanism" title="Welsh republicanism">Welsh republicanism</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_socialism" title="Democratic socialism">Democratic socialism</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Environmentalism" title="Environmentalism">Environmentalism</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Regionalism_(politics)" title="Regionalism (politics)">Regionalism</a><sup id="cite_ref-Schrijver2006_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schrijver2006-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Civic_nationalism" title="Civic nationalism">Civic nationalism</a><sup id="cite_ref-Hamilton_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hamilton-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Left-wing_populism" title="Left-wing populism">Left-wing populism</a><sup id="cite_ref-Springer_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Springer-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Political_spectrum" title="Political spectrum">Political position</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Centre-left_politics" title="Centre-left politics">Centre-left</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to <a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">left-wing</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/European_political_party" title="European political party">European affiliation</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance">European Free Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Colours</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_note-bbc_2022_results-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">205 / 1,231</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 17%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://plaid.cymru">plaid<wbr />.cymru</a></span> (Welsh) <br /> <span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://partyof.wales">partyof<wbr />.wales</a></span> (English)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0;"><style 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font-size:150%; font-weight:bold; color:black; line-height:1em;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_nationalism" title="Welsh nationalism"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Welsh nationalism</span></a> <span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">and</span> <a href="/wiki/Welsh_republicanism" title="Welsh republicanism"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">republicanism</span></a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_nationalism" title="Welsh nationalism">Nationalism</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_national_identity" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh national identity">National identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_independence" title="Welsh independence">Independence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_Welsh_independence" title="Opinion polling on Welsh independence">polling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Welsh_independence_referendum" title="Proposed Welsh independence referendum">proposed referendum</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">Devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_nationalism" title="Welsh nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_republicanism" title="Welsh republicanism">Republicanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Lost_Lands" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Lost Lands">Irredentism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_movements_in_Wales" title="List of movements in Wales">Other movements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-British_sentiment" title="Anti-British sentiment">Anti-British sentiment</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Organisations</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Under_One_Banner_Cymru" title="All Under One Banner Cymru">AUOB Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Language_Society" title="Welsh Language Society">Cymdeithas yr Iaith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Wales_Army" title="Free Wales Army">Free Wales Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwlad" title="Gwlad">Gwlad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_for_an_Independent_Wales" title="Labour for an Independent Wales">Labour for an Independent Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meibion_Glynd%C5%B5r" title="Meibion Glyndŵr">Meibion Glyndŵr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudiad_Amddiffyn_Cymru" title="Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru">Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Plaid Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propel_(political_party)" title="Propel (political party)">Propel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Football_Fans_for_Independence" title="Welsh Football Fans for Independence">Welsh Football Fans for Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YesCymru" title="YesCymru">YesCymru</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">History</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/English_rule_in_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="English rule in Wales">English rule in Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_rebellions_against_English_rule" title="Welsh rebellions against English rule">Welsh rebellions against English rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owain_Glynd%C5%B5r" title="Owain Glyndŵr">Owain Glyndŵr</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glynd%C5%B5r_rebellion" title="Glyndŵr rebellion">Glyndŵr rebellion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cymru_Fydd" title="Cymru Fydd">Cymru Fydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Plaid_Cymru" title="History of Plaid Cymru">History of Plaid Cymru</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Covenant_Society_of_the_Free_Welsh" title="Covenant Society of the Free Welsh">Covenant Society of the Free Welsh</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tryweryn_flooding" title="Tryweryn flooding">Tryweryn flooding</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capel_Celyn" title="Capel Celyn">Capel Celyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cofiwch_Dryweryn" title="Cofiwch Dryweryn">Cofiwch Dryweryn</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penyberth" title="Penyberth">Penyberth</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Penrhos" title="RAF Penrhos">RAF Penrhos</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epynt_clearance" title="Epynt clearance">Epynt clearance</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">Devolution</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li>Referendums <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1979 Welsh devolution referendum">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Welsh devolution referendum">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">2011</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yes_for_Wales" title="Yes for Wales">Yes for Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_further_Welsh_devolution" title="Proposed further Welsh devolution">Proposed further devolution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Welsh_justice_system" title="Proposed Welsh justice system">Proposed Welsh justice system</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Justice_in_Wales" title="Commission on Justice in Wales">Commission on Justice in Wales</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_fiscal_autonomy_for_Scotland_and_Wales" title="Full fiscal autonomy for Scotland and Wales">Proposed full fiscal powers</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Politics</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li>In parliament<br /> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Plaid Cymru</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Plaid_Cymru_politicians" title="Category:Plaid Cymru politicians">politicians</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Ifanc" title="Plaid Ifanc">Plaid Ifanc</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><i>Others</i><br /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Green_Party" title="Wales Green Party">Green Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwlad" title="Gwlad">Gwlad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propel_(political_party)" title="Propel (political party)">Propel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cymru_Goch" title="Cymru Goch">Cymru Goch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forward_Wales" title="Forward Wales">Forward Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Glynd%C5%B5r" title="Plaid Glyndŵr">Plaid Glyndŵr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Republican_Movement" title="Welsh Republican Movement">Welsh Republican Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Socialist_Republican_Movement" title="Welsh Socialist Republican Movement">Welsh Socialist Republican Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_red_water" title="Clear red water">Clear red water</a> (of <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a>)</li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_independence" title="Welsh independence">Independence</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Under_One_Banner_Cymru" title="All Under One Banner Cymru">All Under One Banner Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Welsh_independence_referendum" title="Proposed Welsh independence referendum">Proposed referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_Welsh_independence" title="Opinion polling on Welsh independence">Opinion polling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Football_Fans_for_Independence" title="Welsh Football Fans for Independence">Welsh Football Fans for Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_for_an_Independent_Wales" title="Labour for an Independent Wales">Labour for an Independent Wales</a> (within <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Green_Party" title="Wales Green Party">Wales Green Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YesCymru" title="YesCymru">YesCymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Nation:_Should_Wales_Leave_the_UK%3F" title="Independent Nation: Should Wales Leave the UK?">Independent Nation:<br />Should Wales Leave the UK?</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Wales" title="Culture of Wales">Cultural</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Bards_of_Wales" title="The Bards of Wales">The Bards of Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cymuned" title="Cymuned">Cymuned</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh language</a> activism <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treachery_of_the_Blue_Books" title="Treachery of the Blue Books">Treachery of the Blue Books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Not" title="Welsh Not">Welsh Not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Language_Society" title="Welsh Language Society">Welsh Language Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_standardised_Welsh_place-names" title="List of standardised Welsh place-names">Welsh standard names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recommended_place-names_in_Snowdonia" title="Recommended place-names in Snowdonia">Renames in Snowdonia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_relationship_between_the_Welsh_and_the_English" title="Cultural relationship between the Welsh and the English">Anti-English sentiment,<br />and discrimination towards the Welsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_symbols_of_Wales" title="National symbols of Wales">National symbols of Wales</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_flags" title="List of Welsh flags">flags</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_nationalism#Militant_nationalism" title="Welsh nationalism">Militant</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Free_Wales_Army" title="Free Wales Army">Free Wales Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meibion_Glynd%C5%B5r" title="Meibion Glyndŵr">Meibion Glyndŵr</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_T%C3%A2n" title="Operation Tân">Operation Tân</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudiad_Amddiffyn_Cymru" title="Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru">Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Investiture_of_Charles,_Prince_of_Wales#Opposition" title="Investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales">1969 Abergele bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Peace,_Cardiff#History" title="Temple of Peace, Cardiff">1986 Cardiff Temple of Peace bombing</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_republicanism" title="Welsh republicanism">Republicanism</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Opposition_to_the_Prince_of_Wales_title" class="mw-redirect" title="Opposition to the Prince of Wales title">Opposition to the Prince of Wales title</a></li> <li><a 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socialism">Agrarian socialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anarchism" title="Anarchism">Anarchism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Benn" title="Tony Benn">Bennism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_radical_tradition" title="Black radical tradition">Black radical tradition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chartism" title="Chartism">Chartism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_socialism" title="Christian socialism">Christian socialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Political positions of Jeremy Corbyn">Corbynism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_socialism" title="Democratic socialism">Democratic socialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eco-socialism" title="Eco-socialism">Eco-socialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethical_socialism" title="Ethical socialism">Ethical socialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guild_socialism" title="Guild socialism">Guild socialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marxism" title="Marxism">Marxism</a> (<a 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title="Freedom">Freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justice" title="Justice">Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peace" title="Peace">Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro-Europeanism" title="Pro-Europeanism">Pro-Europeanism</a> (factions)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress" title="Progress">Progress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radical_democracy" title="Radical democracy">Radical democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redistribution_of_income_and_wealth" title="Redistribution of income and wealth">Redistribution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_justice" title="Social justice">Social justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solidarity" title="Solidarity">Solidarity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_intervention" class="mw-redirect" title="State intervention">State intervention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sustainability" title="Sustainability">Sustainability</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Intellectuals</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tariq_Ali" title="Tariq Ali">Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Anderson" title="Perry Anderson">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Goodwyn_Barmby" title="John Goodwyn Barmby">Barmby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Berger" title="John Berger">Berger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Bhaskar" title="Roy Bhaskar">Bhaskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Blackburn" title="Robin Blackburn">Blackburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Blakeley" title="Grace Blakeley">Blakeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beatrix_Campbell" title="Beatrix Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Carpenter" title="Edward Carpenter">Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Cockshott" title="Paul Cockshott">Cockshott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._D._H._Cole" title="G. D. H. Cole">Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Dobb" title="Maurice Dobb">Dobb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Eagleton" title="Terry Eagleton">Eagleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Engels" title="Friedrich Engels">Engels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Fisher" title="Mark Fisher">Fisher (Mark)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Gibson" title="Nigel Gibson">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gilroy" title="Paul Gilroy">Gilroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gonzalez_(historian)" title="Mike Gonzalez (historian)">Gonzalez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hall_(economist)" title="Charles Hall (economist)">Hall (Charles)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Hall_(cultural_theorist)" title="Stuart Hall (cultural theorist)">Hall (Stuart)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._B._S._Haldane" title="J. B. S. Haldane">Haldane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Harvey" title="David Harvey">Harvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Hatherley" title="Owen Hatherley">Hatherley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hill_(historian)" title="Christopher Hill (historian)">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Hobsbawm" title="Eric Hobsbawm">Hobsbawm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hodgskin" title="Thomas Hodgskin">Hodgskin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Jessop" title="Bob Jessop">Jessop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Jones" title="Owen Jones">Jones (Owen)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Kingsley" title="Charles Kingsley">Kingsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Laski" title="Harold Laski">Laski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Loach" title="Ken Loach">Loach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_MacIntyre" title="Alasdair MacIntyre">MacIntyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mainwaring" title="Sam Mainwaring">Mainwaring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Marx" title="Karl Marx">Marx (Karl)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville" title="China Miéville">Miéville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Miliband" title="Ralph Miliband">Miliband</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill" title="John Stuart Mill">Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Monbiot" title="George Monbiot">Monbiot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_More" title="Thomas More">More</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Morris" title="William Morris">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Orwell" title="George Orwell">Orwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Owen" title="Robert Owen">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Rowbotham" title="Sheila Rowbotham">Rowbotham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Russell" title="Bertrand Russell">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raphael_Samuel" title="Raphael Samuel">Samuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Seymour_(21st-century_writer)" title="Richard Seymour (21st-century writer)">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambalavaner_Sivanandan" title="Ambalavaner Sivanandan">Sivanandan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._H._Tawney" title="R. H. Tawney">Tawney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._P._Thompson" title="E. P. Thompson">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abigail_Thorn" title="Abigail Thorn">Thorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Ward" title="Colin Ward">Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._G._Wells" title="H. G. Wells">Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Williams" title="Raymond