Welsh Parties

'Not since Caligula made his horse a senator has such a ridiculous appointment been made.' Former Labour Secretary of State for Wales, John Morris MP, upon the appointment of William Hague to that post, July 1995.

Parties Represented in the Westminster Parliament & Welsh Assembly

Plaid

press.info@plaid-cymru.cymru.net

The Party of Wales - they hold three of the 40 Welsh Westminster seats and 12 of the 60 seats in the National Assembly for Wales where they are the official opposition to the minority Labour administration.

In February 2006, the party changed their name from Plaid Cymru and replaced their Triban logo which was commissioned from Richard Huws in 1933. It represented the three mountains of Wales and was the oldest party logo in the UK .

Welsh Labour Party

contact@wales.new.labour.org.uk

The Welsh Labour party hold 29 of the 40 Welsh Westminster seats and 29 of the 60 seats in the National Assembly for Wales where they form a minority administration.

Welsh Conservative and Unionist Party

cco@wales.tory.org.uk

The Welsh Conservatives currently hold three Welsh Westminster seats and won 11 of the 60 seats in the National Assembly for Wales.

Welsh Liberal Democrats Party

ldwales@cix.co.uk

The Welsh Liberal Democrats hold four of the 40 Welsh Westminster seats and six of the 60 seats in the National Assembly for Wales.

Forward Wales

info@forwardwales.org

Forward Wales' John Marek was MP for Wrexham from 1983 - 2001 and holds Wrexham in the Welsh Assembly where he is Deputy Presiding Officer.

Independents

Patricia Law has been the Independent AM for Blaenau Gwent since 29 th June 2006. She succeeded her husband, Peter, who died on on the 25 th April 2006

Other Parties

Plaid Werdd Cymru/ Welsh Green Party

Plaid Werdd Cymru is the Welsh Green Party.

Plaid Cymru Annibynol/ Independent Wales Party

Plaid Cymru Annibynol/ Independent Wales Party is campaigning for full independence for Wales.

Cymru Goch

Y Faner Goch. The web site of the Welsh Republican Socialist Party - Cymru Goch. Written in the style of Private Eye.

itten in the style of Private Eye.

Other Welsh sites

I am indebted to Joshua Holman, Jon Blackwood and Chris Palmer for information presented on this page.

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