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.
Ieuan Wyn Jones is a Welsh politician who was the Deputy First Minister in the Welsh Government from 2007 to 2011. He was the Member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Ynys Môn constituency from 1999 to 2013,and he was also leader of Plaid Cymru from 2000 to 2012. Jones served as Member of Parliament for Ynys Môn constituency from 1987 to 2001,when he retired to focus on his work in the Welsh Assembly. In 2007,Jones was named Wales' "Politician of the Year" by the BBC Wales am.pm programme. He resigned from the Welsh Assembly on 20 June 2013. In 2017 he unsuccessfully sought to return to the House of Commons for his former constituency.
Ynys Môn is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is one of five 'protected constituencies' within the UK,with boundaries defined by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 to be to those of Isle of Anglesey County Council where there must be a whole number of MPs rounded up to the nearest whole number with these boundaries.
Alison Monica Halford is a former senior police officer who became a politician. Halford worked for the Metropolitan Police from 1962-1983. She became the first woman to lead a police division. She then moved to Merseyside Police,becoming the first woman outside the Metropolitan Police to reach Chief Officer rank. She later left Merseyside police,alleging gender discrimination. She later withdrew the claim following a settlement,and retired from the police in 1992,before moving into politics. She was Labour member of the National Assembly for Wales,representing the Delyn constituency,between 1999 and 2003. In 2006 she defected to the Conservative Party,and represented them on Flintshire Community Council from 2007 to 2017.
North Wales is an electoral region of the Senedd,consisting of nine constituencies. The region elects thirteen members,nine directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in the 1999 Welsh Assembly election,when the National Assembly for Wales was created.
The Isle of Anglesey County Council is the local authority for the Isle of Anglesey,a principal area with county status in Wales. Since 2022 the council has 35 councillors who represent 11 multi-member electoral wards.
Alyn and Deeside is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also,however,it is one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region,which elects four additional members,in addition to nine constituency members,to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Ynys Môn is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Ynys Môn is also one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region,which elects four additional members,in addition to nine constituency members,to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Jonathan Morgan,is a Welsh Conservative politician,who served as a Conservative Assembly Member (AM) for South Wales Central from 1999 to 2007 and AM for Cardiff North from 2007 to 2011. In the National Assembly elections in 2011 he was beaten by Labour's candidate Julie Morgan,wife of former First Minister Rhodri Morgan. He is currently chair of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and Chairman of the Welsh NHS Confederation.
Darren David Millar is a Welsh Conservative politician who has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Clwyd West since 2007.
Paul Windsor Davies is a British politician who has served as Member of the Senedd (MS) for Preseli Pembrokeshire since 2007. He served as Leader of the Welsh Conservatives and Leader of the Opposition in Wales from June 2018 to January 2021,resigning after possible breaches of Welsh COVID-19 rules. He had previously been Deputy Leader from 2011 to 2018 and Acting Leader in 2011 and 2018.
Anglesey is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms the bulk of the county known as the Isle of Anglesey,which also includes Holy Island and some islets and skerries. The county borders Gwynedd across the Menai Strait to the southeast,and is otherwise surrounded by the Irish Sea. Holyhead is the largest town,and the administrative centre is Llangefni. The county is part of the preserved county of Gwynedd.
The Cabinet Secretary for Economy,Energy and Planning is a member of the Cabinet in the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Rebecca Evans since September 2024.
A by-election for the Welsh Assembly constituency of Ynys Môn was held on 1 August 2013,The by-election was triggered following the resignation on 20 June 2013 of its sitting Assembly Member,Ieuan Wyn Jones.
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.
Nathan Lee Gill is a British former politician who was the Leader of Reform UK Wales from March to May 2021,when he resigned from the party. He previously served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Wales from 2014 to January 2020.
Bro Aberffraw is an electoral ward in the southern corner of Anglesey,Wales. It comprises the three communities of Aberffraw,Bodorgan and Rhosyr. Canolbarth Môn elects two county councillors to the Isle of Anglesey County Council.
Virginia Ann Crosbie is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ynys Môn from the 2019 general election until 2024. Prior to her political career,she worked as a director at UBS and HSBC before retraining as a mathematics teacher.
Llinos Medi Huws is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ynys Môn since 2024. She previously served as leader of the Isle of Anglesey County Council from 2017 to 2024. A councillor for Talybolion ward,she was first elected to the local authority in 2013,and became leader of the Plaid Cymru group in 2015.
The 2024 general election was held on Thursday,4 July 2024. Thirty-two seats were up for election in Wales as the general election occurred after the recently completed boundary review took effect. The Labour Party remained the largest party in Wales,gaining six seats for a total of 27. Both Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats made gains,taking them to four seats and one seat respectively. The Conservatives lost all thirteen seats they had held previously,leaving the party without Westminster representation from Wales for the first time since 2005.