Williams">Williams</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Works</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Das_Kapital" title="Das Kapital">Das Kapital</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto" title="The Communist Manifesto">The Communist Manifesto</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/News_from_Nowhere" title="News from Nowhere">News from Nowhere</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ragged-Trousered_Philanthropists" title="The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists">The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lion_and_the_Unicorn:_Socialism_and_the_English_Genius" title="The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius">The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Future_of_Socialism" title="The Future of Socialism">The Future of Socialism</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Making_of_the_English_Working_Class" title="The Making of the English Working Class">The Making of the English Working Class</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Country_and_the_City" title="The Country and the City">The Country and the City</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ways_of_Seeing" title="Ways of Seeing">Ways of Seeing</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Towards_a_New_Socialism" title="Towards a New Socialism">Towards a New Socialism</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Capitalist_Realism_(book)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capitalist Realism (book)">Capitalist Realism</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Establishment:_And_How_They_Get_Away_with_It" title="The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It">The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It</a></i></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_socialist_movement_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom">History</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_left" title="British left">British left</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="History of the Labour Party (UK)">History of the Labour Party (UK)</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Category:British_socialists" title="Category:British socialists">Political figures</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Abbott" title="Diane Abbott">Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Attlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Benn" title="Tony Benn">Benn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aneurin_Bevan" title="Aneurin Bevan">Bevan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Burgon" title="Richard Burgon">Burgon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cliff" title="Tony Cliff">Cliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Corbyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Crow" title="Bob Crow">Crow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Fisher_(political_activist)" title="Andrew Fisher (political activist)">Fisher (Andrew)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Foot" title="Michael Foot">Foot (Michael)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Foot_(journalist)" title="Paul Foot (journalist)">Foot (Paul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Fryer" title="Peter Fryer">Fryer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Gallacher_(politician)" title="Willie Gallacher (politician)">Gallacher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Galloway" title="George Galloway">Galloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Hardie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Julian_Harney" title="George Julian Harney">Harney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Healy" title="Gerry Healy">Healy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hyndman" title="Henry Hyndman">Hyndman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Inkpin" title="Albert Inkpin">Inkpin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudia_Jones" title="Claudia Jones">Jones (Claudia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lansbury" title="George Lansbury">Lansbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Lawson" title="Neal Lawson">Lawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Livingstone" title="Ken Livingstone">Livingstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Long-Bailey" title="Rebecca Long-Bailey">Long-Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Lynch_(trade_unionist)" title="Mick Lynch (trade unionist)">Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Maclean_(Scottish_socialist)" title="John Maclean (Scottish socialist)">Maclean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Marx" title="Eleanor Marx">Marx (Eleanor)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Maxton" title="James Maxton">Maxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_McCluskey" title="Len McCluskey">McCluskey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McDonnell" title="John McDonnell">McDonnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Meltzer" title="Albert Meltzer">Meltzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Nellist" title="Dave Nellist">Nellist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Pankhurst" title="Sylvia Pankhurst">Pankhurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Pollitt" title="Harry Pollitt">Pollitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Scargill" title="Arthur Scargill">Scargill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Schneider" title="James Schneider">Schneider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Skinner" title="Dennis Skinner">Skinner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zarah_Sultana" title="Zarah Sultana">Sultana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Taaffe" title="Peter Taaffe">Taaffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Tatchell" title="Peter Tatchell">Tatchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Waters" title="Roger Waters">Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beatrice_Webb" title="Beatrice Webb">Webb (Beatrice)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Webb,_1st_Baron_Passfield" title="Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield">Webb (Sidney)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerrard_Winstanley" title="Gerrard Winstanley">Winstanley</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Parties</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist">(<a href="/wiki/Category:Socialist_parties_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Socialist parties in the United Kingdom">Current UK parties</a> - <a href="/wiki/Category:Defunct_socialist_parties_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Defunct socialist parties in the United Kingdom">Defunct UK parties</a>) <p><i><b><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a></b></i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Co-operative_Party" title="Co-operative Party">Co-operative Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party (UK)</a></li></ul> <p><i><b><a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">Socialism</a></b></i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Breakthrough_Party" title="Breakthrough Party">Breakthrough Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Left_Unity_(UK)" title="Left Unity (UK)">Left Unity (UK)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Socialist Labour Party (UK)">Socialist Labour Party (UK)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Socialist Party of Great Britain">Socialist Party GB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(England_and_Wales)" title="Socialist Party (England and Wales)">Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(UK)" title="Socialist Workers Party (UK)">Socialist Workers Party (UK)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transform_(political_party)" title="Transform (political party)">Transform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_Unionist_and_Socialist_Coalition" title="Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition">TUSC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_Britain" title="Workers Party of Britain">Workers Party of Britain</a></li></ul> <p><i><b><a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">Communism</a></b></i> </p> <ul><li><a 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.IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">English: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ʌ/: 'u' in 'cut'">ʌ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">PLYDE</span> <span style="font-size:90%">KUM</span>-ree</i></a>;<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Welsh:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="cy-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Welsh" title="Help:IPA/Welsh">[plaid<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈkəmri]</a></span>, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Party of Wales</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>; officially <b>Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales</b>, and often referred to simply as <b>Plaid</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Centre-left" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre-left">centre-left</a> to <a href="/wiki/Left-wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Left-wing">left-wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Welsh_nationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh nationalist">Welsh nationalist</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Wales" title="List of political parties in Wales">political party in Wales</a>, committed to <a href="/wiki/Welsh_independence" title="Welsh independence">Welsh independence</a> from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It campaigns on a platform of <a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">social democracy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Civic_nationalism" title="Civic nationalism">civic nationalism</a>. The party is a strong supporter of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> and is a member of the <a href="/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance">European Free Alliance</a> (EFA).<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party holds 4 of 32 Welsh seats in the UK Parliament, 12 of 60 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 202 of 1,231 principal local authority councillors.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_2022_results_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_2022_results-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plaid was formed in 1925 under the name <i>Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru</i> (English: The National Party of Wales) and <a href="/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a> won the first Westminster seat for the party at the <a href="/wiki/1966_Carmarthen_by-election" title="1966 Carmarthen by-election">1966 Carmarthen by-election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1999_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="1999 National Assembly for Wales election">1999</a> (in the first devolved <a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Welsh Assembly</a> election), Plaid Cymru gained considerable ground in traditionally Labour heartlands.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These breakthroughs were part of the intentional aim to win more seats in the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_valleys" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh valleys">Welsh valleys</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_East_Wales" title="North East Wales">North East Wales</a>, which continues to be an ambition today.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party have mostly been in opposition in the <a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a>. Although under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a>, the party was part of a coalition as a junior partner with <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a> (See: <a href="/wiki/One_Wales" title="One Wales">One Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Morgan_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourth Morgan government">Morgan</a> and <a href="/wiki/First_Jones_government" title="First Jones government">Jones</a> governments) between 2007 and 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wyn Jones became the <a href="/wiki/Deputy_First_Minister_of_Wales" title="Deputy First Minister of Wales">deputy First Minister</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Economy_and_Transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for the Economy and Transport">Minister for the Economy and Transport</a>, other Plaid Cymru Assembly members were also part of the cabinets. </p><p> After losses in the <a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">2011 Assembly elections</a> and dropping down to being the third largest party, Wyn Jones stepped down. He was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Leanne Wood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2016_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2016 National Assembly for Wales election">2016 Assembly elections</a> Wood managed to win her constituency seat of <a href="/wiki/Rhondda_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Rhondda (Senedd constituency)">Rhondda</a> meaning the party gained one seat, and became the official opposition once again, although only for a brief period.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018 following internal pressure and a <a href="/wiki/2018_Plaid_Cymru_leadership_election" title="2018 Plaid Cymru leadership election">leadership contest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a> defeated Wood and was elected the new leader. Following the <a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">2021 Senedd election</a> Plaid formed a <a href="/wiki/2021_Welsh_Labour%E2%80%93Plaid_Cymru_agreement" title="2021 Welsh Labour–Plaid Cymru agreement">co-operation agreement</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Labour government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2023 Price resigned as leader following the publication of a report which detailed failings by the party to prevent sexual harassment and bullying. <sup id="cite_ref-:6_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2023 <a href="/wiki/Rhun_ap_Iorwerth" title="Rhun ap Iorwerth">Rhun ap Iorwerth</a> was elected unopposed as leader.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party won the second most seats in Wales in the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a> and won both its target seats. <sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style></p><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aims">Aims</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Aims"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 2008, a senior Plaid <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the National Assembly for Wales">assembly member</a> spelled out her party's continuing support for an independent Wales. The then Welsh <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Rural_Affairs_(Wales)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Rural Affairs (Wales)">Minister for Rural Affairs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Elin Jones</a>, told delegates at Plaid's annual conference in <a href="/wiki/Aberystwyth" title="Aberystwyth">Aberystwyth</a> that the party would continue its commitment to independence under the coalition with <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, the party's constitution included the following aims: </p> <ul><li>Securing Welsh independence in Europe</li> <li>Economic prosperity, social justice and a healthy natural environment with decentralist socialism</li> <li>A national community with equal citizenship and respect for diversity</li> <li>Develop a bilingual society</li> <li>Promote Wales to the world and achieve United Nations membership<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>While Wales remains part of the United Kingdom, Plaid Cymru want to see further powers devolved from the UK Government to Wales, including: broadcasting and communication powers, devolution of the Crown Estate, welfare and rail.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party opposes <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_power" title="Nuclear power">nuclear power</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapons</a> (including the <a href="/wiki/Trident_(UK_nuclear_programme)" title="Trident (UK nuclear programme)">UK's Trident nuclear weapons programme</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party also favours lowering the voting age to 16 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The voting age has already been lowered to include 16- and 17-year-olds for both <a href="/wiki/Senedd_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Senedd elections">Senedd elections</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and local elections in Wales since 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-HOC_Library_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOC_Library-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but not for UK general elections or <a href="/wiki/Police_and_crime_commissioner" title="Police and crime commissioner">police and crime commissioner</a> elections: 18 is the minimum voting age for both of these.<sup id="cite_ref-HOC_Library_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOC_Library-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Plaid Cymru supports making social care "free at the point of need".<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, Plaid Cymru's policies included in <a href="/wiki/2021_Welsh_Labour%E2%80%93Plaid_Cymru_agreement" title="2021 Welsh Labour–Plaid Cymru agreement">its co-operation agreement with Welsh Labour</a> included: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Free_school_meals" class="mw-redirect" title="Free school meals">Free school meals</a> for all primary school children</li> <li>Free childcare for all two-year-olds</li> <li>Commitment to deal with<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (August 2023)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Holiday_cottage" title="Holiday cottage">second homes</a></li> <li>Creation of a <a href="/wiki/National_Care_Service" title="National Care Service">national care service</a></li> <li>Long-term Senedd reform</li> <li>Reforming council tax</li> <li>Increased investment in flood defence and prevention<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Plaid_Cymru" title="History of Plaid Cymru">History of Plaid Cymru</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beginnings">Beginnings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Beginnings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Penblwydd_Plaid_Cymru_Anniversary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_644944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Penblwydd_Plaid_Cymru_Anniversary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_644944.jpg/220px-Penblwydd_Plaid_Cymru_Anniversary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_644944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Penblwydd_Plaid_Cymru_Anniversary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_644944.jpg/330px-Penblwydd_Plaid_Cymru_Anniversary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_644944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Penblwydd_Plaid_Cymru_Anniversary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_644944.jpg/440px-Penblwydd_Plaid_Cymru_Anniversary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_644944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="712" data-file-height="315" /></a><figcaption>Plaque commemorating the founding of <span title="Welsh-language text"><span lang="cy" style="font-style: normal;">Plaid Cymru, <a href="/wiki/Pwllheli" title="Pwllheli">Pwllheli</a></span></span></figcaption></figure> <p>While both the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> parties of the early 20th century had accommodated demands for Welsh home rule, no political party existed for the purpose of establishing a Welsh government. <span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a> for 'the National Party of Wales') was formed on 5 August 1925, by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Moses_Gruffydd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moses Gruffydd (page does not exist)">Moses Gruffydd</a>, <a href="/wiki/H._R._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="H. R. Jones">H. R. Jones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Valentine" title="Lewis Valentine">Lewis Valentine</a>, members of <span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">Byddin Ymreolwyr Cymru</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a> for 'the Home Rule Army of Wales'; <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">the Self-Rulers' Army of Wales</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>); and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fred_Jones_(Welsh_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fred Jones (Welsh politician) (page does not exist)">Fred Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saunders_Lewis" title="Saunders Lewis">Saunders Lewis</a> of <span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">Y Mudiad Cymreig</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a> for 'the Welsh Movement') and D. Edmund Williams.