Plaid Cymru is a centre-left to left-wing,Welsh nationalist political party in Wales,committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom.
The Senedd,officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English and Senedd Cymru in Welsh,is the devolved,unicameral legislature of Wales. A democratically elected body,it makes laws for Wales,agrees to certain taxes,and scrutinises the Welsh Government. It is a bilingual institution,with both Welsh and English being the official languages of its business. From its creation in May 1999 until May 2020,the Senedd was known as the National Assembly for Wales.
Blaenau Gwent is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east,Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery,Brynmawr,Ebbw Vale and Tredegar. Its highest point is Coity Mountain at 1,896 feet (578 m).
Adam Robert Price is a Welsh politician who served as Leader of Plaid Cymru from 2018 to 2023. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr since 2016,having previously been a Member of Parliament (MP) for the same Westminster constituency from 2001 to 2010.
Peter John Law was a Welsh politician. For most of his career Law sat as a Labour councillor and subsequently Labour Co-operative Assembly member (AM) for Blaenau Gwent. Latterly he sat as an independent member of Parliament (MP) and AM for the same constituency.
Politics in Wales forms a distinctive polity in the wider politics of the United Kingdom,with Wales as one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom (UK).
South Wales East is an electoral region of the Senedd,consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects 12 members,eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in 1999,when the National Assembly for Wales was created.
Darren David Millar is a British politician who has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Clwyd West since 2007. He is a member of the Welsh Conservatives.
Mohammad Asghar,known as Oscar,was a Welsh politician who was a Member of the Senedd for South Wales East. He was a member of the Welsh Conservatives,and previously of Welsh Labour,and Plaid Cymru.
The 2011 National Assembly for Wales election was an election for the National Assembly. The poll was held on 5 May 2011 and decided the incumbency for all the Assembly's seats. It was the fourth election for seats in the National Assembly for Wales,and the second election taken under the rules of the Government of Wales Act 2006.
Jeffrey Hambley Cuthbert is a Welsh politician serving as Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner since 2016. Cuthbert served as a Labour Party member of the National Assembly for Wales for Caerphilly from 2003 to 2016. He began his career in the mining industry and later worked for the Welsh Joint Education Committee as Head of the Asset to Industry Unit.
The 2007 National Assembly for Wales election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the National Assembly for Wales. It was the third general election. On the same day local elections in England and Scotland,as well as the Scottish Parliament election took place. This election was preceded by the previous Assembly election in 2003.
Suzy Davies is a Welsh Conservative Party politician,who served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales West from 2011 to 2021. She was elected first on the Welsh Conservatives party list for the region in the 2011 election.
Rebecca Mary Evans is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician,serving as Minister for Finance since 2018 and Minister for Local Government since 2021. She has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Gower since 2016,and a Member for Mid and West Wales from 2011 to 2016.
Circuit of Wales is a failed motor racing circuit and technology park development proposal in Blaenau Gwent on the outskirts of Ebbw Vale,Wales,adjacent to the Neath to Abergavenny Trunk Road (A465). The intention was that it would be funded by private investors and backed by the Welsh Government. In April 2016,BBC News reported that The Heads of the Valleys Development Company,would continue to negotiate with both the financial backers,Aviva,and the Welsh Government.
The 2016 National Assembly for Wales election was held on Thursday 5 May 2016,to elect members (AMs) of the National Assembly for Wales,now known as the Senedd. It was the fifth election for the National Assembly,the third election taken under the rules of the Government of Wales Act 2006 and the first since the Wales Act 2014.
Neil John McEvoy is a Welsh politician who is currently the leader of the Welsh nationalist political party Propel. He previously represented the South Wales Central region in the Senedd from 2016 until 2021.
Steffan Lewis was a Welsh politician,who was elected to the National Assembly for Wales in the 2016 election. He represented the electoral region of South Wales East,as a member of Plaid Cymru.
The 2021 Senedd election took place on Thursday 6 May 2021 to elect 60 members to the Senedd. It was the sixth devolved general election since the Senedd was established in 1999. The election was held alongside the Scottish Parliament election,English local elections,London Assembly and mayoral election and the Hartlepool by-election.
