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Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales | |
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| Leader | Rhun ap Iorwerth[1] |
| Deputy Leader | Delyth Jewell |
| Westminster Leader | Liz Saville Roberts |
| Chair | Marc Jones |
| Honorary President | The Lord Wigley |
| Founded | 5 August 1925 |
| Headquarters | Tŷ Gwynfor Marine Chambers Anson Court Atlantic Wharf Cardiff CF10 4AL |
| Youth wing | Plaid Ifanc |
| LGBT wing | Plaid Pride |
| Membership (2022) | c.10,000[2] |
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| Political position | Centre-left[18][19] to left-wing[20][21] |
| European affiliation | European Free Alliance |
| Colours | Green Yellow |
| House of Commons (Welsh seats) | 3 / 40 |
| House of Lords[22] | 2 / 787 |
| Senedd[23] | 12 / 60 |
| Local government in Wales[24] | 205 / 1,231 |
| Police and crime commissioners in Wales | 1 / 4 |
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| plaid.cymru (Welsh) partyof.wales (English) | |
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Plaid Cymru (English: /plaɪd ˈkʌmri/ PLYDE KUM-ree;[25] Welsh: [plaid ˈkəmri]; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, and often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom.[26][27]
Plaid was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in the UK Parliament in 1966. The party holds three of 40 Welsh seats in the UK Parliament, 12 of 60 seats in the Senedd,[28] and 202 of 1,231 principal local authority councillors.[24] It is a member of the European Free Alliance.
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- ^ Emmanuel, Massetti (2018). "Left-wing regionalist populism in the 'Celtic' peripheries: Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party's anti-austerity challenge against the British elite". Comparative European Politics. 16 (6): 937–953. doi:10.1057/s41295-018-0136-z. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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- ^ "Plaid Cymru Senedd member Rhys ab Owen suspended from party group". BBC News. 8 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Wales Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Archived from the original on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
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- ^ "Plaid Cymru Constitution" (PDF). February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "Welsh Parliament election 2021". BBC News. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.