<sup id="cite_ref-Ailgeni_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ailgeni-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially, home rule for Wales was not an explicit aim of the new movement; keeping Wales <a href="/wiki/Welsh-speaking" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh-speaking">Welsh-speaking</a> took primacy, with the aim of making Welsh the only official language of Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-Philip_1975_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Philip_1975-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">1929 general election</a>, the party contested its first parliamentary constituency, <a href="/wiki/Caernarvonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Caernarvonshire</a>, polling 609 votes, or 1.6% of the vote for that seat. The party contested few such elections in its early years, partly due to its ambivalence towards Westminster politics. Indeed, the candidate <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Valentine" title="Lewis Valentine">Lewis Valentine</a>, the party's first president, offered himself in Caernarvonshire on a platform of demonstrating Welsh people's rejection of English dominion.<sup id="cite_ref-McAllister_2001_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McAllister_2001-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1930s">1930s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1930s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 1932, the aims of <a href="/wiki/Self-government" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-government">self-government</a> and Welsh representation at the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> had been added to that of preserving Welsh language and culture. However, this move, and the party's early attempts to develop an economic critique, did not broaden its appeal beyond that of an intellectual and <a href="/wiki/Socially_conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Socially conservative">socially conservative</a> Welsh language pressure group.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The alleged sympathy of the party's leading members (including President <a href="/wiki/Saunders_Lewis" title="Saunders Lewis">Saunders Lewis</a>) towards Europe's <a href="/wiki/Totalitarianism" title="Totalitarianism">totalitarian regimes</a> compromised its early appeal further.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Saunders Lewis, David John Williams and Lewis Valentine set fire to the newly constructed RAF <a href="/wiki/Penyberth" title="Penyberth">Penyberth</a> air base on the <a href="/wiki/Ll%C5%B7n_Peninsula" title="Llŷn Peninsula">Llŷn Peninsula</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gwynedd" title="Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a> in 1936, in protest at its siting in the Welsh-speaking heartland. The leaders' treatment, including the trial judge's dismissal of the use of Welsh and their subsequent imprisonment in <a href="/wiki/Wormwood_Scrubs_(HM_Prison)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wormwood Scrubs (HM Prison)">Wormwood Scrubs</a>, led to "The Three" becoming a <i><a href="/wiki/Cause_c%C3%A9l%C3%A8bre" title="Cause célèbre">cause célèbre</a></i>. This heightened the profile of the party dramatically and its membership had doubled to nearly 2,000 by 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-Philip_1975_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Philip_1975-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Y_tri_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Y_tri-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1940s">1940s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1940s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Plaid_Cymru_rally_in_Machynlleth_in_1949_where_the_%22Parliament_for_Wales_in_5_years%22_campaign_was_started_(14050400654).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/A_Plaid_Cymru_rally_in_Machynlleth_in_1949_where_the_%22Parliament_for_Wales_in_5_years%22_campaign_was_started_%2814050400654%29.jpg/220px-A_Plaid_Cymru_rally_in_Machynlleth_in_1949_where_the_%22Parliament_for_Wales_in_5_years%22_campaign_was_started_%2814050400654%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/A_Plaid_Cymru_rally_in_Machynlleth_in_1949_where_the_%22Parliament_for_Wales_in_5_years%22_campaign_was_started_%2814050400654%29.jpg/330px-A_Plaid_Cymru_rally_in_Machynlleth_in_1949_where_the_%22Parliament_for_Wales_in_5_years%22_campaign_was_started_%2814050400654%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/A_Plaid_Cymru_rally_in_Machynlleth_in_1949_where_the_%22Parliament_for_Wales_in_5_years%22_campaign_was_started_%2814050400654%29.jpg/440px-A_Plaid_Cymru_rally_in_Machynlleth_in_1949_where_the_%22Parliament_for_Wales_in_5_years%22_campaign_was_started_%2814050400654%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="404" /></a><figcaption>A Plaid Cymru rally in Machynlleth in 1949</figcaption></figure> <p>Penyberth, and Plaid Cymru's neutral stance during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, prompted concerns within the UK Government that it might be used by Germany to insert spies or carry out other covert operations.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact, the party adopted a neutral standpoint and urged (with only limited success) <a href="/wiki/Conscientious_objection" class="mw-redirect" title="Conscientious objection">conscientious objection</a> to war service.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1943, Saunders Lewis contested the University of Wales parliamentary seat at a by-election, gaining 1,330 votes, or 22%. In the <a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945 general election</a>, with party membership at around 2,500, Plaid Cymru contested seven seats, as many as it had in the preceding 20 years, including constituencies in south Wales for the first time. At this time <a href="/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a> was elected president.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950s">1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1959_Election_in_Merioneth.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/1959_Election_in_Merioneth.jpg/220px-1959_Election_in_Merioneth.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/1959_Election_in_Merioneth.jpg/330px-1959_Election_in_Merioneth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/1959_Election_in_Merioneth.jpg/440px-1959_Election_in_Merioneth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="459" /></a><figcaption>1959 election in Merioneth. Gwynfor Evans, standing, is talking at <a href="/wiki/Bryncrug" title="Bryncrug">Bryncrug</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BBC_debate_between_Iorwerth_Thomas_(Rhondda_MP)_and_Gwynfor_Evans_(15171981727).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Iorwerth Thomas and Gwynfor Evans sitting at a table in front of a BBC microphone, debating." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/BBC_debate_between_Iorwerth_Thomas_%28Rhondda_MP%29_and_Gwynfor_Evans_%2815171981727%29.jpg/220px-BBC_debate_between_Iorwerth_Thomas_%28Rhondda_MP%29_and_Gwynfor_Evans_%2815171981727%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/BBC_debate_between_Iorwerth_Thomas_%28Rhondda_MP%29_and_Gwynfor_Evans_%2815171981727%29.jpg/330px-BBC_debate_between_Iorwerth_Thomas_%28Rhondda_MP%29_and_Gwynfor_Evans_%2815171981727%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/BBC_debate_between_Iorwerth_Thomas_%28Rhondda_MP%29_and_Gwynfor_Evans_%2815171981727%29.jpg/440px-BBC_debate_between_Iorwerth_Thomas_%28Rhondda_MP%29_and_Gwynfor_Evans_%2815171981727%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="446" /></a><figcaption>BBC debate between <a href="/wiki/Iorwerth_Thomas" title="Iorwerth Thomas">Iorwerth Thomas</a> (Rhondda MP - <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a>, Plaid Cymru's first MP</figcaption></figure> <p>Gwynfor Evans's presidency coincided with the maturation of Plaid Cymru (as it now began to refer to itself) into a more recognisable political party. Its share of the vote increased from 0.7% in the <a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">1951 general election</a> to 3.1% in <a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">1955</a> and 5.2% in <a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">1959</a>. In the 1959 election, the party contested a majority of Welsh seats for the first time. Proposals to flood the village of <a href="/wiki/Capel_Celyn" title="Capel Celyn">Capel Celyn</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Tryweryn" class="mw-redirect" title="Tryweryn">Tryweryn</a> valley in Gwynedd in 1957 to supply the city of <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> with water played a part in Plaid Cymru's growth. The fact that the parliamentary bill authorising the dam went through without support from any Welsh MPs showed that the MPs' votes in Westminster were not enough to prevent such bills from passing.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960s">1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Support for the party declined slightly in the early 1960s, particularly as support for the Liberal Party began to stabilise from its long-term decline. In 1962, Saunders Lewis gave a radio talk entitled <i><a href="/wiki/Tynged_yr_Iaith" title="Tynged yr Iaith">Tynged yr Iaith</a></i> (The fate of the language) in which he predicted the extinction of the Welsh language unless action was taken. This led to the formation of <a href="/wiki/Cymdeithas_yr_Iaith_Gymraeg" class="mw-redirect" title="Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg">Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg</a> (the Welsh Language Society) the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Labour's return to power in 1964 and the creation of the post of <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales" title="Secretary of State for Wales">Secretary of State for Wales</a> appeared to represent a continuation of the incremental evolution of a distinctive Welsh polity, following the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> government's appointment of a Minister of Welsh Affairs in the mid-1950s and the establishment of <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a> as Wales' capital in 1955.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>However, <a href="/wiki/1966_Carmarthen_by-election" title="1966 Carmarthen by-election">in 1966</a>, less than four months after coming in third in the constituency of <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carmarthen (UK Parliament constituency)">Carmarthen</a>, Gwynfor Evans captured the seat from Labour at a by-election. This was followed by two further by-elections in <a href="/wiki/Rhondda_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rhondda West (UK Parliament constituency)">Rhondda West</a> in <a href="/wiki/1967_Rhondda_West_by-election" title="1967 Rhondda West by-election">1967</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caerphilly_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency)">Caerphilly</a> in <a href="/wiki/1968_Caerphilly_by-election" title="1968 Caerphilly by-election">1968</a> in which the party achieved massive swings of 30% and 40% respectively, coming within a whisker of victory. The results were caused partly by an anti-Labour backlash. Expectations in coal mining communities that the <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Wilson</a> government would halt the long-term decline in their industry had been dashed by a significant downward revision of coal production estimates.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, particularly in Carmarthen, Plaid also successfully depicted Labour's policies as a threat to the viability of small Welsh communities.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970 general election</a>, Plaid Cymru contested every seat in Wales for the first time and its vote share surged from 4.5% in 1966 to 11.5%. Gwynfor Evans lost Carmarthen to Labour, but regained the seat in <a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">October 1974</a>, by which time the party had gained a further two MPs, representing the constituencies of <a href="/wiki/Caernarfon" title="Caernarfon">Caernarfon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Merionethshire" title="Merionethshire">Merionethshire</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Plaid Cymru's emergence (along with the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a>) prompted the Wilson government to establish the <a href="/wiki/Kilbrandon_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilbrandon Commission">Kilbrandon Commission</a> on the constitution. The subsequent proposals for a Welsh Assembly were, however, heavily defeated in a <a href="/wiki/1979_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1979 Welsh devolution referendum">referendum in 1979</a>. Despite Plaid Cymru's ambivalence toward home rule (as opposed to outright independence) the <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a> result led many in the party to question its direction.<sup id="cite_ref-McAllister_2001_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McAllister_2001-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Plaid campaigned to leave the Common Market in the <a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975 referendum</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> feeling that the EC's regional aid policies would "reconcile places like Wales to their subordinate position".<sup id="cite_ref-williams-brexit2_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams-brexit2-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, 65% of Welsh voters voted to remain in the EC during a <a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975 referendum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The EC was incorporated into the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> (EU) in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979 general election</a>, the party's vote share declined from 10.8% to 8.1% and Carmarthen was again lost to Labour, although <a href="/wiki/Caernarfon" title="Caernarfon">Caernarfon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Merionethshire" title="Merionethshire">Merionethshire</a> were held by the party.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Caernarfon MP <a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a> succeeded Gwynfor Evans as president in 1981, inheriting a party whose morale was at an all-time low. In 1981 the party adopted a policy of "community socialism".<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the party embarked on a wide-ranging review of its priorities and goals, Gwynfor Evans fought a successful campaign (including the threat of a hunger strike) to oblige the Conservative government to fulfill its promise to establish <a href="/wiki/S4C" title="S4C">S4C</a>, a Welsh-language television station.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1984, <a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a> was elected president, defeating <a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan" title="Dafydd Iwan">Dafydd Iwan</a>, a move that saw the party shift to the left. <a href="/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> (later Plaid Cymru leader) captured <a href="/wiki/Ynys_Mon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ynys Mon (UK Parliament constituency)">Ynys Môn</a> from the Conservatives in <a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a>. In 1989 Dafydd Wigley once again assumed the presidency of the party.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 general election</a>, the party added a fourth MP, <a href="/wiki/Cynog_Dafis" title="Cynog Dafis">Cynog Dafis</a>, when he gained <a href="/wiki/Ceredigion_and_Pembroke_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceredigion and Pembroke North">Ceredigion and Pembroke North</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>. Dafis was endorsed by the local branch of the <a href="/wiki/Wales_Green_Party" title="Wales Green Party">Green Party</a>. The party's vote share recovered to 9.9% at the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1997, following the election of a Labour government committed to devolution for Wales, a <a href="/wiki/1997_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Welsh devolution referendum">further referendum</a> was narrowly won, establishing the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly for Wales">National Assembly for Wales</a>. Plaid Cymru became the main opposition to the ruling Labour Party, with 17 seats to Labour's 28. In doing so, it appeared to have broken out of its rural Welsh-speaking heartland, and gained seats in traditionally strong Labour areas in industrial <a href="/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">South Wales</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Ahead of the <a href="/wiki/1999_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="1999 National Assembly for Wales election">1999 National Assembly for Wales election</a>, Plaid Cymru dropped its policy of Welsh independence in favour of continued membership in the European Union. These changes in policy were made as it was believed that the electorate in Wales did not view independence as an important issue. It also adopted <a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">social democracy</a> for its economic policy in an attempt to weaken Labour. These changes in policy have been used to explain the party's subsequent electoral success in Labour's traditional <a href="/wiki/South_East_Wales" title="South East Wales">South East Wales</a> heartlands.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assembly/Senedd_era"><span id="Assembly.2FSenedd_era"></span>Assembly/Senedd era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Assembly/Senedd era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plaid_Cymru_Group_office.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Plaid_Cymru_Group_office.jpg/220px-Plaid_Cymru_Group_office.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Plaid_Cymru_Group_office.jpg/330px-Plaid_Cymru_Group_office.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Plaid_Cymru_Group_office.jpg/440px-Plaid_Cymru_Group_office.