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id="siteSub">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> <div id="contentSub"></div> <div id="jump-to-nav" class="mw-jump"> Jump to: <a href="#mw-head">navigation</a>, <a href="#p-search">search</a> </div> <div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:22em"> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="fn org" style="text-align:center;font-size:125%;font-weight:bold;padding-top:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #008142; padding-bottom:0.3em;border-bottom:2px solid #008142;">Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="logo" style="text-align:center;padding-top:.4em;padding-bottom:.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plaid_Cymru_Logo.New.png" class="image"><img alt="Plaid Cymru Logo.New.png" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Plaid_Cymru_Logo.New.png/240px-Plaid_Cymru_Logo.New.png" width="240" height="66" 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style="line-height:1.3em;">Rhuanedd Richards</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;">Honorary President</th> <td class="agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th> <td style="line-height:1.3em;">5 August 1925<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1925-08-05</span>)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th> <td class="label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Tŷ Gwynfor, Marine Chambers, Anson Court, Atlantic Wharf<br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a><br/> CF10 4AL</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_wing" title="Youth wing">Youth wing</a></th> <td style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru_Youth" title="Plaid Cymru Youth">Plaid Cymru Youth</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;">Membership  (2012)</th> <td style="line-height:1.3em;"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" width="11" height="11" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300"/></span> 100,538 <i>(please update)</i> <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th> <td class="category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_independence" title="Welsh independence">Welsh independence</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_nationalism" title="Welsh nationalism">Welsh nationalism</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_nationalism" title="Civic nationalism">Civic nationalism</a> <sup id="cite_ref-Hamilton_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hamilton-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism" title="Democratic socialism">Democratic socialism</a> <sup id="cite_ref-Schrijver_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schrijver-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Elias06_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elias06-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup><br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a> <sup id="cite_ref-Schrijver_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schrijver-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nordsieck_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nordsieck-7"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup><br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmentalism" title="Environmentalism">Environmentalism</a> <sup id="cite_ref-Hamilton_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hamilton-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Elias06_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elias06-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_spectrum" title="Political spectrum">Political position</a></th> <td class="category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing" title="Left-wing" class="mw-redirect">Left-wing</a> <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;">International affiliation</th> <td class="category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><i>None</i></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_political_party" title="European political party">European affiliation</a></th> <td class="category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance">European Free Alliance</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Political groups of the European Parliament">European Parliament group</a></th> <td class="category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greens%E2%80%93European_Free_Alliance" title="The Greens–European Free Alliance">The Greens–European Free Alliance</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;">Colours</th> <td style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_(color)" title="Green (color)" class="mw-redirect">Green</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MPs_for_constituencies_in_Wales_2010-15" title="List of MPs for constituencies in Wales 2010-15" class="mw-redirect">House of Commons (Welsh seats)</a></th> <td style="line-height:1.3em;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; background-color: #f0f0f0; width: 100px; height: 1.5em; position:relative; top: -1px"> <div style="position: absolute; background-color: #008142; width: 7px; height: 1.5em;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-weight: bold; width: 100px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: center; z-index: 5; color: #000;">3 / 40</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> <sup id="cite_ref-Lords_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lords-10"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup></th> <td style="line-height:1.3em;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; background-color: #f0f0f0; width: 100px; height: 1.5em; position:relative; top: -1px"> <div style="position: absolute; background-color: #008142; width: 0px; height: 1.5em;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-weight: bold; width: 100px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: center; z-index: 5; color: #000;">2 / 775</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament (Welsh seats)</a></th> <td style="line-height:1.3em;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; background-color: #f0f0f0; width: 100px; height: 1.5em; position:relative; top: -1px"> <div style="position: absolute; background-color: #008142; width: 25px; height: 1.5em;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-weight: bold; width: 100px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: center; z-index: 5; color: #000;">1 / 4</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales" title="National Assembly for Wales">National Assembly for Wales</a></th> <td style="line-height:1.3em;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; background-color: #f0f0f0; width: 100px; height: 1.5em; position:relative; top: -1px"> <div style="position: absolute; background-color: #008142; width: 18px; height: 1.5em;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-weight: bold; width: 100px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: center; z-index: 5; color: #000;">11 / 60</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Local government in Wales</a> <sup id="cite_ref-Edkins_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edkins-11"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup></th> <td style="line-height:1.3em;"> <div style="border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; background-color: #f0f0f0; width: 100px; height: 1.5em; position:relative; top: -1px"> <div style="position: absolute; background-color: #008142; width: 13px; height: 1.5em;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; font-weight: bold; width: 100px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: center; z-index: 5; color: #000;">171 / 1,264</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height: 0.8em; padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0;">Website</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.3em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150508024931/http://www.plaid.cymru/">plaid.cymru</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.4em; border-top:2px solid #008142;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_United_Kingdom" title="Politics of United Kingdom" class="mw-redirect">Politics of United Kingdom</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_United_Kingdom" title="List of political parties in United Kingdom" class="mw-redirect">Political parties</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_United_Kingdom" title="Elections in United Kingdom" class="mw-redirect">Elections</a> <hr/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Wales" title="Politics of Wales">Politics of Wales</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Wales" title="List of political parties in Wales">Political parties</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Wales" title="Elections in Wales">Elections</a></td> </tr> </table> <p><b>Plaid Cymru</b> (<small>Welsh pronunciation: </small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Welsh" title="Help:IPA for Welsh">[plaɪd ˈkəmrɨ]</a></span>; <span class="nowrap"><small>English</small> <small>pronunciation:</small> <span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/</a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="/ˌ/ secondary stress follows" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">ˌ</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'p' in 'pie'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">p</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'l' in 'lie'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">l</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="/aɪ/ long 'i' in 'bide'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">aɪ</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'d' in 'dye'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">d</span></a></span> <span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">ˈ</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'k' in 'kind'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">k</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="/ʌ/ short 'u' in 'bud'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">ʌ</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'m' in 'my'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">m</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="'r' in 'rye'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">r</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English"><span title="/i/ 'y' in 'happy'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">i</span></a></span><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/</a></span></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup> officially <b>Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales</b>, often referred to simply as <b><span lang="cy">Plaid</span></b>) is a <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Wales" title="List of political parties in Wales">political party in Wales</a> advocating <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_independence" title="Welsh independence">an independent Wales</a> within the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p><span lang="cy">Plaid Cymru</span> was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966. <span lang="cy">Plaid Cymru</span> by 2012 had 1 of 4 Welsh seats in the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>, 3 of 40 Welsh seats in the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a>, 11 of 60 seats in the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales" title="National Assembly for Wales">National Assembly for Wales</a>, and 206 of 1,264 principal local authority councillors.<sup id="cite_ref-Edkins_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edkins-11"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup> Plaid is a member of the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance">European Free Alliance</a>.</p> <p></p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Platform"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Platform</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Beginnings"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Beginnings</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#1930s"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">1930s</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#1940s"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">1940s</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#1950s"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">1950s</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#1960s"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">1960s</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#1970s"><span class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span class="toctext">1970s</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#1980s"><span class="tocnumber">2.7</span> <span class="toctext">1980s</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#1990s"><span class="tocnumber">2.8</span> <span class="toctext">1990s</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Plaid_Cymru_in_the_Assembly_era"><span class="tocnumber">2.9</span> <span class="toctext">Plaid Cymru in the Assembly era</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#First_National_Assembly.2C_1999.E2.80.932003"><span class="tocnumber">2.9.1</span> <span class="toctext">First National Assembly, 1999–2003</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="#Second_National_Assembly.2C_2003.E2.80.9307"><span class="tocnumber">2.9.2</span> <span class="toctext">Second National Assembly, 2003–07</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href="#Third_National_Assembly.2C_2007.E2.80.9311"><span class="tocnumber">2.9.3</span> <span class="toctext">Third National Assembly, 2007–11</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15"><a href="#Fourth_National_Assembly.2C_2011.E2.80.93"><span class="tocnumber">2.9.4</span> <span class="toctext">Fourth National Assembly, 2011–</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Undeb_Credyd_Plaid_Cymru"><span class="tocnumber">2.10</span> <span class="toctext">Undeb Credyd Plaid Cymru</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#Party_leadership"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Party leadership</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#Elected_representatives"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Elected representatives</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#UK_Parliament"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">UK Parliament</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#European_Parliament"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">European Parliament</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Welsh_Assembly"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Welsh