Welsh Liberal Democrats

Welsh Liberal Democrats

*Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru*
Welsh Liberal Democrats Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru
Leader	Jane Dodds MS
Chief Executive	Vacant
Founded	3 March 1988
Headquarters	Pascoe House ; 54 Bute Street ; Cardiff ; CF10 5AF
Youth wing	Welsh Young Liberals
Membership (2017)	3,133 [needs update]
Ideology	Liberalism; Social liberalism; British unionism; Pro-Europeanism;
Political position	Centre to centre-left
European affiliation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
International affiliation	Liberal International
UK Parliament affiliation	Liberal Democrats (UK); Cooperate with the English Liberal Democrats, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats, and Alliance Party
Colours	Yellow
Welsh seats in the House of Commons	0 / 40
Senedd	1 / 60
Local government in Wales	69 / 1,234
Website
	www.libdems.wales

The Welsh Liberal Democrats (Welsh: Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru) are a branch of the United Kingdom Liberal Democrats that operates in Wales. The party is led by Jane Dodds, who served as MP for Brecon and Radnorshire from August to December 2019, and MS for Mid and West Wales since May 2021.^[8] The party currently has 1 elected member in the Senedd and no Welsh seats in the UK House of Commons, but does have several members of the House of Lords. The party had 69 local councilors serving in principal authorities as of the 2022 local authority elections, up 10 from 2017.

Mark Williams, then-Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, was defeated at the 2017 general election in his Ceredigion constituency by Ben Lake of Plaid Cymru, whose majority of 104 made the seat one of the most marginal in the country. The result left the party without an MP in Wales; the party and its predecessors had continuously held parliamentary seats in Wales since the formation of the Liberal Party in 1859.^[9]

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^ "Jane Dodds is new Welsh Liberal Democrat leader". BBC News. 3 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Wales/UK". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Democrats, Welsh Liberal. "Independence - Not the time, Not the Priority". Welsh Liberal Democrats.
^ "Style guide". Liberal Democrats. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
^ "Wales Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
^ "Brecon & Radnorshire parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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[1] "Claire Halliwell". Welsh Liberal Democrats.

[2] "Liberal Democrats". www.libdems.wales. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

[3] "Jane Dodds is new Welsh Liberal Democrat leader". BBC News. 3 November 2017.

[Nordsieck-4] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Wales/UK". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[5] Democrats, Welsh Liberal. "Independence - Not the time, Not the Priority". Welsh Liberal Democrats.

[styleguide-6] "Style guide". Liberal Democrats. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

[7] "Wales Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2022.

[8] "Brecon & Radnorshire parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 23 December 2019.

[auto-9] "No Liberal MP in Wales for the first time since 1859". BBC News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.

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