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4091" data-file-height="2588" /></a><figcaption>Plaid Cymru Group office in the <a href="/wiki/Senedd_building" title="Senedd building">Senedd building</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_National_Assembly_(1999–2003)"><span id="First_National_Assembly_.281999.E2.80.932003.29"></span>First National Assembly (1999–2003)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: First National Assembly (1999–2003)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1999_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="1999 National Assembly for Wales election">1999 election</a>, Plaid Cymru gained seats in traditional Labour areas such as <a href="/wiki/Rhondda_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhondda (National Assembly for Wales constituency)">Rhondda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islwyn_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Islwyn (National Assembly for Wales constituency)">Islwyn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Llanelli_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Llanelli (National Assembly for Wales constituency)">Llanelli</a>, achieving by far its highest share of the vote in any Wales-wide election. While Plaid Cymru regarded itself as the natural beneficiary of devolution, others attributed its performance in large part to the travails of the Labour Party<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (November 2011)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup>, whose nomination for <a href="/wiki/Assembly_First_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Assembly First Secretary">Assembly First Secretary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Davies_(British_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ron Davies (British politician)">Ron Davies</a>, was forced to stand down in an alleged <a href="/wiki/Sex_scandal" title="Sex scandal">sex scandal</a>. The ensuing leadership battle, won by <a href="/wiki/Alun_Michael" title="Alun Michael">Alun Michael</a>, did much to damage Labour, and thus aided Plaid Cymru, whose leader was the more popular and higher profile <a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a>. The Labour Party's UK national leadership was seen to interfere in the contest and deny the popular <a href="/wiki/Rhodri_Morgan" title="Rhodri Morgan">Rhodri Morgan</a> victory.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Less than two months later, in <a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">elections to the European parliament</a>, Labour support slumped further, and Plaid Cymru came within 2.5% of achieving the largest share of the vote in Wales. Under the new system of <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>, the party also gained two MEPs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Plaid Cymru then developed political problems of its own. Dafydd Wigley resigned, citing health problems but amid rumours of a plot against him.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His successor, <a href="/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a>, struggled to impose his authority, particularly over controversial remarks made by a councillor, Seimon Glyn.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, Labour leader and First Minister Alun Michael was replaced by Rhodri Morgan.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001 general election</a>, notwithstanding Plaid Cymru recording its highest-ever vote share in a general election, 14.3%, the party lost Wyn Jones's former seat of <a href="/wiki/Ynys_M%C3%B4n_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency)">Ynys Môn</a> to <a href="/wiki/Albert_Owen" title="Albert Owen">Albert Owen</a>, although it gained <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_East_and_Dinefwr_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)">Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a> was elected.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_National_Assembly_(2003–07)"><span id="Second_National_Assembly_.282003.E2.80.9307.29"></span>Second National Assembly (2003–07)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Second National Assembly (2003–07)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/2003_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2003 National Assembly for Wales election">Assembly elections of May 2003</a> saw the party's representation drop from 17 to 12, with the seats gained in the 1999 election falling again to Labour and the party's share of the vote declining to 21%. Plaid Cymru narrowly remained the second-largest party in the National Assembly ahead of the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and <a href="/wiki/Forward_Wales" title="Forward Wales">Forward Wales</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 15 September 2003, <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk-singer</a> and county councillor <a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan" title="Dafydd Iwan">Dafydd Iwan</a> was elected as Plaid Cymru's president. Ieuan Wyn Jones, who had resigned from his dual role as president and Assembly group leader following the losses in the 2003 Assembly election, was re-elected in the latter role. <a href="/wiki/Elfyn_Llwyd" title="Elfyn Llwyd">Elfyn Llwyd</a> remained the Plaid Cymru leader in the Westminster Parliament. Under Iwan's presidency the party formally adopted a policy of independence for Wales within Europe.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Plaid Cymru had historically supported Welsh independence but dropped this policy ahead of the 1999 devolved election.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2004 local election saw the party lose control of the two South Wales councils it gained in 1999, <a href="/wiki/Rhondda_Cynon_Taff" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhondda Cynon Taff">Rhondda Cynon Taff</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caerphilly" title="Caerphilly">Caerphilly</a>, while retaining its stronghold of Gwynedd in the north-west. The results enabled the party to claim a greater number of ethnic minority councillors than all the other political parties in Wales combined,<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with gains in authorities such as Cardiff and <a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a>, where Plaid Cymru representation had been minimal. In the European Parliament elections of the same year, the party's vote share fell to 17.4%, and the reduction in the number of Welsh MEPs saw its representation reduced to one.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:History_of_Plaid_Cymru_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/History_of_Plaid_Cymru_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="105" height="103" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="105" data-file-height="103" /></a><figcaption>Old logo (above) and new logo (below)</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">general election</a> of 5 May 2005, Plaid Cymru lost the <a href="/wiki/Ceredigion_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency)">Ceredigion</a> seat to the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>; this result was a disappointment to Plaid, who had hoped to gain <a href="/wiki/Ynys_M%C3%B4n_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency)">Ynys Môn</a>. Overall therefore, Plaid Cymru's Parliamentary representation fell to three seats, the lowest number for the party since 1992. The party's share of the vote fell to 12.6%.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru reformation to 'Plaid Cymru' in 1933, the logo representing the party was the green 'triban' (three peaks) which symbolically represented Plaid's three key goals; self-government, cultural prosperity and economic prosperity, 'anchored in the bedrock of Welsh identity and history that is the Welsh upland landscape',<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the logo would change in the late stages of 20th century to include the red dragon of Wales, however this version was short-lived. In 2006, the party voted constitutional changes to formally designate the party's leader in the assembly as its overall leader, with <a href="/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> being restored to the full leadership and <a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan" title="Dafydd Iwan">Dafydd Iwan</a> becoming head of the voluntary wing of the party.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party unveiled a radical change of image in 2006. In that year, the party opted to use "Plaid" as the party's name, although "Plaid Cymru — the Party of Wales" would remain the official title. Plaid would abandon the triban (apart from the merchandise) and adopt the yellow <a href="/wiki/Welsh_poppy" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh poppy">Welsh poppy</a> (<i>Meconopsis cambrica</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Third_National_Assembly_(2007–2011)"><span id="Third_National_Assembly_.282007.E2.80.932011.29"></span>Third National Assembly (2007–2011)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Third National Assembly (2007–2011)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2007_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2007 National Assembly for Wales election">National Assembly election</a> of 3 May 2007, Plaid Cymru increased its number of seats from 12 to 15, regaining <a href="/wiki/Llanelli_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Llanelli (National Assembly for Wales constituency)">Llanelli</a>, gaining one additional list seat and winning the newly created constituency of <a href="/wiki/Aberconwy_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aberconwy (National Assembly for Wales constituency)">Aberconwy</a>. The 2007 election also saw Plaid Cymru's <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Asghar" title="Mohammad Asghar">Mohammad Asghar</a> become the first ethnic minority candidate elected to the Welsh Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party's share of the vote increased to 22.4%.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>After weeks of negotiations involving all four parties in the Assembly, Plaid Cymru and Labour agreed to form a <a href="/wiki/Coalition_government" title="Coalition government">coalition government</a>. Their agreed "<a href="/wiki/One_Wales" title="One Wales">One Wales</a>" programme included a commitment for both parties to campaign for a Yes vote in a <a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">referendum on full law-making powers</a> for the Assembly, to be held at a time of the Welsh Assembly Government's choosing.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ieuan Wyn Jones was subsequently confirmed as <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">Deputy First Minister of Wales</a><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Economy_and_Transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for the Economy and Transport">Minister for the Economy and Transport</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rhodri_Glyn_Thomas" title="Rhodri Glyn Thomas">Rhodri Glyn Thomas</a> was appointed Heritage Minister. He later stood down, and <a href="/wiki/Alun_Ffred_Jones" title="Alun Ffred Jones">Alun Ffred Jones</a> took over. Ceredigion AM <a href="/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Elin Jones</a> was appointed to the Rural Affairs brief in the new 10-member cabinet. <a href="/wiki/Jocelyn_Davies" title="Jocelyn Davies">Jocelyn Davies</a> became Deputy Minister for Housing, and later, Regeneration.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>, Plaid returned three MPs to Westminster. They took part in the <a href="/wiki/Yes_for_Wales" title="Yes for Wales">Yes for Wales</a> cross-party campaign for the March 2011 referendum.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fourth_National_Assembly_(2011–16)"><span id="Fourth_National_Assembly_.282011.E2.80.9316.29"></span>Fourth National Assembly (2011–16)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Fourth National Assembly (2011–16)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">2011 National Assembly election</a>, Plaid slipped from second place to third, being overtaken by the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Welsh Conservatives</a> and losing its deputy leader <a href="/wiki/Helen_Mary_Jones" title="Helen Mary Jones">Helen Mary Jones</a>. The party held an inquiry into the election result.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The internal investigation led to the adoption of wide-ranging changes to its constitution, including a streamlining of the leadership structure.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2011, Ieuan Wyn Jones announced he would stand down as leader within the first half of the Assembly term.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A leadership election was held in which three candidates eventually stood: <a href="/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Elin Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Leanne Wood</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Simon_Thomas_(politician)" title="Simon Thomas (politician)">Simon Thomas</a> withdrew his candidacy before ballots were cast.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 March 2012, Plaid Cymru elected Leanne Wood as its new leader. She received 55% of the vote, over second-placed Elin Jones with 41%.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wood was the party's first female leader, and its first not to be a fluent Welsh speaker.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after her election as leader, she appointed former MP <a href="/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a> to head an economic commission for the party "focussed on bringing together tailor-made policies in order to transform our economy".<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 May 2012, it was confirmed Leanne Wood would not be taking the £23,000 pay increase that every other party leader in the Assembly receives.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 12 November 2012, Wood announced she would aim to abandon her relatively safe list seat by winning a constituency at the 2016 National Assembly elections;<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> she later confirmed she would contest the <a href="/wiki/Rhondda_(Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhondda (Assembly constituency)">Rhondda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adam Price was subsequently selected as the party's candidate for <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_East_and_Dinefwr_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)">Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lindsay Whittle confirmed he would stand solely in <a href="/wiki/Caerphilly_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Caerphilly (National Assembly for Wales constituency)">Caerphilly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 June 2013, former party leader Ieuan Wyn Jones stood down from the Assembly as the member for <a href="/wiki/Ynys_M%C3%B4n_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ynys Môn (National Assembly for Wales constituency)">Ynys Môn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plaid Cymru's candidate <a href="/wiki/Rhun_ap_Iorwerth" title="Rhun ap Iorwerth">Rhun ap Iorwerth</a> was elected as the new Assembly Member for the constituency, receiving 12,601 votes (a 58% share) with a majority of 9,166 over the Labour candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fifth_National_Assembly/Senedd_(2016–2021)"><span id="Fifth_National_Assembly.2FSenedd_.282016.E2.80.932021.29"></span>Fifth National Assembly/Senedd (2016–2021)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Fifth National Assembly/Senedd (2016–2021)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2016_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2016 National Assembly for Wales election">2016 Welsh Assembly elections</a>, Plaid Cymru gained one seat, became the Assembly's second-largest party and briefly became the official opposition to the Welsh Government with 12 seats.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By January 2018 Plaid Cymru had been reduced to ten Assembly Members, following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a> in 2016<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the permanent expulsion of <a href="/wiki/Neil_McEvoy" title="Neil McEvoy">Neil McEvoy</a> from Plaid's Assembly group in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite campaigning to leave in <a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-auto_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plaid campaigned for a Remain vote in the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the EU</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> spending £27,495 on the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the referendum Wales voted 52.5% in favour of Leave.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Immediately after the referendum, Leanne Wood stated that voters 'must be respected' and criticised calls for a second EU referendum.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plaid Cymru later modified their policy to support a <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Vote" title="People's Vote">People's Vote</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2017 United Kingdom general election</a>, Plaid saw their popular vote fall, but narrowly gained Ceredigion and saw Arfon become highly marginal.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2018, Adam Price won the party's <a href="/wiki/2018_Plaid_Cymru_leadership_election" title="2018 Plaid Cymru leadership election">leadership election</a>, defeating the incumbent Leanne Wood and fellow challenger <a href="/wiki/Rhun_ap_Iorwerth" title="Rhun ap Iorwerth">Rhun ap Iorwerth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2019_Brecon_and_Radnorshire_by-election" title="2019 Brecon and Radnorshire by-election">Brecon and Radnorshire by-election</a> Plaid Cymru decided not to put up a candidate, but instead to support the Liberal Democrat candidate <a href="/wiki/Jane_Dodds" title="Jane Dodds">Jane Dodds</a> in order to maximise the chance of an anti-Brexit candidate winning.<sup id="cite_ref-Mason_2019_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mason_2019-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2019 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2019 United Kingdom general election</a>, Plaid stood aside in four seats to endorse <a href="/wiki/Unite_to_Remain" title="Unite to Remain">Unite to Remain</a> candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plaid held their four seats but saw a decrease in their popular vote.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sixth_Senedd_(2021–)"><span id="Sixth_Senedd_.282021.E2.80.93.29"></span>Sixth Senedd (2021–)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Sixth Senedd (2021–)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the run-up to the <a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">2021 Senedd election</a>, polling suggested that Welsh Labour would win the highest number of seats but fall short of an overall majority. Pollsters and commentators suggested that the most likely outcome would be another Labour–Plaid Cymru coalition,<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-coalition_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coalition-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an option First Minister <a href="/wiki/Mark_Drakeford" title="Mark Drakeford">Mark Drakeford</a> said he would be open to.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Price insisted that his party would not be Labour's "junior partner",<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> nor would they work with the Conservatives under any circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stated that Plaid would be willing to join forces with Labour, but only if the former were the largest party or if it were an equal partnership.<sup id="cite_ref-coalition_124-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coalition-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Price also said that he did not consider <a href="/wiki/Welsh_independence" title="Welsh independence">Welsh independence</a> to be "a distraction or a constitutional abstraction", but rather "a practical necessity".<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the election, Plaid increased their seat total to thirteen, up one from the twelve they won in 2016, but lost out in their target constituencies, and lost <a href="/wiki/Rhondda_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Rhondda (Senedd constituency)">Rhondda</a> where former leader Leanne Wood lost her seat to Labour.