Assembly</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Local_councillors"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">Local councillors</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23"><a href="#Electoral_performance"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Electoral performance</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#European_Parliament_elections"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">European Parliament elections</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#UK_general_elections"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">UK general elections</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"><a href="#Welsh_Assembly_elections"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">Welsh Assembly elections</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27"><a href="#European_Free_Alliance"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">European Free Alliance</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-28"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-29"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-30"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Platform">Platform</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Platform">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Plaid Cymru's goals as set out in its constitution are:</p> <ol> <li>To promote the constitutional advancement of Wales with a view to attaining <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence" title="Independence">independence</a> within the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>;</li> <li>To ensure economic prosperity, <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice" title="Social justice">social justice</a> and the health of the natural environment, based on decentralist <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">socialism</a>;</li> <li>To build a national community based on equal citizenship, respect for different traditions and cultures and the equal worth of all individuals, whatever their race, nationality, gender, colour, creed, sexuality, age, ability or social background;</li> <li>To create a <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilingualism" title="Multilingualism">bilingual society</a> by promoting the revival of the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh language</a>;</li> <li>To promote Wales's contribution to the global community and to attain <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">membership of the</a> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>.</li> </ol> <p>In September 2008, a senior <span lang="cy">Plaid Cymru</span> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales" title="Member of the National Assembly for Wales">assembly member</a> spelled out her party's continuing support for an independent Wales. The <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_for_Rural_Affairs" title="Minister for Rural Affairs" class="mw-redirect">Welsh Minister for Rural Affairs</a>, <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Elin Jones</a>, kicked off Plaid's annual conference by pledging to uphold the goal of making Wales a European Union member state. She told the delegates in <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberystwyth" title="Aberystwyth">Aberystwyth</a> that the party would continue its commitment to independence under the coalition with the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Plaid_Cymru" title="History of Plaid Cymru">History of Plaid Cymru</a></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Beginnings">Beginnings</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Beginnings">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Penblwydd_Plaid_Cymru_Anniversary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_644944.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://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" width="220" height="147" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://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, //web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://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="640" data-file-height="428"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Penblwydd_Plaid_Cymru_Anniversary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_644944.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Plaid Cymru Founding Plaque - geograph.org.uk - 644944</div> </div> </div> <p>While both the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> and <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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. <i>Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru</i> (English: National Party of Wales) was formed on 5 August 1925, by Moses Gruffydd, <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._Jones" title="H. R. Jones" class="mw-redirect">H. R. Jones</a> and <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Valentine" title="Lewis Valentine">Lewis Valentine</a>, members of <i><span lang="cy">Byddin Ymreolwyr Cymru</span></i> (<span lang="en">Home Rule Army of Wales; literally, Self-Rulers' Army of Wales</span>); and Fred Jones, <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders_Lewis" title="Saunders Lewis">Saunders Lewis</a> and <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_John_Williams" title="David John Williams">David John Williams</a> of <i>Y Mudiad Cymreig</i> (<span lang="en">The Welsh Movement</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-Ailgeni_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ailgeni-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> Initially, home rule for Wales was not an explicit aim of the new movement; keeping Wales <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh-speaking</a> took primacy, with the aim of making Welsh the only official language of Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-Philip_1975_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Philip_1975-17"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1929" title="United Kingdom general election, 1929">general election of 1929</a> the party contested its first parliamentary constituency, <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McAllister_2001-18"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="1930s">1930s</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1930s">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>By 1932 the aims of <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-government" title="Self-government" class="mw-redirect">self-government</a> and Welsh representation at the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_conservatism" title="Social conservatism">socially conservative</a> Welsh language pressure group.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span>[</span>19<span>]</span></a></sup> The alleged sympathy of the party's leading members (including President Saunders Lewis) towards Europe's <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism" title="Totalitarianism">totalitarian regimes</a> compromised its early appeal further.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span>[</span>20<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In 1936 Lewis, David John Williams and Lewis Valentine attacked and set fire to the newly constructed RAF <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penyberth" title="Penyberth">Penyberth</a> air base on the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ll%C5%B7n_Peninsula" title="Llŷn Peninsula">Llŷn Peninsula</a> in <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynedd" title="Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a> 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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormwood_Scrubs_(HM_Prison)" title="Wormwood Scrubs (HM Prison)" class="mw-redirect">Wormwood Scrubs</a>, led to "The Three" becoming a <i><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Philip_1975-17"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Y_tri_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Y_tri-21"><span>[</span>21<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="1940s">1940s</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1940s">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://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" width="220" height="152" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://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, //web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://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> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> A Plaid Cymru rally in Machynlleth in 1949</div> </div> </div> <p>Penyberth, and Plaid Cymru’s neutral stance during the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">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-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span>[</span>22<span>]</span></a></sup> In fact, the party adopted a neutral standpoint and urged (with only limited success) <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscientious_objector" title="Conscientious objector">conscientious objection</a> to war service.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span>[</span>23<span>]</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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1945" title="United Kingdom general election, 1945">1945 general election</a>, with party membership at around 2,500, Plaid Cymru contested 7 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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a> was elected president.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="1950s">1950s</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1950s">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1959_Election_in_Merioneth.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/1959_Election_in_Merioneth.jpg/220px-1959_Election_in_Merioneth.jpg" width="220" height="168" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/1959_Election_in_Merioneth.jpg/330px-1959_Election_in_Merioneth.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://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> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1959_Election_in_Merioneth.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> 1959 election in Merioneth</div> </div> </div> <p>Gwynfor Evans' 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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1951" title="United Kingdom general election, 1951">1951 general election</a> to 3.1% in <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1955" title="United Kingdom general election, 1955">1955</a> and 5.2% in <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1955" title="United Kingdom general election, 1955">1959</a>. In the 1959 election, the party contested a majority of Welsh seats for the first time. Proposals to drown the village of <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capel_Celyn" title="Capel Celyn">Capel Celyn</a> in the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryweryn" title="Tryweryn" class="mw-redirect">Tryweryn</a> valley in Gwynedd in 1957 to supply the city of <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> with water played a part in Plaid Cymru's growth. The fact that the parliamentary bill authorizing the drowning 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-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span>[</span>24<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="1960s">1960s</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1960s">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Support for the party declined slightly in the early 1960s, particularly as support for the Liberal Party began to stabilize from its long-term decline. In 1962 Saunders Lewis gave a radio talk entitled <i><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymdeithas_yr_Iaith_Gymraeg" title="Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg" class="mw-redirect">Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg</a> (the Welsh Language Society) the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span>[</span>25<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Labour's return to power in 1964 and the creation of the post of <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a> as Wales's capital in 1955.</p> <p>However in 1966, less than four months after coming in third in the constituency of <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carmarthen (UK Parliament constituency)">Carmarthen</a>, Gwynfor Evans sensationally captured the seat from Labour at a by-election. This was followed by two further by-elections in <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhondda_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rhondda West (UK Parliament constituency)">Rhondda West</a> in <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhondda_West_by-election,_1967" title="Rhondda West by-election, 1967">1967</a> and <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caerphilly_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency)">Caerphilly</a> in 1968 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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span>[</span>26<span>]</span></a></sup> However — in Carmarthen particularly — Plaid Cymru also successfully depicted Labour's policies as a threat to the viability of small Welsh communities.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span>[</span>27<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="1970s">1970s</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1970s">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>In the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1970" title="United Kingdom general election, 1970">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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_October_1974" title="United Kingdom general election, October 1974">October 1974</a>, by which time the party had gained a further two MPs, representing the constituencies of <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caernarfon" title="Caernarfon">Caernarfon</a> and <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merionethshire" title="Merionethshire">Merionethshire</a>.</p> <p>Plaid Cymru's emergence (along with the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a>) prompted the Wilson government to establish the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Commission_on_the_Constitution_(United_Kingdom)" title="Royal Commission on the Constitution (United Kingdom)">Kilbrandon Commission</a> on the constitution. The subsequent proposals for a Welsh Assembly were, however, heavily defeated in a <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_referendum,_1979" title="Wales referendum, 1979" class="mw-redirect">referendum</a> in 1979. Despite Plaid Cymru's ambivalence toward home rule (as opposed to outright independence) the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a> result led many in the party to question its direction.