Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales
Leader	Adam Price
Deputy Leaders	Rhun ap Iorwerth Siân Gwenllian
House of Commons Group Leader	Liz Saville Roberts
Chairman	Alun Ffred Jones
Honorary President	The Lord Wigley
Foondit	5 August 1925; 99 years ago (1925-08-05)
Heidquarters	Tŷ Gwynfor Marine Chambers Anson Court Atlantic Wharf Cardiff CF10 4AL
Youth weeng	Plaid Ifanc
LGBT wing	Plaid Pride
Membership  (2018)	11,500[1]
Ideology	Welsh nationalism[2][3][4][5] Social democracy[6][7][8] Democratic socialism[6][9][10] Environmentalism[11][10] Welsh unthirldom[8][12] Civic nationalism[11] Regionalism[13]
Poleetical poseetion	Centre-left[14][15] to left-wing[16][17][18]
European affiliation	European Free Alliance
House of Commons (Welsh seats)	3 / 40
House of Lords[19]	1 / 792
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	10 / 60
Local government in Wales[20]	202 / 1,253
Police and Crime Commissioner (Wales)	2 / 4
Website
www.plaid.cymru

Plaid Cymru (Inglis /ˌplaɪd ˈkʌmri/ PLYDE KUM-ree;^[21] Welsh: [plaid ˈkəmri]; offeecially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, aften kent as jist Plaid) is a Welsh nationalist political pairty in Wales. Ideologically, Plaid is poseitioned on the centre-left tae left-weing o the British political spectrum an caas for Welsh unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick.

Plaid wis foondit in 1925 and won its first seat in the UK Pairlament in 1966. The party hauds three o 40 Welsh seats in the UK Pairlament, 10 o 60 seats in the Senedd Cymru, an 202 o 1,264 principal local authority cooncillors. It is a memmer of the European Free Alliance.

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2. ↑ Zurcher, Anthony (9 December 2019). "General election 2019: Does UK hold clues to Trump's fortunes?". BBC News. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
3. ↑ Mandhai, Shafik (5 October 2016). "UK Conservative Party's migration comments prompt anger". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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8. ↑ ^{a b} Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Wales/UK". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived frae the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
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10. ↑ ^{a b} Elias, Anwen (2006). "From 'full national status' to 'independence' in Europe: The case of Plaid Cymru — the Party of Wales". European Integration and the Nationalities Question. Routledge: 194.
11. ↑ ^{a b} Hamilton, Paul (2008). "Nationalism and Environmentalism". Nations and Nationalism: A Global Historical Overview. ABC-CLIO. 3: 881.
12. ↑ Programme for Opposition Archived 31 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine. p. 4. Accessed via the official Plaid Cymru website. Accessed on 30 August 2017.
13. ↑ Frans Schrijver (2006). Regionalism After Regionalisation: Spain, France and the United Kingdom. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 261–290. ISBN 978-90-5629-428-1. Archived frae the original on 1 Mey 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
14. ↑ Dimitri Almeida (2012). The Impact of European Integration on Political Parties: Beyond the Permissive Consensus. Taylor & Francis. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-136-34039-0.
15. ↑ Wales and the Brexit dilemma - will radical devolution provide an escape? Archived 29 Juin 2017 at the Wayback Machine New Statesman. Published 13 April 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
16. ↑ Dunphy, Richard (2004). "Contesting capitalism?: Left parties and European integration". Manchester University Press: 157. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
17. ↑ McEwen, Nicola; Parry, Richard (2005). "Devolution and the preservation of the United Kingdom welfare state". The Territorial Politics of Welfare. Routledge: 53.
18. ↑ Election profile: Plaid Cymru Archived 23 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine. "Led by Leanne Wood, the first female leader in the party's history, Plaid Cymru sees itself as a left wing party aiming at increasing economic prosperity and social justice, and securing an independent Wales." BBC Archived 26 Januar 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Published 27 March 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
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21. ↑ "Plaid Cymru, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press. September 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.