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Price said he would not resign, telling <a href="/wiki/ITV_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV Wales">ITV Wales</a>: "My job is to lead, its not to give up at a set back or disappointment. My job is to sustain the hope – all those young people who voted for Plaid because they were inspired by our message of the potential we believe is there in Wales to deliver a decent society for our people. I firmly believe that we have sown a lot of seed at this election. A lot of young people in particular who did come with us this time has laid the foundations for the future which I think will set us up for growth in the years to come."<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 November 2021, despite Price's earlier comments about refusing to work with Labour,<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the two parties announced a <a href="/wiki/2021_Welsh_Labour%E2%80%93Plaid_Cymru_agreement" title="2021 Welsh Labour–Plaid Cymru agreement">co-operation agreement consisting of almost 50 different policies</a>, including providing free school meals for all primary school children, the establishment of a free-at-point-of-need national care system and building a railway between <a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">South Wales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Price called the agreement "a down-payment on independence" and claimed that the results of the Senedd election "confirmed Wales's status as an indy-curious nation. A curiosity that will give birth – sooner than many think – to an independent Wales." He went on to say, "For Wales to be free, we must first be united. And, that is what this Co-operation Agreement sets out to achieve. It launches us on a pathway to a united Wales, one that, sooner than we perhaps think, will find it both comfortable and natural, indeed essential, to join the world community of normal, independent nations."<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The co-operation agreement was ratified by Plaid's conference, with 94% voting in favour. "This is a huge step forward for Wales and our democracy," Price said. "The co-operation agreement will bring immediate, tangible and long-term benefit for the people of Wales. All primary school children will now receive free school meals; there will be free childcare for all two-year-olds; and radical action to tackle the housing crisis. There will be stability payments to support family farms; exploration of an accelerated pathway to net zero by 2035; the creation of <a href="/wiki/Ynni_Cymru" title="Ynni Cymru">Ynni Cymru</a> – a company to expand community-owned renewable energy generation; and a new and reformed Senedd – bigger, more diverse, and gender balanced in law. From feeding our children to caring for our elderly, this is a nation-building Programme for Government which will change the lives of thousands of people the length and breadth of our country for the better. And none of it would be happening without Plaid Cymru."<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2023, the publication of a report which detailed failings by the party to prevent sexual harassment and bullying led to media coverage suggesting that Price had agreed to resign the party leadership,<sup id="cite_ref-:6_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Price confirmed this in a statement on 10 May. Acknowledging that he "no longer had the united support of [his] colleagues", Price stated that he would step down officially at the start of the following week, once the process for electing a new interim leader was finalised.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11 May Plaid Cymru announced that <a href="/wiki/Llyr_Gruffydd" title="Llyr Gruffydd">Llyr Gruffydd</a>, Senedd member for North Wales, would replace him as interim party leader, and that this would be confirmed by the NEC on 13 May.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 June 2023 <a href="/wiki/Rhun_ap_Iorwerth" title="Rhun ap Iorwerth">Rhun ap Iorwerth</a> was announced as the new permanent leader after he was elected unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At party conference in <a href="/wiki/Aberystwyth" title="Aberystwyth">Aberystwyth</a> in October 2023, Rhun ap Iorwerth said the party was "not just for <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh speakers</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Accomplishments like free school meals with the <a href="/wiki/Second_Drakeford_government" title="Second Drakeford government">Drakeford government</a> were promoted.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Independence_Commission_2020">Independence Commission 2020</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Independence Commission 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the 2019 general election, Price announced that he would set up a commission to look at the practicality of <a href="/wiki/Welsh_independence" title="Welsh independence">Welsh independence</a>, and how a Plaid Government would hold <a href="/wiki/Proposed_Welsh_independence_referendum" title="Proposed Welsh independence referendum">an independence referendum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commission, led by former Plaid <a href="/wiki/Dwyfor_Meirionydd" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwyfor Meirionydd">Dwyfor Meirionydd</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Elfyn_Llwyd" title="Elfyn Llwyd">Elfyn Llwyd</a>, released its report on 25 September 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It recommends five key aims for Plaid Cymru:<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Says an independent Wales should seek membership of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, with a possible intermediate step being membership of the <a href="/wiki/European_Free_Trade_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="European Free Trade Area">European Free Trade Area</a>.</li> <li>Recommends that Wales explores a <a href="/wiki/Confederal" class="mw-redirect" title="Confederal">confederal</a> relationship with England and Scotland.</li> <li>Proposes improvements to the operation of the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a> and civil service.</li> <li>Points the way to drawing up a Welsh Constitution and sets out a framework for a Self-Determination Bill to take the independence process forward.</li> <li>A statutory National Commission should provide the people of Wales with a clear understanding of the option for their political future – including through Citizens' Assemblies and an initial referendum to test a range of constitutional options.</li></ul> <p>It also recommends that there should be one multiple choice referendum to gauge views and to persuade a UK Westminster government to agree to a referendum on the preferred option.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_143-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The report was met with criticism from the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Welsh Liberal Democrats</a>, describing the report as a mix of "fanatical politics" and "pie in the sky economics".<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2020, Price stated that an independence referendum would be held in Plaid Cymru's first term in office, if the party won a majority at the <a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">2021 Senedd election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Undeb_Credyd_Plaid_Cymru">Undeb Credyd Plaid Cymru</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Undeb Credyd Plaid Cymru"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Undeb Credyd Plaid Cymru Credit Union Limited is a savings and loans <a href="/wiki/Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Co-operative">co-operative</a> established for party members in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based in <a href="/wiki/Roath" title="Roath">Roath</a>, Cardiff, it is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_British_Credit_Unions" title="Association of British Credit Unions">Association of British Credit Unions</a> Limited.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Credit_union" title="Credit union">credit union</a> is authorised by the <a href="/wiki/Prudential_Regulation_Authority_(United_Kingdom)" title="Prudential Regulation Authority (United Kingdom)">Prudential Regulation Authority</a> and regulated by the <a href="/wiki/Financial_Conduct_Authority" title="Financial Conduct Authority">Financial Conduct Authority</a> and the PRA. Ultimately, like the banks and building societies, members' savings are protected against business failure by the <a href="/wiki/Financial_Services_Compensation_Scheme" title="Financial Services Compensation Scheme">Financial Services Compensation Scheme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Party_leadership">Party leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Party leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name and portrait </th> <th>Party office </th> <th>Constituency <br />(if any) </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rhun-ap-iorwerth.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Rhun-ap-iorwerth.jpg/90px-Rhun-ap-iorwerth.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Rhun-ap-iorwerth.jpg/135px-Rhun-ap-iorwerth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Rhun-ap-iorwerth.jpg/180px-Rhun-ap-iorwerth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4176" data-file-height="4176" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Rhun_ap_Iorwerth" title="Rhun ap Iorwerth">Rhun ap Iorwerth</a> </td> <td>Leader of the Senedd Group <p>and Party Leader </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ynys_M%C3%B4n_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Ynys Môn (Senedd constituency)">Ynys Môn</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Liz_Saville_Roberts_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Liz_Saville_Roberts_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Liz_Saville_Roberts_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Liz_Saville_Roberts_MP_crop_2.jpg/135px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Liz_Saville_Roberts_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Liz_Saville_Roberts_MP_crop_2.jpg/180px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Liz_Saville_Roberts_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Liz_Saville_Roberts" title="Liz Saville Roberts">Liz Saville Roberts</a> </td> <td>Westminster Group Leader<br /> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Dwyfor_Meirionydd" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwyfor Meirionydd">Dwyfor Meirionydd</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dafydd_Wigley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Dafydd_Wigley.jpg/90px-Dafydd_Wigley.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Dafydd_Wigley.jpg/135px-Dafydd_Wigley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Dafydd_Wigley.jpg/180px-Dafydd_Wigley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="691" data-file-height="900" /></a></span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Title_of_honor" title="Title of honor">Honorary</a> <a href="/wiki/President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">Party President</a> from 2001 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Former Party President <p>Member of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leaders">Leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Party leader was referred to as the president until March 2000 when the separate role of Leader was created. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Leader </th> <th>From </th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54; color:#fff;">1 </th> <td style="width:200px;"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Valentine" title="Lewis Valentine">Lewis Valentine</a> </td> <td style="width:125px;">1925 </td> <td style="width:125px;">1926 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54; color:#fff;">2 </th> <td style="width:200px;"><a href="/wiki/Saunders_Lewis" title="Saunders Lewis">Saunders Lewis</a> </td> <td style="width:125px;">1926 </td> <td style="width:125px;">1939 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54; color:#fff;">3 </th> <td style="width:200px;"><a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Daniel" title="John Edward Daniel">John Edward Daniel</a> </td> <td style="width:125px;">1939 </td> <td style="width:125px;">1943 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54; color:#fff;">4 </th> <td style="width:200px;"><a href="/wiki/Abi_Williams" title="Abi Williams">Abi Williams</a> </td> <td style="width:125px;">1943 </td> <td style="width:125px;">1945 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54; color:#fff;">5 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a> </td> <td>1 August 1945<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1981 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54; color:#fff;">6 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1981_Plaid_Cymru_presidential_election" title="1981 Plaid Cymru presidential election">1981</a> </td> <td>1984 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54; color:#fff;">7 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_Plaid_Cymru_presidential_election" title="1984 Plaid Cymru presidential election">1984</a> </td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54; color:#fff;">(6) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Plaid_Cymru_presidential_election" title="1991 Plaid Cymru presidential election">1991</a> </td> <td>4 August 2000 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54; color:#fff;">8 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Plaid_Cymru_leadership_election" title="2000 Plaid Cymru leadership election">4 August 2000</a> </td> <td>16 March 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54; color:#fff;">9 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Leanne Wood</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Plaid_Cymru_leadership_election" title="2012 Plaid Cymru leadership election">16 March 2012</a> </td> <td>28 September 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54; color:#fff;">10 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Plaid_Cymru_leadership_election" title="2018 Plaid Cymru leadership election">28 September 2018</a> </td> <td>16 May 2023 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54; color:#fff;">- </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Llyr_Gruffydd" title="Llyr Gruffydd">Llyr Gruffydd</a> (acting) </td> <td>16 May 2023<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>16 June 2023 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54; color:#fff;">11 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhun_ap_Iorwerth" title="Rhun ap Iorwerth">Rhun ap Iorwerth</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Plaid_Cymru_leadership_election" title="2023 Plaid Cymru leadership election">16 June 2023</a><sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Incumbent </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_leaders">Deputy leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Deputy leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Deputy Leader </th> <th>From </th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54;"> </th> <td style="width:200px;"><a href="/wiki/Rhodri_Glyn_Thomas" title="Rhodri Glyn Thomas">Rhodri Glyn Thomas</a> </td> <td style="width:125px;">2003 <sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:125px;">2007 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54;"> </th> <td style="width:200px;"><a href="/wiki/Alun_Ffred_Jones" title="Alun Ffred Jones">Alun Ffred Jones</a> </td> <td style="width:125px;">2007 <sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:125px;">2008 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54;"> </th> <td style="width:200px;"><a href="/wiki/Helen_Mary_Jones" title="Helen Mary Jones">Helen Mary Jones</a> </td> <td style="width:125px;">2008 </td> <td style="width:125px;">2012 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54;"> </th> <td style="width:200px;"><a href="/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Elin Jones</a> </td> <td style="width:125px;">17 July 2012 <sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:125px;">2016 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54;"> </th> <td style="width:200px;"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td style="width:125px;">2016 </td> <td style="width:125px;">2018 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54;"> </th> <td style="width:200px;"><a href="/wiki/Rhun_ap_Iorwerth" title="Rhun ap Iorwerth">Rhun ap Iorwerth</a> & <a href="/wiki/Si%C3%A2n_Gwenllian" title="Siân Gwenllian">Siân Gwenllian</a> </td> <td style="width:125px;">23 October 2018 <sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:125px;">27 June 2023 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#005B54;"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Delyth_Jewell" title="Delyth Jewell">Delyth Jewell</a> </td> <td>27 June 2023 </td> <td>Present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_executives">Chief executives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Chief executives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chief executive </th> <th>From </th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px;"><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Trystan_Davies" title="Dafydd Trystan Davies">Dafydd Trystan Davies</a> </td> <td style="width:125px;">2002 </td> <td style="width:125px;">2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px;"><a href="/wiki/Gwenllian_Lansdown" title="Gwenllian Lansdown">Gwenllian Lansdown</a> </td> <td style="width:125px;">2007 <sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:125px;">2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px;">Rhuanedd Richards </td> <td style="width:125px;">2011<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:125px;">2016<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px;">Gareth Clubb </td> <td style="width:125px;">2016<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:125px;">2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px;">Marc Phillips </td> <td style="width:125px;">2020<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:125px;">2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Carl Harris </td> <td>2021<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Owen Roberts </td> <td>2023<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Incumbent </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elected_representatives">Elected representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Elected representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="House_of_Commons">House of Commons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: House of Commons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th>Since </th> <th>Spokesperson role<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ann_Davies_(Welsh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ann Davies (Welsh politician)">Ann Davies</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caerfyrddin_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caerfyrddin (UK Parliament constituency)">Caerfyrddin</a> </td> <td>2024 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Department for Work and Pensions">Department for Work and Pensions</a>; Environment and Rural Affairs; Education; Transport; and Culture, Media, and Sport </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Llinos_Medi_Huws" class="mw-redirect" title="Llinos Medi Huws">Llinos Medi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ynys_M%C3%B4n_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency)">Ynys Môn</a> </td> <td>2024 </td> <td>Department of Energy Security and Net Zero; Business and Trade; Housing, Communities and Local Government; Health; and Equalities </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Lake" title="Ben Lake">Ben Lake</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ceredigion_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency)">Ceredigion</a> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>Group Secretary and Treasurer, speaking for the group on the Treasury; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and Science, Innovation and Technology </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Liz_Saville_Roberts" title="Liz Saville Roberts">Liz Saville Roberts</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwyfor_Meirionnydd_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)">Dwyfor