<sup id="cite_ref-McAllister_2001_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McAllister_2001-18"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>At the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1979" title="United Kingdom general election, 1979">1979 general election</a> the party's vote share declined from 10.8% to 8.1% and Carmarthen was again lost to Labour.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="1980s">1980s</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1980s">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Caernarfon MP <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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 "community socialism" as a constitutional aim. 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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S4C" title="S4C">S4C</a>, a Welsh-language television station.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span>[</span>28<span>]</span></a></sup> In 1984 <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a> was elected president, defeating <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan" title="Dafydd Iwan">Dafydd Iwan</a>, a move that saw the party shift to the left. <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> (later Plaid Cymru leader) captured <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynys_Mon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ynys Mon (UK Parliament constituency)" class="mw-redirect">Ynys Môn</a> from the Conservatives in <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1987" title="United Kingdom general election, 1987">1987</a>. In 1989 Dafydd Wigley once again assumed the presidency of the party.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="1990s">1990s</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1990s">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>In the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1992" title="United Kingdom general election, 1992">1992 general election</a> the party added a fourth MP, <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynog_Dafis" title="Cynog Dafis">Cynog Dafis</a>, when he gained <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceredigion_and_Pembroke_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ceredigion and Pembroke North (UK Parliament constituency)" class="mw-redirect">Ceredigion and Pembroke North</a> from the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)" class="mw-redirect">Liberal Democrats</a>. Dafis was endorsed by the local branch of the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_Green_Party" title="Wales Green Party">Green Party</a>. The party's vote share recovered to 9.9% at the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1997" title="United Kingdom general election, 1997">1997 general election</a>.</p> <p>In 1997, following the election of a Labour government committed to devolution for Wales, a <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_devolution_referendum,_1997" title="Welsh devolution referendum, 1997">further referendum</a> was narrowly won, establishing the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales" 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 captured traditionally strong Labour areas in industrial <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">south Wales</a>.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Plaid_Cymru_in_the_Assembly_era">Plaid Cymru in the Assembly era</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Plaid Cymru in the Assembly era">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="First_National_Assembly.2C_1999.E2.80.932003">First National Assembly, 1999–2003</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: First National Assembly, 1999–2003">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>In the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Assembly_election,_1999" title="Welsh Assembly election, 1999" class="mw-redirect">1999 election</a> Plaid Cymru gained seats in traditional Labour areas such as <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhondda_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" title="Rhondda (National Assembly for Wales constituency)" class="mw-redirect">Rhondda</a>, <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islwyn_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" title="Islwyn (National Assembly for Wales constituency)" class="mw-redirect">Islwyn</a> and <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanelli_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" title="Llanelli (National Assembly for Wales constituency)" class="mw-redirect">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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_First_Secretary" title="Assembly First Secretary" class="mw-redirect">Assembly First Secretary</a>, <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Davies_(British_politician)" title="Ron Davies (British politician)" class="mw-redirect">Ron Davies</a>, was forced to stand down in an alleged <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_scandal" title="Sex scandal">sex scandal</a>. The ensuing leadership battle, won by <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodri_Morgan" title="Rhodri Morgan">Rhodri Morgan</a> victory.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span>[</span>29<span>]</span></a></sup> Less than two months later, in <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_1999_(United_Kingdom)" title="European Parliament election, 1999 (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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>, the party also gained two MEPs.</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-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span>[</span>30<span>]</span></a></sup> His successor, <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span>[</span>31<span>]</span></a></sup> At the same time, Labour leader and First Minister Alun Michael was replaced by Rhodri Morgan.</p> <p>In the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2001" title="United Kingdom general election, 2001">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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynys_M%C3%B4n_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency)">Ynys Môn</a> to <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Owen" title="Albert Owen">Albert Owen</a>, although it gained <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthen_East_and_Dinefwr_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)">Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</a>, where <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a> was elected.</p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Second_National_Assembly.2C_2003.E2.80.9307">Second National Assembly, 2003–07</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Second National Assembly, 2003–07">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>The <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Assembly_Election,_2003" title="Welsh Assembly Election, 2003" class="mw-redirect">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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_Wales" title="Forward Wales">Forward Wales</a>.</p> <p>On 15 September 2003 <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk-singer</a> and county councillor <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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.</p> <p>The 2004 local election saw the party lose control of the two south Wales councils it gained in 1999, <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhondda_Cynon_Taff" title="Rhondda Cynon Taff" class="mw-redirect">Rhondda Cynon Taff</a> and <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span>[</span>32<span>]</span></a></sup> along with gains in authorities such as Cardiff and <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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.</p> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:107px;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:History_of_Plaid_Cymru_logo.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/History_of_Plaid_Cymru_logo.jpg" width="105" height="103" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="105" data-file-height="103"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:History_of_Plaid_Cymru_logo.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Old logo (above) and new logo (below)</div> </div> </div> <p>In the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005" title="United Kingdom general election, 2005">general election</a> of 5 May 2005, Plaid Cymru lost the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceredigion_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency)">Ceredigion</a> seat to the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)" class="mw-redirect">Liberal Democrats</a>; this result was a disappointment to Plaid, who had hoped to gain <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span>[</span>33<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In 2006, the party voted constitutional changes to formally designate the party's leader in the assembly as its overall leader, with <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> being restored to the full leadership and <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan" title="Dafydd Iwan">Dafydd Iwan</a> becoming head of the voluntary wing<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (April 2015)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> of the party. 2006 also saw the party unveil a radical change of image, opting to use "Plaid" as the party's name, although "Plaid Cymru — the Party of Wales" would remain the official title. The party's colours were changed to yellow from the traditional green and red, while the party logo was changed from the <i>triban</i> (three peaks) used since 1933 to a yellow <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_poppy" title="Welsh poppy" class="mw-redirect">Welsh poppy</a> (<i>Meconopsis cambrica</i>).</p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Third_National_Assembly.2C_2007.E2.80.9311">Third National Assembly, 2007–11</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Third National Assembly, 2007–11">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>In the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales_election,_2007" title="National Assembly for Wales election, 2007">National Assembly election</a> of 3 May 2007, Plaid Cymru increased its number of seats from 12 to 15, regaining <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanelli_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" title="Llanelli (National Assembly for Wales constituency)" class="mw-redirect">Llanelli</a>, gaining one additional list seat and winning the newly created constituency of <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberconwy_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" title="Aberconwy (National Assembly for Wales constituency)" class="mw-redirect">Aberconwy</a>. The 2007 election also saw Plaid Cymru's <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Asghar" title="Mohammad Asghar">Mohammad Asghar</a> become the first ethnic minority candidate elected to the Welsh Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span>[</span>34<span>]</span></a></sup> The party's share of the vote increased to 22.4%.</p> <p>After weeks of negotiations involving all four parties in the Assembly, Plaid Cymru and Labour agreed to form a <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_government" title="Coalition government">coalition government</a>. Their agreed "<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_devolution_referendum,_2011" title="Welsh devolution referendum, 2011">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-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span>[</span>35<span>]</span></a></sup> Ieuan Wyn Jones was subsequently confirmed as <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">Deputy First Minister of Wales</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span>[</span>36<span>]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_for_the_Economy_and_Transport" title="Minister for the Economy and Transport">Minister for the Economy and Transport</a>. <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodri_Glyn_Thomas" title="Rhodri Glyn Thomas">Rhodri Glyn Thomas</a> was appointed Heritage Minister. He later stood down, and <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Ffred_Jones" title="Alun Ffred Jones">Alun Ffred Jones</a> took over. Ceredigion AM <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Elin Jones</a> was appointed to the Rural Affairs brief in the new 10-member cabinet. <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn_Davies" title="Jocelyn Davies">Jocelyn Davies</a> became Deputy Minister for Housing, and later, Regeneration.</p> <p>In the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2010" title="United Kingdom general election, 2010">2010 general election</a>, Plaid returned three MPs to Westminster. They took part in the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_for_Wales" title="Yes for Wales">Yes for Wales</a> cross-party campaign for the March 2011 referendum.</p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Fourth_National_Assembly.2C_2011.E2.80.93">Fourth National Assembly, 2011–</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Fourth National Assembly, 2011–">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>In the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales_election,_2011" title="National Assembly for Wales election, 2011">2011 National Assembly election</a> Plaid slipped from second place to third, being overtaken by the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Conservative_Party" title="Welsh Conservative Party">Welsh Conservative Party</a> and losing its deputy leader <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span>[</span>37<span>]</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-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span>[</span>38<span>]</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-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span>[</span>39<span>]</span></a></sup> A leadership election was held in which three candidates eventually stood: <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Elin Jones</a>, <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a> and <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Leanne Wood</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span>[</span>40<span>]</span></a></sup> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Thomas_(politician)" title="Simon Thomas (politician)">Simon Thomas</a> having withdrawn his candidacy before ballots were cast.