Plaid Cymru is a centre-left to left-wing,Welsh nationalist political party in Wales,committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom. It campaigns on a platform of social democracy and civic nationalism. The party is a strong supporter of the European Union and is a member of the European Free Alliance (EFA). The party holds 4 of 32 Welsh seats in the UK Parliament,12 of 60 seats in the Senedd,and 202 of 1,231 principal local authority councillors. Plaid was formed in 1925 under the name Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru and Gwynfor Evans won the first Westminster seat for the party at the 1966 Carmarthen by-election.
Adam Robert Price is a Welsh politician who served as Leader of Plaid Cymru from September 2018 to May 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.
Simon George Thomas is a Welsh former politician who was a member of Plaid Cymru. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Ceredigion from 2000 to 2005,and an Assembly Member in the National Assembly for Wales representing the Mid and West Wales list between 2011 and 2018.
Ammanford is a town and community in Carmarthenshire,Wales,with a population of 5,411 at the 2011 census. It is a former coal mining town. The built-up area had a population of 7,945 with the wider urban area even bigger.
Bethan Sayed is a Welsh politician. She represented the South Wales West region for Plaid Cymru as a Member of the Senedd from 2007 to 2021.
Caerfyrddin,also known as Carmarthen,is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament,first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election,following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region,which elects four additional members,in addition to eight constituency members,to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Andrew John Dixon is a Welsh politician and former member of Plaid Cymru.
John Osmond is a Welsh writer,journalist,former political candidate for Plaid Cymru,and think tank director. He has contributed to numerous books on the subjects of Welsh politics,culture and devolution,and is also a former television producer. Osmond was the founder director of the independent Welsh think-tank,the Institute of Welsh Affairs in 1996 until May 2013. In 2018 he published the first of a trilogy of documentary novels,Ten Million Stars are Burning,which together record the history of Wales between the 1979 and 1997 devolution referendums. Between 2018 and 2022 he was Special Adviser to Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price.
Leanne Wood is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from March 2012 to September 2018,and served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) from 2003 to 2021.
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.
Plaid Cymru originated in 1925 after a meeting held at that year's National Eisteddfod in Pwllheli,Caernarfonshire. Representatives from two Welsh nationalist groups founded the previous year,Byddin Ymreolwyr Cymru and Y Mudiad Cymreig,agreed to meet and discuss the need for a "Welsh party". The party was founded as Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru,the National Party of Wales,and attracted members from the left,right and centre of the political spectrum,including both monarchists and republicans. Its principal aims include the promotion of the Welsh language and the political independence of the Welsh nation.
David Jonathan Edwards is a Welsh politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr from 2010 to 2024. Initially elected as a Plaid Cymru MP,he is the longest serving MP in the Carmarthen,having served for 14 years. He sat as an Independent MP after the party's disciplinary panel suspended him in 2020. His membership of Plaid was restored in July 2022,and the whip was returned the following month although following further revelations he stated that he would not rejoin the Plaid group of MPs at Westminster.
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.
Llŷr Huws Gruffydd,is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician,serving as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for the North Wales region since 2011. He acted as interim leader of Plaid Cymru from 16 May to 16 June 2023.
Rhun ap Iorwerth is a Welsh journalist and politician who has served as the Leader of Plaid Cymru since June 2023. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ynys Môn since 2013.
Neil John McEvoy is a Welsh nationalist politician,serving as leader of Propel since 2020,and as a Cardiff Councillor for the Fairwater ward since 2008.
The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on 12 December 2019 to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons,including the 40 Welsh seats.
Cefin Arthur Campbell is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who has been Member of the Senedd (MS) for Mid and West Wales region since 2021.
The 2023 Plaid Cymru leadership election was triggered by the resignation of Adam Price as party leader on 16 May,after an internal report found the party to have a "culture of harassment,bullying and misogyny". Rhun ap Iorwerth became leader on 16 June 2023 unopposed.