Meirionnydd</a> </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>Wales Office; Ministry of Justice; Home Office; Cabinet Office; Attorney General’s Office; and Ministry of Defence </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senedd">Senedd</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Senedd"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Llyr_Huws_Gruffydd" class="mw-redirect" title="Llyr Huws Gruffydd">Llyr Huws Gruffydd</a>, MS for <a href="/wiki/North_Wales_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="North Wales (Senedd electoral region)">North Wales electoral region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Si%C3%A2n_Gwenllian" title="Siân Gwenllian">Siân Gwenllian</a>, MS for <a href="/wiki/Arfon_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Arfon (Senedd constituency)">Arfon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhun_ap_Iorwerth" title="Rhun ap Iorwerth">Rhun ap Iorwerth</a>, MS for <a href="/wiki/Ynys_M%C3%B4n_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Ynys Môn (Senedd constituency)">Ynys Môn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Fletcher_(politician)" title="Luke Fletcher (politician)">Luke Fletcher</a>, MS for <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_West_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="South Wales West (Senedd electoral region)">South Wales West electoral region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cefin_Campbell" title="Cefin Campbell">Cefin Campbell</a>, MS for <a href="/wiki/Mid_and_West_Wales_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="Mid and West Wales (Senedd electoral region)">Mid and West Wales electoral region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Elin Jones</a>, MS for <a href="/wiki/Ceredigion_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Ceredigion (Senedd constituency)">Ceredigion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delyth_Jewell" title="Delyth Jewell">Delyth Jewell</a>, MS for <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_East_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="South Wales East (Senedd electoral region)">South Wales East electoral region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioned_Williams" title="Sioned Williams">Sioned Williams</a>, MS for <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_West_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="South Wales West (Senedd electoral region)">South Wales West electoral region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a>, MS for <a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_East_and_Dinefwr_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Senedd constituency)">Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mabon_ap_Gwynfor" title="Mabon ap Gwynfor">Mabon ap Gwynfor</a>, MS for <a href="/wiki/Dwyfor_Meirionnydd_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Senedd constituency)">Dwyfor Meirionnydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peredur_Owen_Griffiths" title="Peredur Owen Griffiths">Peredur Owen Griffiths</a>, MS for <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_East" class="mw-redirect" title="South Wales East">South Wales East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heledd_Fychan" title="Heledd Fychan">Heledd Fychan</a>, MS for <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="South Wales Central">South Wales Central</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_councillors">Local councillors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Local councillors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>202 <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillors</a> in <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">local government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>They form the Plaid Cymru Councillors Association.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appointments">Appointments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Appointments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="House_of_Lords">House of Lords</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: House of Lords"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Date Ennobled </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Lord 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border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:lightgrey;"> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">1931</a> </th> <td>2,050 </td> <td>0.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">1935</a> </th> <td>2,534 </td> <td>0.3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a> </th> <td>16,017 </td> <td>1.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a> </th> <td>17,580 </td> <td>1.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">1951</a> </th> <td>10,920 </td> <td>0.7 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">1955</a> </th> <td>45,119 </td> <td>3.1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">1959</a> </th> <td>77,571 </td> <td>5.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">1964</a> </th> <td>69,507 </td> <td>4.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">1966</a> </th> <td>61,071 </td> <td>4.3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a> </th> <td>175,016 </td> <td>11.5 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">Feb 1974</a> </th> <td>171,374 </td> <td>10.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">Oct 1974</a> </th> <td>166,321 </td> <td>10.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 8%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a> </th> <td>132,544 </td> <td>8.1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a> </th> <td>125,309 </td> <td>7.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 38</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a> </th> <td>123,599 </td> <td>7.3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 38</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 8%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a>* </th> <td>156,796 </td> <td>9.0 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 38</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 11%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a> </th> <td>161,030 </td> <td>9.9 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a> </th> <td>195,893 </td> <td>14.3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a> </th> <td>174,838 </td> <td>12.6 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 8%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a> </th> <td>165,394 </td> <td>11.3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 8%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a> </th> <td>181,694 </td> <td>12.1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 8%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a> </th> <td>164,466 </td> <td>10.4 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a> </th> <td>153,265 </td> <td>9.9 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a> </th> <td>194,811 </td> <td>14.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 32</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 13%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>*Six seats (Blaenau Gwent, Ceredigion & Pembroke North, Islwyn, Monmouth, Newport West and Torfaen) contested on a joint Plaid Cymru/<a href="/wiki/Wales_Green_Party" title="Wales Green Party">Green Party</a> ticket</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Assembly/Senedd"><span id="National_Assembly.2FSenedd"></span>National Assembly/Senedd</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: National Assembly/Senedd"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Election </th> <th colspan="3">Constituency </th> <th colspan="3">Regional </th> <th rowspan="2">Total seats </th> <th rowspan="2">+/– </th> <th rowspan="2">Government </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1999_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="1999 National Assembly for Wales election">1999</a> </th> <td>290,572 </td> <td>28.4 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">9 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 23%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>312,048 </td> <td>30.6 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">8 / 20</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 40%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">17 / 60</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 28%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:lightgrey;"> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2003_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2003 National Assembly for Wales election">2003</a> </th> <td>180,185 </td> <td>21.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">5 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 13%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>167,653 </td> <td>19.7 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">7 / 20</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 35%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">12 / 60</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 20%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2007_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2007 National Assembly for Wales election">2007</a> </th> <td>219,121 </td> <td>22.4 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">7 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 18%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>204,757 </td> <td>21.0 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">8 / 20</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 40%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">15 / 60</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 25%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2"><a href="/wiki/One_Wales" title="One Wales">Lab–Plaid</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">2011</a> </th> <td>182,907 </td> <td>19.3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">5 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 13%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>169,799 </td> <td>17.9 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">6 / 20</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 30%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">11 / 60</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 18%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2016_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2016 National Assembly for Wales election">2016</a> </th> <td>209,376 </td> <td>20.5 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">6 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 15%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>211,548 </td> <td>20.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">6 / 20</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 30%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">12 / 60</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 20%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">2021</a> </th> <td>225,376 </td> <td>20.3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">5 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 13%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>230,161 </td> <td>20.7 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">8 / 20</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 40%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">13 / 60</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 22%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_councils">Local councils</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Local councils"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Councils </th> <th>+/- </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>+/- </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1995_Welsh_local_elections" title="1995 Welsh local elections">1995</a> </th> <td>115,900 </td> <td>12.5 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 8</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 13%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">202 / 1,272</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 16%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1999_Welsh_local_elections" title="1999 Welsh local elections">1999</a> </th> <td>179,212 </td> <td>18.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 22</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 14%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">205 / 1,270</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 16%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2004_Welsh_local_elections" title="2004 Welsh local elections">2004</a> </th> <td>149,352 </td> <td>16.4 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 22</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">175 / 1,263</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 14%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 30 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2008_Welsh_local_elections" title="2008 Welsh local elections">2008</a><sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>159,847 </td> <td>16.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 22</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">205 / 1,270</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 16%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 31 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2012_Welsh_local_elections" title="2012 Welsh local elections">2012</a><sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>* </th> <td>133,961 </td> <td>15.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 22</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">158 / 1,235</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 13%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 41 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2017_Welsh_local_elections" title="2017 Welsh local elections">2017</a><sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>160,519 </td> <td>16.5 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 22</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">208 / 1,254</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 17%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 33 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2022_Welsh_local_elections" title="2022 Welsh local elections">2022</a><sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>160,284 </td> <td>16.9 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 22</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 18%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">202 / 1,231</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 16%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>*The 2012 figures exclude Anglesey, where the vote was delayed until 2013. The changes in seats and votes shown for 2012 are a direct comparison since the 2008 elections in the 21 councils up for election (i.e. excluding Anglesey). </p><p>In 2008, Plaid won 205 seats including six in Anglesey. For the purposes of this table the 205 figure has been reduced to 199 for the 2012 elections where the party lost 41 of the 199 seats it was defending on the night, leaving them with 158 seats. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2013_Isle_of_Anglesey_County_Council_election" title="2013 Isle of Anglesey County Council election">2013 elections in Anglesey</a>, the party won 12 seats, up from the 6 it won in 2008 (although there were significant boundary changes and a reduction in the total number of seats from 40 to 30). </p><p>The 2017 figures are based on changes from the 2012 and 2013 elections. <i>(Hence the slight discrepancy in the percentage increase.)</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Police_and_Crime_Commissioners">Police and Crime Commissioners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Police and Crime Commissioners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Election </th> <th colspan="3">Wales </th> <th rowspan="2">+/– </th></tr> <tr> <th>First Pref Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2012_England_and_Wales_police_and_crime_commissioner_elections" title="2012 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections">2012</a> </th> <td colspan="4"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <i>did not contest</i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2016_England_and_Wales_police_and_crime_commissioner_elections" title="2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections">2016</a> </th> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">228,334</div> </td> <td>23.7% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 4</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 50%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:lightgrey;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_England_and_Wales_police_and_crime_commissioner_elections" title="2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections">2021</a> </th> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">247,518</div> </td> <td>23.2% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 4</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 25%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_England_and_Wales_police_and_crime_commissioner_elections" title="2024 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections">2024</a> </th> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">92,063</div> </td> <td>23.3% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 4</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 25%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Parliament">European Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: European Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Election </th> <th colspan="3">Wales </th> <th rowspan="2">+/– </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979</a> </th> <td>83,399 </td> <td>11.7 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 4</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td style="background:lightgrey;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984</a> </th> <td>103,031 </td> <td>12.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 4</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989</a> </th> <td>115,062 </td> <td>12.9 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 4</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a> </th> <td>162,478 </td> <td>17.1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 5</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #005B54; 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2008</span>. <q>Mr Michael, who has Prime Minister Tony Blair's backing, has been widely predicted to come first due to the form of electoral system used. An electoral college composed of three groups — politicians, trade unions and party members — will determined the winner. Large unions such as AEEU that have made their choice after a ballot of a small number of delegates are backing Mr Michael, but Mr Morgan has won every union member vote, including the shopworkers' union Usdaw on Tuesday night. 