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span>[</span>41<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>On 15 March 2012, Plaid Cymru elected <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Leanne Wood</a> as the new leader. She was elected with 55% of the vote over second-placed <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Elin Jones</a> with 41%.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span>[</span>42<span>]</span></a></sup> She is the first female, and the first non-fluent Welsh speaker.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span>[</span>43<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span>[</span>44<span>]</span></a></sup> Soon after Ms Wood's election as leader, she appointed former MP <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a> to head up an economic commission for the party "focussed on bringing together tailor-made policies in order to transform our economy".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span>[</span>45<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span>[</span>46<span>]</span></a></sup> On 1 May 2012 it was confirmed <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Leanne Wood</a> would not be taking the £23,000 pay hike every other party leader in the Assembly receives.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span>[</span>47<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>On 12 November 2012, <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Leanne Wood</a> announced she would be abandoning her relative safe list seat to stand in a constituency at the 2016 National Assembly elections,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span>[</span>48<span>]</span></a></sup> she later confirmed she would contest the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhondda" title="Rhondda">Rhondda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span>[</span>49<span>]</span></a></sup> Adam Price was subsequently selected as the party's candidate for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span>[</span>50<span>]</span></a></sup> Lindsay Whittle confirmed he would contest the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caerffili" title="Caerffili" class="mw-redirect">Caerffili</a> constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span>[</span>51<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>On 20 June 2013, former party leader <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> stood down from the Assembly as the member for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynys_M%C3%B4n_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" title="Ynys Môn (National Assembly for Wales constituency)" class="mw-redirect">Ynys Môn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span>[</span>52<span>]</span></a></sup> Plaid Cymru's candidate <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span>[</span>53<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Undeb_Credyd_Plaid_Cymru">Undeb Credyd Plaid Cymru</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Undeb Credyd Plaid Cymru">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Undeb Credyd Plaid Cymru Credit Union Limited is a savings and loans <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-operative" title="Co-operative" class="mw-redirect">co-operative</a> established for party members in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span>[</span>54<span>]</span></a></sup> Based in <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roath" title="Roath">Roath</a>, Cardiff, it is a member of the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_British_Credit_Unions" title="Association of British Credit Unions">Association of British Credit Unions</a> Limited.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span>[</span>55<span>]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_union" title="Credit union">credit union</a> is authorized by the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prudential_Regulation_Authority_(United_Kingdom)" title="Prudential Regulation Authority (United Kingdom)">Prudential Regulation Authority</a> and regulated by the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Services_Compensation_Scheme" title="Financial Services Compensation Scheme">Financial Services Compensation Scheme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span>[</span>56<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Party_leadership">Party leadership</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Party leadership">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table class="metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"> <tr> <td class="mbox-image"> <div style="width:52px"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" width="50" height="39" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="262" data-file-height="204"/></a></div> </td> <td class="mbox-text"><span class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>. <span class="hide-when-compact">Please help <a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit">improve this article</a> by <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_referencing/1" title="Help:Introduction to referencing/1">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <small><i>(March 2012)</i></small></span></td> </tr> </table> <table class="wikitable"> <tr> <th></th> <th>Name and portrait</th> <th>Party office</th> <th>Constituency<br/> (if any)</th> <th>Notes</th> </tr> <tr> <th>1</th> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leanne_Wood_Senedd.jpg" class="image" title="Leanne Wood"><img alt="Leanne Wood" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/Leanne_Wood_Senedd.jpg/90px-Leanne_Wood_Senedd.jpg" width="90" height="113" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/Leanne_Wood_Senedd.jpg/135px-Leanne_Wood_Senedd.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/Leanne_Wood_Senedd.jpg/180px-Leanne_Wood_Senedd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1538" data-file-height="1926"/></a><br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Leanne Wood</a></td> <td>Party Leader since 2012<br/> and <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Wales" title="National Assembly of Wales" class="mw-redirect">Welsh Assembly</a> Group Leader</td> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Wales_Central_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_electoral_region)" title="South Wales Central (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)">South Wales Central</a></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <th>2</th> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dafydd_Wigley.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Dafydd Wigley.jpg" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Dafydd_Wigley.jpg/90px-Dafydd_Wigley.jpg" width="90" height="117" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Dafydd_Wigley.jpg/135px-Dafydd_Wigley.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://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><br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a></td> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_of_honor" title="Title of honor">Honorary</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President" title="President">Party President</a><br/> From 2001</td> <td></td> <td>Former Party President<br/> Member of the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th>3</th> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elfyn_Llwyd.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Elfyn Llwyd.jpg" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/Elfyn_Llwyd.jpg/90px-Elfyn_Llwyd.jpg" width="90" height="146" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/Elfyn_Llwyd.jpg/135px-Elfyn_Llwyd.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ee/Elfyn_Llwyd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="176" data-file-height="285"/></a><br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfyn_Llwyd" title="Elfyn Llwyd">Elfyn Llwyd</a></td> <td>UK Parliament<br/> Group Leader</td> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" title="Member of Parliament" class="mw-redirect">MP</a> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwyfor_Meirionnydd_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)">Dwyfor Meirionnydd</a></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <th>4</th> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jill_Evans.jpg" class="image" title="Jill Evans"><img alt="Jill Evans" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Jill_Evans.jpg/90px-Jill_Evans.jpg" width="90" height="120" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Jill_Evans.jpg/135px-Jill_Evans.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Jill_Evans.jpg/180px-Jill_Evans.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048"/></a><br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Evans" title="Jill Evans">Jill Evans</a></td> <td>European Parliament<br/> Group Leader</td> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wales (European Parliament constituency)">MEP for Wales</a></td> <td>Former Party President</td> </tr> <tr> <th>5</th> <td>Rhuanedd Richards</td> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Executive" title="Chief Executive" class="mw-redirect">Chief Executive</a></td> <td></td> <td>Appointed June 2011<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span>[</span>57<span>]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> </table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elected_representatives">Elected representatives</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Elected representatives">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="UK_Parliament">UK Parliament</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: UK Parliament">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Edwards_(Welsh_politician)" title="Jonathan Edwards (Welsh politician)" class="mw-redirect">Jonathan Edwards</a>, MP for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthen_East_and_Dinefwr_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)">Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfyn_Llwyd" title="Elfyn Llwyd">Elfyn Llwyd</a>, MP for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwyfor_Meirionnydd_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)">Dwyfor Meirionnydd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hywel_Williams" title="Hywel Williams">Hywel Williams</a>, MP for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arfon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Arfon (UK Parliament constituency)">Arfon</a></li> </ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="European_Parliament">European Parliament</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: European Parliament">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Evans" title="Jill Evans">Jill Evans</a>, MEP for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wales (European Parliament constituency)">Wales</a> <sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span>[</span>58<span>]</span></a></sup></li> </ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Welsh_Assembly">Welsh Assembly</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Welsh Assembly">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn_Davies" title="Jocelyn Davies">Jocelyn Davies</a>, AM for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Wales_East_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_electoral_region)" title="South Wales East (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)">South Wales East electoral region</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a>, AM for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwyfor_Meirionnydd_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Assembly constituency)">Dwyfor Meirionnydd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llyr_Huws_Gruffydd" title="Llyr Huws Gruffydd">Llyr Huws Gruffydd</a>, AM for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Wales_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_electoral_region)" title="North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)">North Wales electoral region</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhun_ap_Iorwerth" title="Rhun ap Iorwerth">Rhun ap Iorwerth</a> AM for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynys_M%C3%B4n_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" title="Ynys Môn (National Assembly for Wales constituency)" class="mw-redirect">Ynys Môn</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethan_Jenkins" title="Bethan Jenkins">Bethan Jenkins</a>, AM for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Wales_West_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_electoral_region)" title="South Wales West (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)">South Wales West electoral region</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Ffred_Jones" title="Alun Ffred Jones">Alun Ffred Jones</a>, AM for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arfon_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" title="Arfon (National Assembly for Wales constituency)" class="mw-redirect">Arfon</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Elin Jones</a>, AM for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceredigion_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" title="Ceredigion (National Assembly for Wales constituency)" class="mw-redirect">Ceredigion</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodri_Glyn_Thomas" title="Rhodri Glyn Thomas">Rhodri Glyn Thomas</a>, AM for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthen_East_and_Dinefwr_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)" title="Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (National Assembly for Wales constituency)" class="mw-redirect">Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Thomas_(politician)" title="Simon Thomas (politician)">Simon Thomas</a>, AM for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_and_West_Wales_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_electoral_region)" title="Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)">Mid and West Wales electoral region</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Whittle" title="Lindsay Whittle">Lindsay Whittle</a>, AM for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Wales_East_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_electoral_region)" title="South Wales East (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)">South Wales East electoral region</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Leanne Wood</a>, AM for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Wales_Central_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_electoral_region)" title="South Wales Central (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)">South Wales Central electoral region</a></li> </ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Local_councillors">Local councillors</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Local councillors">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <ul> <li>206 <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillors</a> in <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">local government</a> elected in <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_local_elections,_2008" title="United Kingdom local elections, 2008">2008</a>. They form the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150508024931/http://www.councillor.plaidcymru.org/">Plaid Cymru Councillors Association</a>.