Wales Green Party

Wales Green Party

Plaid Werdd Cymru
Wales Green Party Plaid Werdd Cymru
Leader	Anthony Slaughter
Deputy Leader	Phil Davies; Helen Westhead
Founded	1991 ; (Semi-autonomous)
Preceded by	Green Party (UK)
Headquarters	The Gate; Keppoch Street; Cardiff; CF24 5TR
Youth wing	Wales Young Greens
LGBT wing	Welsh Green Pride
Membership (2023)	1,800+
Ideology	Green politics; Progressivism;
Political position	Left-wing
European affiliation	European Green Party
International affiliation	Global Greens
UK Parliament affiliation	Green Party of England and Wales; (Semi-autonomous); Cooperate with (but are independent from) the Scottish Greens and Green Party Northern Ireland
Colours	Green
House of Commons; (Welsh seats)	0 / 40
Senedd	0 / 60
Local government	8 / 1,234
Website
	wales.greenparty.org.uk
	Politics of Wales; Political parties; Elections;

The Wales Green Party (Welsh: Plaid Werdd Cymru) is a semi-autonomous^[12] political party within the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW). It covers Wales, and is the only regional party with semi-autonomous status within the GPEW.^[12] The Wales Green Party puts up candidates for council, Senedd, and UK Parliament seats.

^ ^a ^b "Green Party of Wales Spokespeople". wales.greenparty.org.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ "Cwmbrân local, 28, is new Welsh Greens deputy leader". wales.greenparty.org.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ Frankland, EG; Lucardie, A; Rihoux, B (2008). Green parties in transition. The end of grass-roots democracy?. Farnham, England: Ashgate Publishing.
^ "Contact Us". Wales Green Party.
^ "Leader of Welsh Greens says split from English party is 'inevitable' and 'desirable'". BBC News. 17 April 2023.
^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "United Kingdom". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
^ "Green Party of England and Wales elects new leaders". europeangreens.edu. European Green Party. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^ The Independent – Election 2015: The Green Party want to give disgruntled left-wing voters a new voice Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Author – Morris, Nigel. The Independent [online]. Date retrieved 5 March 2015. Date published 3 September 2014.
^ Bakker, Ryan; Jolly, Seth; Polk, Jonathan (14 May 2015). "Mapping Europe's party systems: which parties are the most right-wing and left-wing in Europe?". London School of Economics / EUROPP – European Politics and Policy. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
^ "Wales Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
^ "Open Council Data UK – compositions councillors parties wards elections". www.opencouncildata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b E. Gene Frankland; Paul Lucardie; Benoît Rihou, eds. (2008). Green Parties in Transition: The End of Grass-roots Democracy?. Ashgate.

[Spokespeople-1] "Green Party of Wales Spokespeople". wales.greenparty.org.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

[Cwmbrân_local,_28,_is_new_Welsh_Greens_deputy_leader-2] "Cwmbrân local, 28, is new Welsh Greens deputy leader". wales.greenparty.org.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

[3] Frankland, EG; Lucardie, A; Rihoux, B (2008). Green parties in transition. The end of grass-roots democracy?. Farnham, England: Ashgate Publishing.

[4] "Contact Us". Wales Green Party.

[Membership,_April_2023-5] "Leader of Welsh Greens says split from English party is 'inevitable' and 'desirable'". BBC News. 17 April 2023.

[PAEE-6] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "United Kingdom". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[7] "Green Party of England and Wales elects new leaders". europeangreens.edu. European Green Party. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

[independent.co.uk-8] The Independent – Election 2015: The Green Party want to give disgruntled left-wing voters a new voice Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Author – Morris, Nigel. The Independent [online]. Date retrieved 5 March 2015. Date published 3 September 2014.

[EUROPP-9] Bakker, Ryan; Jolly, Seth; Polk, Jonathan (14 May 2015). "Mapping Europe's party systems: which parties are the most right-wing and left-wing in Europe?". London School of Economics / EUROPP – European Politics and Policy. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

[BBC_2022-10] "Wales Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

[11] "Open Council Data UK – compositions councillors parties wards elections". www.opencouncildata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

[Frankland-12] E. Gene Frankland; Paul Lucardie; Benoît Rihou, eds. (2008). Green Parties in Transition: The End of Grass-roots Democracy?. Ashgate.

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Wales Green Party Plaid Werdd Cymru

Leader	Anthony Slaughter^[1]
Deputy Leader	Phil Davies^[2] Helen Westhead^[1]
Founded	1991; 33 years ago (1991) (Semi-autonomous)^[3]
Preceded by	Green Party (UK)
Headquarters	The Gate Keppoch Street Cardiff CF24 5TR^[4]
Youth wing	Wales Young Greens
LGBT wing	Welsh Green Pride
Membership (2023)	1,800+ ^[5]
Ideology	Green politics^[6] Progressivism^[7]
Political position	Left-wing^[8]^[9]
European affiliation	European Green Party
International affiliation	Global Greens
UK Parliament affiliation	Green Party of England and Wales (Semi-autonomous) Cooperate with (but are independent from) the Scottish Greens and Green Party Northern Ireland
Colours	Green
House of Commons (Welsh seats)	0 / 40
Senedd	0 / 60
Local government^[10]^[11]	8 / 1,234
Website
wales.greenparty.org.uk
Politics of Wales Political parties Elections