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color:white;;width:1%">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> (2006–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Leanne Wood</a> (2012–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a> (2018–2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llyr_Gruffydd" title="Llyr Gruffydd">Llyr Gruffydd</a> (acting, 2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhun_ap_Iorwerth" title="Rhun ap Iorwerth">Rhun ap Iorwerth</a> (2023–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#005B54; color:white;;width:1%">Senedd Group Leaders<br /><i>party leader since 2006</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a> (1999–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> (2000–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Leanne Wood</a> (2012–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a> (2018–2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llyr_Gruffydd" title="Llyr Gruffydd">Llyr Gruffydd</a> (acting, 2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhun_ap_Iorwerth" title="Rhun ap Iorwerth">Rhun ap Iorwerth</a> (2023–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#005B54; color:white;;width:1%">Presidents<br /><i>party leader pre-2003</i><br /><i>abolished 2013</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Valentine" title="Lewis Valentine">Lewis Valentine</a> (1925–1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saunders_Lewis" title="Saunders Lewis">Saunders Lewis</a> (1926–1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Daniel" title="John Edward Daniel">John Edward Daniel</a> (1939–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abi_Williams" title="Abi Williams">Abi Williams</a> (1943–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a> (1945–1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a> (1981–1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a> (1984–1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a> (1991–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> (2000–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan" title="Dafydd Iwan">Dafydd Iwan</a> (2003–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Evans" title="Jill Evans">Jill Evans</a> (2010–2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#005B54; color:white;;width:1%">Vice-Presidents<br /><i>abolished 2013</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saunders_Lewis" title="Saunders Lewis">Saunders Lewis</a> (1925–1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Daniel" title="John Edward Daniel">John Edward Daniel</a> (1931–1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a> (1943–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waldo_Williams" title="Waldo Williams">Waldo Williams</a></li> <li>R. E. Holland</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._R._P._George" title="W. R. P. George">W. R. P. George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Tudur_Jones" title="R. Tudur Jones">R. Tudur Jones</a> (1957–1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wynne_Samuel" title="Wynne Samuel">Wynne Samuel</a> (1962–1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Rees" title="Chris Rees">Chris Rees</a> (1964–1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Millward" title="Edward Millward">Edward Millward</a> (1966–1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Williams_(Welsh_politician)" title="Phil Williams (Welsh politician)">Phil Williams</a> (1968–1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robyn_L%C3%A9wis" title="Robyn Léwis">Robyn Léwis</a> (1970–1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Williams_(Welsh_politician)" title="Phil Williams (Welsh politician)">Phil Williams</a> (1976–1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a> (1979–1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Williams_(Welsh_politician)" title="Phil Williams (Welsh politician)">Phil Williams</a> (1982–1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan" title="Dafydd Iwan">Dafydd Iwan</a> (1984–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Evans" title="Jill Evans">Jill Evans</a> (2003–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Franks" title="Chris Franks">Chris Franks</a> (2010–2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#005B54; color:white;;width:1%">Chairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Rees" title="Chris Rees">Chris Rees</a> (1966–1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Williams_(Welsh_politician)" title="Phil Williams (Welsh politician)">Phil Williams</a> (1970–1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurfyl_ap_Gwilym" title="Eurfyl ap Gwilym">Eurfyl ap Gwilym</a> (1976–1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> (1980–1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan" title="Dafydd Iwan">Dafydd Iwan</a> (1982–1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syd_Morgan" title="Syd Morgan">Syd Morgan</a> (1984–1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> (1990–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dixon_(Welsh_politician)" title="John Dixon (Welsh politician)">John Dixon</a> (1992–1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Evans" title="Jill Evans">Jill Evans</a> (1994–1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Phillips" title="Marc Phillips">Marc Phillips</a> (1996–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Elin Jones</a> (2000–2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dixon_(Welsh_politician)" title="John Dixon (Welsh politician)">John Dixon</a> (2002–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwenllian_Lansdown" title="Gwenllian Lansdown">Gwenllian Lansdown</a> (2010–2011)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhuanedd_Richards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhuanedd Richards (page does not exist)">Rhuanedd Richards</a> (2011–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Mary_Jones" title="Helen Mary Jones">Helen Mary Jones</a> (2012–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Trystan_Davies" title="Dafydd Trystan Davies">Dafydd Trystan Davies</a> (2013–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Ffred_Jones" title="Alun Ffred Jones">Alun Ffred Jones</a> (2018–2022)</li> <li>Marc Jones (2022–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#005B54; color:white;;width:1%">Honorary Presidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a> (1982–2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a> (2005–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#005B54; color:white;;width:1%">Leadership elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Plaid_Cymru_presidential_election" title="1981 Plaid Cymru presidential election">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Plaid_Cymru_presidential_election" title="1984 Plaid Cymru presidential election">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Plaid_Cymru_presidential_election" title="1991 Plaid Cymru presidential election">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Plaid_Cymru_leadership_election" title="2000 Plaid Cymru leadership election">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Plaid_Cymru_leadership_election" title="2003 Plaid Cymru leadership election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Plaid_Cymru_leadership_election" title="2012 Plaid Cymru leadership election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Plaid_Cymru_leadership_election" title="2018 Plaid Cymru leadership election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Plaid_Cymru_leadership_election" title="2023 Plaid Cymru leadership election">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#005B54; 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color:white;;width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mabon_ap_Gwynfor" title="Mabon ap Gwynfor">Mabon ap Gwynfor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cefin_Campbell" title="Cefin Campbell">Cefin Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Fletcher_(politician)" title="Luke Fletcher (politician)">Luke Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heledd_Fychan" title="Heledd Fychan">Heledd Fychan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peredur_Owen_Griffiths" title="Peredur Owen Griffiths">Peredur Owen Griffiths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llyr_Gruffydd" title="Llyr Gruffydd">Llyr Gruffydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Si%C3%A2n_Gwenllian" title="Siân Gwenllian">Siân Gwenllian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delyth_Jewell" title="Delyth Jewell">Delyth Jewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Elin Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhun_ap_Iorwerth" title="Rhun ap Iorwerth">Rhun ap Iorwerth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioned_Williams" title="Sioned Williams">Sioned Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#005B54; 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color:white;;width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cynog_Dafis" title="Cynog Dafis">Cynog Dafis</a> (1992–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Edwards_(Welsh_politician)" title="Jonathan Edwards (Welsh politician)">Jonathan Edwards</a> (2010–2020, 2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a> (1974–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a> (1966–1970, 1974–1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> (1987–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elfyn_Llwyd" title="Elfyn Llwyd">Elfyn Llwyd</a> (1992–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a> (2001–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Thomas_(politician)" title="Simon Thomas (politician)">Simon Thomas</a> (2000–2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a> (1974–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hywel_Williams" title="Hywel Williams">Hywel Williams</a> (2001-2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#005B54; color:white;;width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Davies_(politician)" title="Ann Davies (politician)">Ann Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Lake" title="Ben Lake">Ben Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llinos_Medi" title="Llinos Medi">Llinos Medi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Saville_Roberts" title="Liz Saville Roberts">Liz Saville Roberts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#005B54; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">House of Lords</span></a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="List of members of the House of Lords"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">(Peers)</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Lord Elis-Thomas</a> (2012–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmen_Smith,_Baroness_Smith_of_Llanfaes" title="Carmen Smith, Baroness Smith of Llanfaes">Baroness Smith of Llanfaes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Lord Wigley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#005B54; 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color:white;;width:1%"><span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">Byddin Ymreolwyr Cymru</i></span><br />(Welsh Home Rule Army)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moses_Gruffydd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moses Gruffydd (page does not exist)">Moses Gruffydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huw_Robert_Jones" title="Huw Robert Jones">Huw Robert Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Valentine" title="Lewis Valentine">Lewis Valentine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#005B54; color:white;;width:1%"><span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">Y Mudiad Cymreig</i></span><br />(Welsh Movement)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fred_Jones_(Welsh_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fred Jones (Welsh politician) (page does not exist)">Fred Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saunders_Lewis" title="Saunders Lewis">Saunders Lewis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#005B54; color:white;;width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Bebb" title="Ambrose Bebb">Ambrose Bebb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_James_Davies" title="David James Davies">David James Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._J._Williams_(Welsh_nationalist)" title="D. J. Williams (Welsh nationalist)">D. J. Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#005B54; color:white;;width:1%">Related organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Ifanc" title="Plaid Ifanc">Plaid Ifanc</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#005B54; color:white;;width:1%">International affiliations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance">European Free Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greens%E2%80%93European_Free_Alliance" title="Greens–European Free Alliance">Greens–European Free Alliance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">British</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_national_identity" title="British national identity">British national identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_nationalism" title="British nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Republicanism in the United Kingdom">Republicanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loyalism" title="Loyalism">Loyalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far-right_politics_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Far-right politics in the United Kingdom">Far-right</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_fascism" title="British fascism">Fascism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/English_Constitution_Party" title="English Constitution Party">English Constitution Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Democrats" title="English Democrats">English Democrats</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Irish</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_nationalism" title="Irish nationalism">Nationalism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Irish_nationalists" title="Protestant Irish nationalists">Protestant</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_republicanism" title="Irish republicanism">Republicanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Ireland" title="United Ireland">Unification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Ireland" title="Unionism in Ireland">Unionism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_unionist" title="Catholic unionist">Catholic</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aont%C3%BA" title="Aontú">Aontú</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89ir%C3%ADg%C3%AD" title="Éirígí">Éirígí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Republican_Socialist_Party" title="Irish Republican Socialist Party">Irish Republican Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Republican Sinn Féin">Republican Sinn Féin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saoradh" title="Saoradh">Saoradh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scottish</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_national_identity" title="Scottish national identity">Scottish national identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_devolution" title="Scottish devolution">Devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_nationalism" title="Scottish nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_republicanism" title="Scottish republicanism">Republicanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Scotland" title="Unionism in Scotland">Unionism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alba_Party" title="Alba Party">Alba Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siol_nan_Gaidheal" title="Siol nan Gaidheal">Siol nan Gaidheal</a></li></ul> <p><small>Does not include organisations supportive of <a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Unionism in the United Kingdom">Unionism</a> or <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">Scottish independence</a> without mentioning nationalism in their official makeup.</small> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ulster</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_nationalism" title="Ulster nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_loyalism" title="Ulster loyalism">Loyalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partitionism" title="Partitionism">Partitionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_nations_theory_(Ireland)" title="Two nations theory (Ireland)">Two nations theory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Third_Way" title="Ulster Third Way">Ulster Third Way</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Welsh</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_national_identity" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh national identity">Welsh national identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_independence" title="Welsh independence">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">Devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_nationalism" title="Welsh nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_republicanism" title="Welsh republicanism">Republicanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Wales" title="Unionism in Wales">Unionism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gwlad" title="Gwlad">Gwlad</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Plaid Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propel_(political_party)" title="Propel (political party)">Propel</a></li></ul> <p><small>Does not include organisations supportive of <a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Unionism in the United Kingdom">Unionism</a> or <a href="/wiki/Welsh_independence" title="Welsh independence">Welsh independence</a> without mentioning nationalism in their official makeup.</small> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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of Commons</a> (650)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (404, including 43 <a href="/wiki/Labour_and_Co-operative_Party" title="Labour and Co-operative Party">Labour Co-op</a>*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> (121)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> (72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> (9)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a><sup>†</sup> (7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> (5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform</a> (5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green (E&W)</a> (4)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Plaid Cymru</a> (4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">TUV</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> (13)<sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker</a> (1)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> (806)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> (273)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crossbencher" title="Crossbencher">Crossbenchers</a> (185)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (187)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> (78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> (6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green (E&W)</a> (2)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Plaid Cymru</a> (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Speaker" title="Lord Speaker">Lord Speaker</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-affiliated_members_of_the_House_of_Lords#List_of_Non-affiliated_Peers" title="Non-affiliated members of the House of Lords">Non-affiliated</a> (43)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-affiliated_members_of_the_House_of_Lords#List_of_Independent_Peers" title="Non-affiliated members of the House of Lords">Independents</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lords_Spiritual" title="Lords Spiritual">Lords Spiritual</a> (25)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> (129)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> (63)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Scottish Conservatives</a> (31)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a> (22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a> (7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a> (4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alba_Party" title="Alba Party">Alba</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presiding_Officer_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament">Presiding Officer</a> (1)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a> (60)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a> (30)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Welsh Conservatives</a> (16)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Plaid Cymru</a> (12)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Welsh Liberal Democrats</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (1)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a> (90)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> (27)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> (24)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> (17)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist</a> (9)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> (7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Independent Unionists</a> (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">Traditional