</li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Electoral_performance">Electoral performance</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Electoral performance">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="European_Parliament_elections">European Parliament elections</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: European Parliament elections">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Percentage of vote in Wales</th> <th>Seats won</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_1979_(United_Kingdom)" title="European Parliament election, 1979 (United Kingdom)">1979</a></td> <td>11.7% (83,399)</td> <td>0 (of 4)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_1984_(United_Kingdom)" title="European Parliament election, 1984 (United Kingdom)">1984</a></td> <td>12.2% (103,031)</td> <td>0 (of 4)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_1989_(United_Kingdom)" title="European Parliament election, 1989 (United Kingdom)">1989</a></td> <td>12.9% (115,062)</td> <td>0 (of 4)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_1994_(United_Kingdom)" title="European Parliament election, 1994 (United Kingdom)">1994</a></td> <td>17.1% (162,478)</td> <td>0 (of 5)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_1999_(United_Kingdom)" title="European Parliament election, 1999 (United Kingdom)">1999</a></td> <td>29.6% (185,235)</td> <td>2 (of 5)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_2004_(United_Kingdom)" title="European Parliament election, 2004 (United Kingdom)">2004</a></td> <td>17.1% (159,888)</td> <td>1 (of 4)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_2009_(United_Kingdom)" title="European Parliament election, 2009 (United Kingdom)">2009</a></td> <td>18.5% (126,702)</td> <td>1 (of 4)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_2014_(United_Kingdom)" title="European Parliament election, 2014 (United Kingdom)">2014</a></td> <td>15.3% (111,864)</td> <td>1 (of 4)</td> </tr> </table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="UK_general_elections">UK general elections</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: UK general elections">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Percentage of vote in Wales</th> <th># of total votes</th> <th>Seats won</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1929" title="United Kingdom general election, 1929">1929</a></td> <td>0.003%</td> <td>(609)</td> <td>0 (of 36)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1931" title="United Kingdom general election, 1931">1931</a></td> <td>0.2%</td> <td>(2,050)</td> <td>0 (of 36)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1935" title="United Kingdom general election, 1935">1935</a></td> <td>0.3%</td> <td>(2,534)</td> <td>0 (of 36)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1945" title="United Kingdom general election, 1945">1945</a></td> <td>1.2%</td> <td>(16,017)</td> <td>0 (of 36)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1950" title="United Kingdom general election, 1950">1950</a></td> <td>1.2%</td> <td>(17,580)</td> <td>0 (of 36)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1951" title="United Kingdom general election, 1951">1951</a></td> <td>0.7%</td> <td>(10,920)</td> <td>0 (of 36)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1955" title="United Kingdom general election, 1955">1955</a></td> <td>3.1%</td> <td>(45,119)</td> <td>0 (of 36)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1959" title="United Kingdom general election, 1959">1959</a></td> <td>5.2%</td> <td>(77,571)</td> <td>0 (of 36)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1964" title="United Kingdom general election, 1964">1964</a></td> <td>4.8%</td> <td>(69,507)</td> <td>0 (of 36)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1966" title="United Kingdom general election, 1966">1966</a></td> <td>4.3%</td> <td>(61,071)</td> <td>0 (of 36)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1970" title="United Kingdom general election, 1970">1970</a></td> <td>11.5%</td> <td>(175,016)</td> <td>0 (of 36)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_February_1974" title="United Kingdom general election, February 1974">1974 (Feb)</a></td> <td>10.8%</td> <td>(171,374)</td> <td>2 (of 36)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_October_1974" title="United Kingdom general election, October 1974">1974 (Oct)</a></td> <td>10.8%</td> <td>(166,321)</td> <td>3 (of 36)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1979" title="United Kingdom general election, 1979">1979</a></td> <td>8.1%</td> <td>(132,544)</td> <td>2 (of 36)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1983" title="United Kingdom general election, 1983">1983</a></td> <td>7.8%</td> <td>(125,309)</td> <td>2 (of 38)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1987" title="United Kingdom general election, 1987">1987</a></td> <td>7.3%</td> <td>(123,599)</td> <td>3 (of 38)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1992" title="United Kingdom general election, 1992">1992</a>*</td> <td>9%</td> <td>(156,796)</td> <td>4 (of 38)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1997" title="United Kingdom general election, 1997">1997</a></td> <td>9.9%</td> <td>(161,030)</td> <td>4 (of 40)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2001" title="United Kingdom general election, 2001">2001</a></td> <td>14.3%</td> <td>(195,893)</td> <td>4 (of 40)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005" title="United Kingdom general election, 2005">2005</a></td> <td>12.6%</td> <td>(174,838)</td> <td>3 (of 40)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2010" title="United Kingdom general election, 2010">2010</a></td> <td>11.3%</td> <td>(165,394)</td> <td>3 (of 40)</td> </tr> </table> <p><i>* Six seats contested on a joint Plaid Cymru/<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_Green_Party" title="Wales Green Party">Green Party</a> ticket</i></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Welsh_Assembly_elections">Welsh Assembly elections</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Welsh Assembly elections">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Percentage of vote (constituency)</th> <th>Percentage of vote (regional)</th> <th>Seats won (constituency)</th> <th>Seats won (regional)</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales_election,_1999" title="National Assembly for Wales election, 1999">1999</a></td> <td>28.4% (290,572)</td> <td>30.6% (312,048)</td> <td>9 (of 40)</td> <td>8 (of 20)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales_election,_2003" title="National Assembly for Wales election, 2003">2003</a></td> <td>21.2% (180,185)</td> <td>19.7% (167,653)</td> <td>5 (of 40)</td> <td>7 (of 20)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales_election,_2007" title="National Assembly for Wales election, 2007">2007</a></td> <td>22.4% (219,121)</td> <td>21.0% (204,757)</td> <td>7 (of 40)</td> <td>8 (of 20)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales_election,_2011" title="National Assembly for Wales election, 2011">2011</a></td> <td>19.3% (182,907)</td> <td>17.9% (169,799)</td> <td>5 (of 40)</td> <td>6 (of 20)</td> </tr> </table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="European_Free_Alliance">European Free Alliance</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: European Free Alliance">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table class="wikitable"> <tr> <th>Name<br/> and Portrait</th> <th>Party Office</th> <th>Constituency<br/> (if any)</th> <th>Notes</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jill_Evans.jpg" class="image" title="Jill Evans"><img alt="Jill Evans" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Jill_Evans.jpg/90px-Jill_Evans.jpg" width="90" height="120" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Jill_Evans.jpg/135px-Jill_Evans.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Jill_Evans.jpg/180px-Jill_Evans.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048"/></a><br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Evans" title="Jill Evans">Jill Evans</a></td> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_Parliament" title="EU Parliament" class="mw-redirect">EU Parliament</a><br/> Group Leader</td> <td><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wales (European Parliament constituency)">Wales in the EU</a></td> <td></td> </tr> </table> <p>Plaid retains close links with the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> (SNP), with both parties' MPs co-operating closely with one another. They work as a single parliamentary group within <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Westminster</a>, and were involved in joint campaigning during the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2005" title="United Kingdom general election, 2005">2005 general election</a> campaign. Both Plaid and the SNP, along with <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebyon_Kernow" title="Mebyon Kernow">Mebyon Kernow</a> of <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span>[</span>59<span>]</span></a></sup> are members of the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance">European Free Alliance</a> (EFA), a pan-<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_political_party" title="European political party">European political party</a> for <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regionalism_(politics)" title="Regionalism (politics)">regionalist</a>, <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomism_(political_doctrine)" title="Autonomism (political doctrine)">autonomist</a> and pro-independence political parties across Europe. The EFA co-operates with the larger <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Green_Party" title="European Green Party">European Green Party</a> to form <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greens%E2%80%93European_Free_Alliance" title="The Greens–European Free Alliance">The Greens–European Free Alliance</a> (Greens/EFA) <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Political groups of the European Parliament">political group</a> in the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="noprint portal tright" style="border:solid #aaa 1px;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em"> <table style="background:#f9f9f9;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;max-width:175px"> <tr style="vertical-align:middle"> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Wales_2.svg" class="image"><img alt="Portal icon" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Wales_2.svg/32px-Flag_of_Wales_2.svg.png" width="32" height="19" class="noviewer thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Wales_2.svg/48px-Flag_of_Wales_2.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Wales_2.svg/64px-Flag_of_Wales_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="830" data-file-height="498"/></a></td> <td style="padding:0 0.2em;vertical-align:middle;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Wales" title="Portal:Wales">Wales portal</a></td> </tr> <tr style="vertical-align:middle"> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_coloured_voting_box.svg" class="image"><img alt="Portal icon" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/28px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png" width="28" height="28" class="noviewer thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/42px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/56px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160"/></a></td> <td style="padding:0 0.2em;vertical-align:middle;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Politics" title="Portal:Politics">Politics portal</a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Wales" title="Politics of Wales">Politics of Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Plaid_Cymru_politicians" title="Category:Plaid Cymru politicians">Lists of Plaid Cymru politicians</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republicanism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Republicanism in the United Kingdom">Republicanism in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_unions_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Credit unions in the United Kingdom">Credit unions in the United Kingdom</a></li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plaid_Cymru&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="reflist columns references-column-width" style="-moz-column-width: 30em; 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 April</span> 2010</span>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlaid+Cymru&rft.btitle=Plaid+Cymru+want+independent+Wales&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisissouthwales.co.uk%2Fnews%2FPlaid-Cymru-want-independent-Wales%2Farticle-320673-detail%2Farticle.html&rft.pub=Thisissouthwales.co.uk&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-Ailgeni-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ailgeni_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation book"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_O._Morgan" title="Kenneth O. Morgan">Morgan, Kenneth O.</a> (1981). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150508024931/http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=asSr71jWDIEC&pg=PA254"><i>Rebirth of a nation: Wales, 1880-1980</i></a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 February</span> 2011</span>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlaid+Cymru&rft.aufirst=Kenneth+O.&rft.aulast=Morgan&rft.au=Morgan%2C+Kenneth+O.