Plaid Cymru is a centre-left to left-wing,Welsh nationalist political party in Wales,committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom.
James Donnelly Touhig,Baron TouhigKSS,known as Don Touhig,is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Islwyn from 1995 to 2010. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties,he served in government as an Assistant Whip from 1999 to 2001 and a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State from 2001 to 2006.
Adam Robert Price is a Welsh politician serving as the Leader of Plaid Cymru since 2018. Since 2016,he has sat in the Senedd for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr,having previously been a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency.
Helen Mary Jones is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician,who was a member of the Senedd from 1999 to 2011 and again from August 2018 until 29 April 2021.
Laura Anne Jones is a Conservative politician who has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for the South Wales East electoral region since July 2020,having previously held the same seat as an Assembly Member (AM) in the National Assembly for Wales between 2003 and 2007. Since 2017,Jones has also served as a county councillor for the Wyesham ward in Monmouthshire County Council.
Welsh Development Agency was an executive agency and later designated an Assembly Sponsored Public Body (ASPB). Established in 1976,it was tasked with rescuing the ailing Welsh economy by encouraging business development and investment in Wales,clearing derelict land and encouraging growth of local businesses. In April 2006 its functions were transferred into the Welsh Government.
Carwyn Howell Jones is a Welsh politician who served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 2009 to 2018. He served as Counsel General for Wales from 2007 to 2009. Jones served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Bridgend from 1999 to 2021.
Jocelyn Davies is a Plaid Cymru politician who was a member of the Welsh Assembly (AM),for the South Wales East region from 1999 until 2016. She was Deputy Minister for Housing and Regeneration in the Labour/Plaid coalition government from 2007 until 2011.
The Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group was a political party based in the Blaenau Gwent area of Wales.
Pontllanfraith is a large village and community located in the Sirhowy Valley in Caerphilly County Borough,Wales,within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is situated adjacent to the town of Blackwood,with the Sirhowy River passing through both locations. The village includes the communities of the Penllwyn,Springfield and The Bryn. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 8,552.
The Wales Book of the Year is a Welsh literary award given annually to the best Welsh and English language works in the fields of fiction and literary criticism by Welsh or Welsh interest authors. Established in 1992,the awards are currently administered by Literature Wales,and supported by the Arts Council of Wales,Welsh Government and the Welsh Books Council.
Islwyn Borough Transport was a Welsh bus operator providing services around Blackwood,Caerphilly,and surrounding towns in the former Borough of Islwyn between 1974 and 2010.
Nick Ramsay is a British politician who served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Monmouth from 2007 to 2021. Originally a member of the Welsh Conservatives,he served as Shadow Minister of Finance under Conservative Leader in the Senedd,Paul Davies,but lost the position in January 2021 under the new leadership of Andrew RT Davies. Ramsay sat as an Independent member before unsuccessfully seeking reelection as an Independent in the 2021 Senedd election.
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.
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.
Gareth John BennettMS is a Welsh politician who served as the Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the Senedd from 2018 to 2019,and was a Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales Central from 2016 to 2021.
Rhianon Passmore is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician. Since May 2016,she has been the Member of the Senedd for Islwyn.
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.
Mandy Jones is a Welsh politician who was a Member of the Senedd (MS) for North Wales from 2017 to 2021. Jones was elected for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) but sat as an independent politician within the Senedd from early January 2018 until May 2019,when she joined the Brexit Party. In October 2020 she joined the Independent Alliance for Reform group.