Unionist Voice</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/People_Before_Profit" title="People Before Profit">People Before Profit</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Nationalist" title="Independent Nationalist">Independent Nationalist</a> (1)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a> (25)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Labour" title="London Labour">London Labour</a> (11)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Conservatives" title="London Conservatives">London Conservatives</a> (8)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Green_Party" title="London Green Party">London Greens</a> (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Liberal_Democrats" title="London Liberal Democrats">London Liberal Democrats</a> (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> (1)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abolish_the_Welsh_Assembly_Party" title="Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party">Abolish the Welsh Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animal_Welfare_Party" title="Animal Welfare Party">Animal Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspire_(political_party)" title="Aspire (political party)">Aspire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britain_First" title="Britain First">Britain First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Peoples_Alliance" title="Christian Peoples Alliance">Christian Peoples Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Democrats" title="English Democrats">English Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_Northern_Ireland" title="Green Party Northern Ireland">Green (NI)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heritage_Party_(UK)" title="Heritage Party (UK)">Heritage Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Justice_%26_Anti-Corruption_Party" title="The Justice & Anti-Corruption Party">Justice & Anti-Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_Independents" title="Lincolnshire Independents">Lincolnshire Independents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propel_(political_party)" title="Propel (political party)">Propel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reclaim_Party" title="Reclaim Party">Reclaim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rejoin_EU" title="Rejoin EU">Rejoin EU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK,_1990%E2%80%93present)" title="Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)">Social Democratic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Equality_Party" title="Women's Equality Party">Women's Equality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_Britain" title="Workers Party of Britain">Workers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Party" title="Yorkshire Party">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">*<a href="/wiki/Co-operative_Party" title="Co-operative Party">Co-operative Party</a> candidates stand jointly with the Labour Party. <sup>‡</sup>5 independent MPs work together in the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Alliance_(UK)" title="Independent Alliance (UK)">Independent Alliance</a> <a href="/wiki/Technical_group" title="Technical group">technical group</a>. <sup>†</sup>Sinn Féin have elected members and offices at Westminster, but as <a href="/wiki/Abstentionism" title="Abstentionism">abstentionists</a> do not take their seats.</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_Kingdom_by_representation" title="List of political parties in the United Kingdom by representation">List of political parties by representation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Politics of the United Kingdom">Politics of the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Welsh_devolution" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Kingdom</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Referendums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1979 Welsh devolution referendum">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Welsh devolution referendum">1997</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Referendums_(Scotland_and_Wales)_Act_1997" title="Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997">Act</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">2011</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Devolved bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Welsh_Governments" title="List of Welsh Governments">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">First Minister</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_first_ministers_of_Wales" title="List of first ministers of Wales">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commissions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">UK Parliament commissions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Commission_on_the_Constitution_(United_Kingdom)" title="Royal Commission on the Constitution (United Kingdom)">Kilbrandon Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Devolution_in_Wales" title="Commission on Devolution in Wales">Silk Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_the_consequences_of_devolution_for_the_House_of_Commons" title="Commission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons">McKay Commission</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Senedd commissions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Commission" title="Richard Commission">Richard Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Commission_on_Funding_and_Finance_for_Wales" title="Independent Commission on Funding and Finance for Wales">Holtham Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Justice_in_Wales" title="Commission on Justice in Wales">Thomas Commission</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Devolution legislation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_1978" title="Wales Act 1978">Wales Act 1978</a> (not applied)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_1998" title="Government of Wales Act 1998">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2014" title="Wales Act 2014">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2017" title="Wales Act 2017">2017</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_David%27s_Day_Agreement" title="St David's Day Agreement">St David's Day Agreement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devolved,_reserved_and_excepted_matters" title="Devolved, reserved and excepted matters">Devolved matters</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_Senedd_Cymru" title="Act of Senedd Cymru">acts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Measure_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales" title="Measure of the National Assembly for Wales">measures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_statutory_instruments_of_the_Welsh_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="List of statutory instruments of the Welsh Assembly">statutory instruments</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_law" title="Welsh law">Welsh law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_consent_motion" title="Legislative consent motion">Legislative consent motion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Competence_Order" title="Legislative Competence Order">Legislative Competence Order</a> (former)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Committees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Affairs_Select_Committee" title="Welsh Affairs Select Committee">Welsh Affairs Select Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Grand_Committee" title="Welsh Grand Committee">Welsh Grand Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interministerial_Standing_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Interministerial Standing Committee">Interministerial Standing Committee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">UK Government departments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Devolution Secretariat (<a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office" title="Cabinet Office">Cabinet Office</a>)</li> <li>Devolution Directorate-General (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Justice</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Office" title="Wales Office">Wales Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Office" title="Welsh Office">Welsh Office</a> (former)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Budget</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barnett_formula" title="Barnett formula">Barnett formula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Block_grant" title="Block grant">Block grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Wales" title="Taxation in Wales">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constitution of the United Kingdom">Constitution of the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Proposed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_further_Welsh_devolution" title="Proposed further Welsh devolution">Proposed further Welsh devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_fiscal_autonomy_for_Scotland_and_Wales" title="Full fiscal autonomy for Scotland and Wales">Devo-max</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Welsh_justice_system" title="Proposed Welsh justice system">Justice system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd_Reform_Bill" class="mw-redirect" title="Senedd Reform Bill">Senedd expansion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution#History" title="Welsh devolution">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cymru_Fydd" title="Cymru Fydd">Cymru Fydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_for_Wales_Campaign" title="Parliament for Wales Campaign">Parliament for Wales Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yes_for_Wales" title="Yes for Wales">Yes for Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution#Referendum_results_and_opinion_polling" title="Welsh devolution">Opinion polling</a></li></ul> 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adamsdown_(electoral_ward)" title="Adamsdown (electoral ward)">Adamsdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butetown_(electoral_ward)" title="Butetown (electoral ward)">Butetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caerau,_Cardiff" title="Caerau, Cardiff">Caerau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_(Cardiff_electoral_ward)" title="Canton (Cardiff electoral ward)">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathays_(electoral_ward)" title="Cathays (electoral ward)"> Cathays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyncoed" title="Cyncoed">Cyncoed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ely_(Cardiff_electoral_ward)" title="Ely (Cardiff electoral ward)">Ely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairwater_(Cardiff_electoral_ward)" title="Fairwater (Cardiff electoral ward)">Fairwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabalfa" title="Gabalfa">Gabalfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grangetown_(Cardiff_electoral_ward)" title="Grangetown (Cardiff electoral ward)">Grangetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heath_(electoral_ward)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heath (electoral ward)">Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lisvane_and_Thornhill_(electoral_ward)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lisvane and Thornhill (electoral ward) (page does not exist)">Lisvane and Thornhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llandaff" title="Llandaff">Llandaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llandaff_North" title="Llandaff North">Llandaff North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanishen_(electoral_ward)" title="Llanishen (electoral ward)">Llanishen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanrumney" title="Llanrumney">Llanrumney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentwyn_(electoral_ward)" title="Pentwyn (electoral ward)">Pentwyn</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pentyrch_and_St_Fagans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pentyrch and St Fagans (page does not exist)">Pentyrch and St Fagans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penylan" title="Penylan">Penylan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plasnewydd" title="Plasnewydd">Plasnewydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontprennau_and_Old_St_Mellons" title="Pontprennau and Old St Mellons">Pontprennau and Old St Mellons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radyr_(electoral_ward)" title="Radyr (electoral ward)">Radyr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhiwbina_(electoral_ward)" title="Rhiwbina (electoral ward)">Rhiwbina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverside_(Cardiff_electoral_ward)" title="Riverside (Cardiff electoral ward)">Riverside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rumney,_Cardiff" title="Rumney, Cardiff">Rumney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Splott_(electoral_ward)" title="Splott (electoral ward)">Splott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trowbridge,_Cardiff" title="Trowbridge, Cardiff">Trowbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitchurch_%26_Tongwynlais" title="Whitchurch & Tongwynlais">Whitchurch & Tongwynlais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_electoral_wards_in_Cardiff" title="List of electoral wards in Cardiff">List of electoral wards in Cardiff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Constituencies and MSs</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Central_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Cardiff Central (Senedd constituency)">Cardiff Central</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Jenny_Rathbone" title="Jenny Rathbone">Jenny Rathbone</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Lab</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_North_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Cardiff North (Senedd constituency)">Cardiff North</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Julie_Morgan" title="Julie Morgan">Julie Morgan</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Lab</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_West_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Cardiff West (Senedd constituency)">Cardiff West</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Mark_Drakeford" title="Mark Drakeford">Mark Drakeford</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Lab</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_South_and_Penarth_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Cardiff South and Penarth (Senedd constituency)">Cardiff South and Penarth</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Vaughan_Gething" title="Vaughan Gething">Vaughan Gething</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Lab</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="South Wales Central">South Wales Central</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Andrew_RT_Davies" title="Andrew RT Davies">Andrew RT Davies</a> - <a href="/wiki/Heledd_Fychan" title="Heledd Fychan">Heledd Fychan</a> - <a href="/wiki/Joel_James_(politician)" title="Joel James (politician)">Joel James</a> - <a href="/wiki/Rhys_ab_Owen" title="Rhys ab Owen">Rhys ab Owen</a></span>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Devolved Administration in Wales<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Institutions and Venues</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Senedd_building" title="Senedd building">Senedd building</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/T%C5%B7_Hywel" title="Tŷ Hywel">Tŷ Hywel</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a></li> <li><span 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Should the “alternative vote” system be used instead?"</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legislation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Voting_System_and_Constituencies_Act_2011" title="Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011">Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:15em">For a "Yes" vote</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party of Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Party_(UK)" title="Christian Party (UK)">Christian Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Peoples_Alliance" title="Christian Peoples Alliance">Christian Peoples Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Democrats" title="English Democrats">English Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green Party of England and Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mebyon_Kernow" title="Mebyon Kernow">Mebyon Kernow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirate_Party_UK" title="Pirate Party UK">Pirate Party UK</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Plaid Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(UK)" title="Libertarian Party (UK)">Libertarian Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:15em">Neutral/split</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Socialist Party of Great Britain">Socialist Party of Great Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_Party" title="Official Monster Raving Loony Party">Official Monster Raving Loony Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:15em">For a "No" vote</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">British National Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Britain" title="Communist Party of Britain">Communist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_First_Party" title="England First Party">England First Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_Northern_Ireland" title="Green Party Northern Ireland">Green Party Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Respect_Party" title="Respect Party">Respect Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(England_and_Wales)" title="Socialist Party (England and Wales)">Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">Traditional Unionist Voice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Advocacy groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:15em">Advocating a "Yes" vote</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/YES!_To_Fairer_Votes" title="YES! 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To Fairer Votes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:15em">Advocating a "No" vote</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NOtoAV" title="NOtoAV">NOtoAV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Print media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:15em">For a "Yes" vote</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror" title="Daily Mirror">Daily Mirror</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:15em">For a "No" vote</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)" title="The Sun (United Kingdom)">The Sun</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mail" title="Daily Mail">Daily Mail</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Express" title="Daily Express">Daily Express</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evening_Standard" title="Evening 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commsave_Credit_Union" title="Commsave Credit Union">Commsave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Co-op_Credit_Union" title="The Co-op Credit Union">The Co-op</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Savings_and_Loans" title="Eastern Savings and Loans">Eastern Savings and Loans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_City_Credit_Union" title="Leeds City Credit Union">Leeds City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_Credit_Union" title="Lincolnshire Credit Union">Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Capital_Credit_Union" title="London Capital Credit Union">London Capital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Community_Credit_Union" title="London Community Credit Union">London Community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Mutual_Credit_Union" title="London Mutual Credit Union">London Mutual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Plus_Credit_Union" title="London Plus Credit Union">London Plus</a></li> <li><a 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