&rft.btitle=Rebirth+of+a+nation%3A+Wales%2C+1880-1980&rft.date=1981&rft.edition=reprint+2002&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.co.uk%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DasSr71jWDIEC%26pg%3DPA254&rft.isbn=0-19-821760-9&rft.pages=206&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.series=History+of+Wales&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.volume=6" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-Philip_1975-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Philip_1975_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Philip_1975_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation book">Philip, Alan Butt (1975). <i>The Welsh Question: Nationalism in Welsh Politics, 1945–1970</i>. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7083-0537-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-7083-0537-7">0-7083-0537-7</a>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlaid+Cymru&rft.aufirst=Alan+Butt&rft.aulast=Philip&rft.au=Philip%2C+Alan+Butt&rft.btitle=The+Welsh+Question%3A+Nationalism+in+Welsh+Politics%2C+1945%E2%80%931970&rft.date=1975&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=0-7083-0537-7&rft.place=Cardiff&rft.pub=University+of+Wales+Press&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-McAllister_2001-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-McAllister_2001_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McAllister_2001_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation book"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_McAllister" title="Laura McAllister">McAllister, Laura</a> (2001). <i>Plaid Cymru: the Emergence of a Political Party</i>. Bridgend: Seren. <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85411-310-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-85411-310-0">1-85411-310-0</a>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlaid+Cymru&rft.aufirst=Laura&rft.aulast=McAllister&rft.au=McAllister%2C+Laura&rft.btitle=Plaid+Cymru%3A+the+Emergence+of+a+Political+Party&rft.date=2001&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=1-85411-310-0&rft.place=Bridgend&rft.pub=Seren&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McAllister, L, <i>Plaid Cymru: the Emergence of a Political Party</i> (Seren, 2001), "The tentative moves towards elaborating and broadening Plaid's policy portfolio did not allow it to shake off its early identity as a language movement or a cultural pressure group." 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O., <i>Rebirth of a Nation</i>, (1981), OUP</span></li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Francis, H. and Smith, D., <i>The Fed: A History of the South Wales Miners in the Twentieth Century</i>, (1980), University of Wales</span></li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tanner, D., <i>Facing the New Challenge: Labour and Politics 1970–2000</i> in <i>The Labour Party in Wales 1900-2000</i> (Ed. Tanner, D., Williams, C. and Hopkin, D.), (2000), University of Wales Press</span></li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation news"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150508024931/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2002565.stm">"Plaid pioneer Gwynfor Evans dies"</a>. <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a>. 21 April 2005<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2008</span>. <q>Mr Evans changed the face of British politics when he became Plaid's first MP in the 1966 Carmarthen by-election. Fourteen years later he threatened to starve himself to death in the cause of Welsh language television, leading to the foundation of S4C.</q></span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlaid+Cymru&rft.btitle=Plaid+pioneer+Gwynfor+Evans+dies&rft.date=21+April+2005&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fwales%2F2002565.stm&rft.pub=BBC+News&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation news"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150508024931/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/281166.stm">"Morgan is more popular — Michael"</a>. <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a>. 17 February 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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. Mr Morgan, a left-wing backbencher, has also repeatedly topped opinion polls taken among Labour Party members in Wales.</q></span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlaid+Cymru&rft.btitle=Morgan+is+more+popular+%E2%80%94+Michael&rft.date=17+February+1999&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fuk_politics%2F281166.stm&rft.pub=BBC+News&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation news"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150508024931/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/832595.stm">"<span style="padding-left:0.2em;">'</span>Wigley downfall' plot denied"</a>. <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a>. 14 July 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2008</span>. <q>Mr Wigley's announcement that he was to give up the presidency of Plaid Cymru in May came as a shock. Although he had been in hospital undergoing heart surgery, he was expected to resume his career. Some Assembly members said privately that he had taken on too much — being an MP, AM, party president and also group leader in the National Assembly. But there was also the suggestion that there was a conspiracy to oust him.</q></span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlaid+Cymru&rft.btitle=%27Wigley+downfall%27+plot+denied&rft.date=14+July+2000&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fuk_news%2Fwales%2F832595.stm&rft.pub=BBC+News&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation news"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150508024931/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2905677.stm">"Moderate with a hard act to follow"</a>. <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a>. 4 April 2003<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2008</span>. <q>But Mr Jones was soon facing questions about his credentials for the job. Seimon Glyn, until then a fairly obscure Plaid Cymru councillor from Gwynedd, had made controversial comments on BBC Radio Wales about inward migration into Welsh-speaking communities. The issue was raised when Mr Jones appeared on the BBC's Question Time in Caernarfon, and he was criticised for his response, in which he at first denied that Mr Glyn had referred to English as a foreign language. There were more problems when Plaid's then chief executive said that Mr Jones was on a learning curve in the job.</q></span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlaid+Cymru&rft.btitle=Moderate+with+a+hard+act+to+follow&rft.date=4+April+2003&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fwales%2F2905677.stm&rft.pub=BBC+News&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150508024931/http://www.epolitix.com/EN/Interviews/200609/f6812672-57e0-4c07-941d-195cbb65b1f4.htm">"Elfyn Llwyd — Plaid Cymru parliamentary leader ePolitix interview"</a>. Epolitix.com. 6 September 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 May</span> 2007</span>. <q>The assembly has its first ethnic minority member with the election of Plaid Cymru's Mohammad Asghar on the regional list. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2008</span>. <q>On the sensitive issue of giving the Welsh assembly full law-making powers, a referendum on the issue is promised "as soon as practicable, at or before the end of the assembly term (in 2011)". 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style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> (2006–2012)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Leanne Wood</a> (2012–present)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Assembly Group Leaders<br/> <i>party leader since 2006</i></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a> (1999–2000)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> (2000–2012)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Leanne Wood</a> (2012–present)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Presidents<br/> <i>party leader pre-2003</i><br/> <i>abolished 2013</i></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Valentine" title="Lewis Valentine">Lewis Valentine</a> (1925–1926)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders_Lewis" title="Saunders Lewis">Saunders Lewis</a> (1926–1939)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Daniel" title="John Edward Daniel">John Edward Daniel</a> (1939–1943)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abi_Williams" title="Abi Williams">Abi Williams</a> (1943–1945)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a> (1945–1981)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a> (1981–1984)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a> (1984–1991)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a> (1991–2000)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> (2000–2003)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan" title="Dafydd Iwan">Dafydd Iwan</a> (2003–2010)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Evans" title="Jill Evans">Jill Evans</a> (2010–2013)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Vice-Presidents<br/> <i>abolished 2013</i></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders_Lewis" title="Saunders Lewis">Saunders Lewis</a> (1925–1926)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Daniel" title="John Edward Daniel">John Edward Daniel</a> (1931–1935)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a> (1943–1945)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo_Williams" title="Waldo Williams">Waldo Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._R._P._George" title="W. R. P. George" class="mw-redirect">W. R. P. George</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Tudur_Jones" title="R. Tudur Jones">R. Tudur Jones</a> (1957–1964)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rees" title="Chris Rees">Chris Rees</a> (1964–1966)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Millward" title="Edward Millward">Edward Millward</a> (1966–1968)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Williams_(politician)" title="Phil Williams (politician)">Phil Williams</a> (1968–1970)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robyn_Lewis" title="Robyn Lewis" class="mw-redirect">Robyn Lewis</a> (1970–1976)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Williams_(politician)" title="Phil Williams (politician)">Phil Williams</a> (1976–1978)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a> (1979–1981)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Williams_(politician)" title="Phil Williams (politician)">Phil Williams</a> (1982–1984)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan" title="Dafydd Iwan">Dafydd Iwan</a> (1984–2003)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Evans" title="Jill Evans">Jill Evans</a> (2003–2010)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Franks" title="Chris Franks">Chris Franks</a> (2010–2013)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Chairs</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rees" title="Chris Rees">Chris Rees</a> (1966–1970)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Williams_(politician)" title="Phil Williams (politician)">Phil Williams</a> (1970–1976)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurfyl_ap_Gwilym" title="Eurfyl ap Gwilym">Eurfyl ap Gwilym</a> (1976–1980)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> (1980–1982)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan" title="Dafydd Iwan">Dafydd Iwan</a> (1982–1984)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Morgan" title="Syd Morgan">Syd Morgan</a> (1984–1990)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> (1990–1992)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dixon_(Welsh_politician)" title="John Dixon (Welsh politician)">John Dixon</a> (1992–1994)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jillian_Evans" title="Jillian Evans" class="mw-redirect">Jillian Evans</a> (1994–1996)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Phillips" title="Marc Phillips">Marc Phillips</a> (1996–2000)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">Elin Jones</a> (2000–2002)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dixon_(Welsh_politician)" title="John Dixon (Welsh politician)">John Dixon</a> (2002–2010)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwenllian_Lansdown" title="Gwenllian Lansdown">Gwenllian Lansdown</a> (2010–2011)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Mary_Jones" title="Helen Mary Jones">Helen Mary Jones</a> (2012–2013)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Trystan_Davies" title="Dafydd Trystan Davies">Dafydd Trystan Davies</a> (2013–present)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Honorary Presidents</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a> (1982–2005)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a> (2005–present)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FDE60F;"><span style="float:left;width:6em"> </span> <div style="font-size:110%"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru#Elected_representatives" title="Plaid Cymru"><span style="color:green;">Parliamentarians</span></a></div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Members of the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurig_Wyn" title="Eurig Wyn">Eurig Wyn</a> (1999–2004)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jillian_Evans" title="Jillian Evans" class="mw-redirect">Jillian Evans</a> (1999–)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Members of the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Assembly" title="Welsh Assembly" class="mw-redirect">Welsh Assembly</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn_Davies" title="Jocelyn Davies">Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Elis-Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerys_Evans" title="Nerys Evans">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Franks" title="Chris Franks">Franks</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethan_Jenkins" title="Bethan Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Ffred_Jones" title="Alun Ffred Jones">A. F. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elin_Jones" title="Elin Jones">E Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Jones_(Welsh_politician)" title="Gareth Jones (Welsh politician)">G Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Mary_Jones" title="Helen Mary Jones">H. M. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhun_ap_Iorwerth" title="Rhun ap Iorwerth">Rhun ap Iorwerth</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lloyd_(Welsh_politician)" title="David Lloyd (Welsh politician)">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Ryder" title="Janet Ryder">Ryder</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodri_Glyn_Thomas" title="Rhodri Glyn Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Wood</a></b></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Members of the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Parliament" title="UK Parliament" class="mw-redirect">UK Parliament</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="padding-left:0;padding-right:0;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.75em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Plaid_Cymru_MPs" title="List of Plaid Cymru MPs">Members of Parliament</a></div> </th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="padding-left:0;padding-right:0;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.75em;">Former</div> </th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynog_Dafis" title="Cynog Dafis">Cynog Dafis</a> (1992–2000)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a> (1974–1992)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a> (1966–70, 74–79)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ieuan_Wyn_Jones" title="Ieuan Wyn Jones">Ieuan Wyn Jones</a> (1987–2001)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Price" title="Adam Price">Adam Price</a> (2001–2010)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Thomas_(politician)" title="Simon Thomas (politician)">Simon Thomas</a> (2000–2005)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a> (1974–2001)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="padding-left:0;padding-right:0;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.75em;">Current</div> </th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Edwards_(Welsh_politician)" title="Jonathan Edwards (Welsh politician)" class="mw-redirect">Edwards</a></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfyn_Llwyd" title="Elfyn Llwyd">Llwyd</a></b></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hywel_Williams" title="Hywel Williams">Williams</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="padding-left:0;padding-right:0;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.75em;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Lords of the United Kingdom" class="mw-redirect">Lords</a></div> </th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Elis-Thomas" title="Dafydd Elis-Thomas">Dafydd Elis-Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Wigley" title="Dafydd Wigley">Dafydd Wigley</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <th scope="col" 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style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li>Moses Gruffydd</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huw_Robert_Jones" title="Huw Robert Jones">Huw Robert Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Valentine" title="Lewis Valentine">Lewis Valentine</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="padding-left:0;padding-right:0;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.75em;"><i>Y Mudiad Cymreig</i><br/> (The Welsh Movement)</div> </th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li>Fred Jones</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders_Lewis" title="Saunders Lewis">Saunders Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_John_Williams" title="David John Williams">David John Williams</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="padding-left:0;padding-right:0;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.75em;">Others</div> </th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bebb" title="Ambrose Bebb">Ambrose Bebb</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_James_Davies" title="David James Davies">David James Davies</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Related organisations</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div 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href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Maginnis" title="Ken Maginnis">Independent Ulster Unionist</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-affiliated_members_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="Non-affiliated members of the House of Lords">Non-affiliated</a> (21)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> (129)</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> (64)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" title="Scottish Labour Party">Scottish Labour</a> (38)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Conservative_Party" title="Scottish Conservative Party">Scottish Conservatives</a> (15)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a> (5)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_(politician)" title="Independent (politician)" class="mw-redirect">Independent</a> (4)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Green_Party" title="Scottish Green Party">Scottish Green</a> (2)</li> <li>Vacant (1)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales" title="National Assembly for Wales">National Assembly for Wales</a> (60)</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a> (30)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Conservative_Party" title="Welsh Conservative Party">Welsh Conservatives</a> (14)</li> <li><strong class="selflink">Plaid Cymru</strong> (11)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Welsh Liberal Democrats</a> (5)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a> (108)</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> (38)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> (29)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP</a> (14)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> (13)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance</a> (8)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_(politician)" title="Independent (politician)" class="mw-redirect">Independent</a> (2)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Green Party in Northern Ireland">Green (NI)</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NI21" title="NI21">NI21</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Unionist_Voice" title="Traditional Unionist Voice">TUV</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> (1)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a> (25)</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Labour_Party" title="London Labour Party">Labour</a> (12)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> (9)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> (2)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democrats" title="Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> (2)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a> (73 of 751)</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> (<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_of_Freedom_and_Direct_Democracy" title="Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy">EFDD</a>, 23)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> (<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists" title="European Conservatives and Reformists">ECR</a>, 20)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_European_Socialists" title="Party of European Socialists">PES</a>, 20)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green (E&W)</a> (<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Green_Party" title="European Green Party">EGP</a>, 3)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> (<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance">EFA</a>, 2)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">DUP</a> (<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Inscrits" title="Non-Inscrits">Non-inscrits</a>, 1)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democrats" title="Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> (<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_for_Europe_Party" title="Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party">ALDE</a>, 1)</li> <li><strong class="selflink">Plaid Cymru</strong> (<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance">EFA</a>, 1)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> (<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_United_Left%E2%80%93Nordic_Green_Left" title="European United Left–Nordic Green Left">EUL-NGL</a>, 1)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">UUP</a> (<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists" title="European Conservatives and Reformists">ECR</a>, 1)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Other national and regional parties</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_First" title="Britain First">Britain First</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Democratic_Party_(2013)" title="British Democratic Party (2013)">British Democratic</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">BNP</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Party_(UK)" title="Christian Party (UK)">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Peoples_Alliance" title="Christian Peoples Alliance">Christian Peoples Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Democrats" title="English Democrats">English Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_from_Europe" title="Independence from Europe">Independence from Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Community_and_Health_Concern" title="Independent Community and Health Concern">Health Concern</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebyon_Kernow" title="Mebyon Kernow">Mebyon Kernow</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Front_(United_Kingdom)" title="National Front (United Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect">National Front</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Action_Party" title="National Health Action Party">National Health Action</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1999)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1999)">National Liberal</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_Party" title="Official Monster Raving Loony Party">Official Monster Raving Loony</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Unionist_Party" title="Progressive Unionist Party">Progressive Unionist</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Socialist_Party" title="Scottish Socialist Party">Scottish Socialist</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_(England_and_Wales)" title="Socialist Party (England and Wales)">Socialist Alternative</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Socialist Party of Great Britain">Socialist (GB)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Socialist Labour Party (UK)">Socialist Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(UK)" title="Socialist Workers Party (UK)">Socialist Workers</a><sup>§</sup></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Demand_a_Referendum_Now" title="We Demand a Referendum Now">We Demand a Referendum Now</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_First" title="Yorkshire First">Yorkshire First</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"><small>Notes: *<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-operative_Party" title="Co-operative Party">Co-operative Party</a> candidates stand jointly with the Labour Party as <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" title="Labour Co-operative">"Labour and Co-operative Party"</a> candidates. <sup>†</sup>Although Sinn Féin have five elected members and have offices at Westminster, they are <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstentionism" title="Abstentionism">abstentionist</a> and therefore do not take their seats. <sup>§</sup>Some candidates stand as "<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Unionist_and_Socialist_Coalition" title="Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition">Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition</a>" candidates.</small></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"> <div> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Politics" title="Portal:Politics">Portal:Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Politics of the United Kingdom">Politics of the United Kingdom</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Political_parties_in_Wales" title="Template:Political parties in Wales"><span title="View this template" 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src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Wales_2.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales_2.svg.png" width="23" height="14" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Wales_2.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales_2.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Wales_2.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="830" data-file-height="498"/></a></span> Political parties in <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a></div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales" title="National Assembly for Wales">National Assembly</a> (60)</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a> (30)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Conservative_Party" title="Welsh Conservative Party">Welsh Conservatives</a> (14)</li> <li><strong class="selflink">Plaid Cymru</strong> (11)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Welsh Liberal Democrats</a> (5)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;">Councillors in <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">local<br/> unitary authorities</a> (1254)</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a> (578)</li> <li>Independent (315)</li> <li><strong class="selflink">Plaid Cymru</strong> (171)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Conservative_Party" title="Welsh Conservative Party">Welsh Conservatives</a> (105)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Welsh Liberal Democrats</a> (70)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llais_Gwynedd" title="Llais Gwynedd">Llais Gwynedd</a> (13)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UK Independence Party</a> (1)</li> <li><a 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title="UK Independence Party">UK Independence Party</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Cornish</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_nationalism" title="Cornish nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_Assembly" title="Cornish Assembly">Devolution</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> 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style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_independence" title="English independence">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unionism_in_England" title="Unionism in England">Unionism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_nationalism" title="English nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Organisations</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Democrats" title="English Democrats">English Democrats</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Irish</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_nationalism" title="Irish nationalism">Irish nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unionism_in_Ireland" title="Unionism in Ireland">Unionism</a></li> <li><a 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style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unionism_in_Scotland" title="Unionism in Scotland">Unionism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_nationalism" title="Scottish nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Organisations</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div 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title="Adamsdown">Adamsdown</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butetown" title="Butetown">Butetown</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caerau,_Cardiff" title="Caerau, Cardiff">Caerau</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton,_Cardiff" title="Canton, Cardiff">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathays_(electoral_ward)" title="Cathays (electoral ward)">Cathays</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creigiau_%26_St._Fagans" title="Creigiau & St. Fagans">Creigiau & St. Fagans</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyncoed" title="Cyncoed">Cyncoed</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ely,_Cardiff" title="Ely, Cardiff">Ely</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairwater,_Cardiff" title="Fairwater, Cardiff">Fairwater</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabalfa" title="Gabalfa">Gabalfa</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grangetown,_Cardiff" title="Grangetown, Cardiff">Grangetown</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath,_Cardiff" title="Heath, Cardiff">Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanishen" title="Llanishen">Llanishen</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisvane" title="Lisvane">Lisvane</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llandaff" title="Llandaff">Llandaff</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llandaff_North" title="Llandaff North">Llandaff North</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanrumney" title="Llanrumney">Llanrumney</a></li> <li><a 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style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Central_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Cardiff Central (Assembly constituency)">Cardiff Central</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Rathbone" title="Jenny Rathbone">Jenny Rathbone</a></small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Labour_Party" title="Welsh Labour Party" class="mw-redirect">Lab</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_North_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Cardiff North (Assembly constituency)">Cardiff North</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Morgan" title="Julie Morgan">Julie Morgan</a></small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Labour_Party" title="Welsh Labour Party" class="mw-redirect">Lab</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_West_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Cardiff West (Assembly constituency)">Cardiff West</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Drakeford" title="Mark Drakeford">Mark Drakeford</a></small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Labour_Party" title="Welsh Labour Party" class="mw-redirect">Lab</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_South_and_Penarth_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Cardiff South and Penarth (Assembly constituency)">Cardiff South and Penarth</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan_Gething" title="Vaughan Gething">Vaughan Gething</a></small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Labour_Party" title="Welsh Labour Party" class="mw-redirect">Lab</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Wales_Central" title="South Wales Central" class="mw-redirect">South Wales Central</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_RT_Davies" title="Andrew RT Davies" class="mw-redirect">Andrew RT Davies</a> - <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Melding" title="David Melding">David Melding</a> - <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eluned_Parrott" title="Eluned Parrott">Eluned Parrott</a> - <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanne_Wood" title="Leanne Wood">Leanne Wood</a></small>)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Assembly_Government" title="Welsh Assembly Government" class="mw-redirect">Devolved Administration in Wales<br/> <small style="font-size:85%;">Institutions and Venues</small></a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_for_Wales" title="National Assembly for Wales">National Assembly for Wales</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a></small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%B7_Hywel" title="Tŷ Hywel">Tŷ Hywel</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Buildings,_Cathays_Park" title="Crown Buildings, Cathays Park">Crown Building (Cathays Park)</a>)</small></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons<br/> <small style="font-size:85%;">Constituencies and MPs</small></a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Cardiff Central</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Willott" title="Jenny Willott">Jenny Willott</a></small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democrats" title="Liberal Democrats">Lib Dem</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cardiff North (UK Parliament constituency)">Cardiff North</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Evans_(politician)" title="Jonathan Evans (politician)">Jonathan Evans</a></small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency)">Cardiff West</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Brennan_(politician)" title="Kevin Brennan (politician)">Kevin Brennan</a></small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Lab</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_South_and_Penarth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cardiff South and Penarth (UK Parliament constituency)">Cardiff South and Penarth</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Doughty" title="Stephen Doughty">Stephen Doughty</a></small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Lab</a>)</small></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament<br/> <small style="font-size:85%;">Constituencies and MEPs</small></a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wales (European Parliament constituency)">Wales</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jillian_Evans" title="Jillian Evans" class="mw-redirect">Jill Evans</a></small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;"><strong class="selflink">Plaid</strong>)</small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Swinburne" title="Kay Swinburne">Kay Swinburne</a></small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Con</a>)</small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Gill" title="Nathan Gill">Nathan Gill</a></small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKIP" title="UKIP" class="mw-redirect">UKIP</a>)</small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Vaughan" title="Derek Vaughan">Derek Vaughan</a></small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Lab</a></small>)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_and_crime_commissioner" title="Police and crime commissioner">Police and crime commissioner</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Wales_Police" title="South Wales Police">South Wales</a> (<small style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Michael" title="Alun Michael">Alun Michael</a></small></li> <li><small style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Lab</a></small>)</li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Headquarters</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><strong class="selflink">Plaid Cymru</strong></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_Green_Party" title="Wales Green Party">Wales Green Party</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Conservative_Party" title="Welsh Conservative Party">Welsh Conservative Party</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Welsh Liberal Democrats</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Members_of_the_European_Free_Alliance" title="Template:Members of the European Free Alliance"><span title="View this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Members_of_the_European_Free_Alliance" title="Template talk:Members of the European Free Alliance"><span title="Discuss this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">t</span></a></li> <li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Members_of_the_European_Free_Alliance&action=edit"><span title="Edit this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">e</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="font-size:110%">Members of the <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Free_Alliance" title="European Free Alliance">European Free Alliance</a> <span class="flagicon"><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union"><img alt="European Union" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" width="23" height="15" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150508024931im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540"/></a></span></div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Elected to the<br/> <a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Flemish_Alliance" title="New Flemish Alliance">Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Human_Rights_in_United_Latvia" title="For Human Rights in United Latvia" class="mw-redirect">For Human Rights in United Latvia</a>†</li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_the_Corsican_Nation" title="Party of the Corsican Nation">Party of the Corsican Nation</a></li> <li><strong class="selflink">Plaid Cymru</strong></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Left_of_Catalonia" title="Republican Left of Catalonia">Republican Left of Catalonia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Other members</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andalusian_Party" title="Andalusian Party">Andalusian Party</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aralar_Party" title="Aralar Party">Aralar Party</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomy_Liberty_Participation_Ecology" title="Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology">Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria_Party" title="Bavaria Party">Bavaria Party</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_Unity" title="Catalan Unity">Catalan Unity</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunta_Aragonesista" title="Chunta Aragonesista">Chunta Aragonesista</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusko_Alkartasuna" title="Eusko Alkartasuna">Eusko Alkartasuna</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisian_National_Party" title="Frisian National Party">Frisian National Party</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_%C3%85land" title="Future of Åland">Future of Åland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Galician Nationalist Bloc">Galician Nationalist Bloc</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hungarian_Christian_Democratic_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hungarian Christian Democratic Association (page does not exist)">Hungarian Christian Democratic Association</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liga_Veneta_Repubblica" title="Liga Veneta Repubblica">Liga Veneta Repubblica</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_for_Fiume" title="List for Fiume" class="mw-redirect">List for Fiume</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusatian_Alliance" title="Lusatian Alliance">Lusatian Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorca_Socialist_Party" title="Majorca Socialist Party" class="mw-redirect">Majorca Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebyon_Kernow" title="Mebyon Kernow">Mebyon Kernow</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravan%C3%A9" title="Moravané">Moravané</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occitan_Party" title="Occitan Party">Occitan Party</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unser_Land" title="Unser Land">Our Land</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_(political_party)" title="Rainbow (political party)">Rainbow</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinian_Action_Party" title="Sardinian Action Party">Sardinian Action Party</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoy_Region_Movement" title="Savoy Region Movement">Savoy Region Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoyan_League" title="Savoyan League">Savoyan League</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesian_Autonomy_Movement" title="Silesian Autonomy Movement">Silesian Autonomy Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovene_Union" title="Slovene Union">Slovene Union</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Schleswig_Voter_Federation" title="South Schleswig Voter Federation">South Schleswig Voter Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Tyrolean_Freedom" title="South Tyrolean Freedom">South Tyrolean Freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Friesen" title="Die Friesen">The Friesens</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_D%C3%A9mocratique_Bretonne" title="Union Démocratique Bretonne">Union Démocratique Bretonne</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Macedonian_Organization_Ilinden%E2%80%93Pirin" title="United Macedonian Organization Ilinden–Pirin">United Macedonian Organization Ilinden–Pirin</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_List_(Austria)" title="Unity List (Austria)">Unity List</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Observers</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Canaries" title="New Canaries" class="mw-redirect">New Canaries</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_South" title="The Other South">The Other South</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150508024931/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencian_Nationalist_Bloc" title="Valencian Nationalist Bloc">Valencian Nationalist Bloc</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="navbox" 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