Welsh Labour

Welsh Labour

Llafur Cymru
Welsh Labour Llafur Cymru
Leader	Vaughan Gething
Deputy Leader	Carolyn Harris
General Secretary	Jo McIntyre
Founded	1947
Headquarters	1 Cathedral Road; Cardiff; CF11 9HA
Student wing	Welsh Labour Students
Youth wing	Welsh Young Labour
Membership (2022)	18,000
Ideology	Social democracy; Democratic socialism; British unionism; Welsh devolution;
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance; Socialist International (observer)
UK Parliament affiliation	Labour Party (UK)
Colours	Red
House of Commons	22 / 40 (Welsh seats)
Senedd	30 / 60
Local government in Wales	523 / 1,234
Police and Crime Commissioners	3 / 4
Website
	www.welshlabour.wales
	Politics of Wales; Political parties; Elections;

Welsh Labour (Welsh: Llafur Cymru), formerly known as the Labour Party in Wales (Welsh: Y Blaid Lafur yng Nghymru),^[7] is an autonomous section of the United Kingdom Labour Party in Wales and the largest party in modern Welsh politics. Welsh Labour and its forebears have won a plurality of the Welsh vote at every UK general election since 1922, every Assembly and Senedd election since 1999, and all elections to the European Parliament in the period 1979–2004 and in 2014.^[8] Welsh Labour holds 22 of the 40 Welsh seats in the UK Parliament, 30 of the 60 seats in the Welsh Senedd and 576 of the 1,264 councillors in principal local authorities including overall control of 10 of the 22 principal local authorities.

^ Williams, Darren (16 September 2023). "Meeting of the Welsh Executive Committee (WEC), 16 September 2023 (Joint report with Belinda Loveluck-Edwards)". Darren Williams.
^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Wales/UK". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^ Ian Adams, 1998. Ideology and Politics in Britain Today (illustrated reprint ed.), Manchester University Press. pp. 144–145. ISBN 9780719050565. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
^ "Standing up for Wales – Welsh Labour Manifesto 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 31 July 2020.
^ "Our Nation - Welsh Labour". Retrieved 21 August 2023.
^ "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections".
^ "Labour looks at image in Wales". BBC News. 3 April 2000. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^ B. Jones, Welsh Elections 1885–1997 (1999), Lolfa. Also UK 2001 General Election results by region, UK 2005 General Election results by region, 1999 Welsh Assembly election results, 2003 Welsh Assembly election results and 2004 European Parliament election results in Wales (BBC).

[1] Williams, Darren (16 September 2023). "Meeting of the Welsh Executive Committee (WEC), 16 September 2023 (Joint report with Belinda Loveluck-Edwards)". Darren Williams.

[parties-and-elections-2] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Wales/UK". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 9 October 2018.

[3] Ian Adams, 1998. Ideology and Politics in Britain Today (illustrated reprint ed.), Manchester University Press. pp. 144–145. ISBN 9780719050565. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

[wales-4] "Standing up for Wales – Welsh Labour Manifesto 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 31 July 2020.

[auto-5] "Our Nation - Welsh Labour". Retrieved 21 August 2023.

[6] "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections".

[7] "Labour looks at image in Wales". BBC News. 3 April 2000. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

[8] B. Jones, Welsh Elections 1885–1997 (1999), Lolfa. Also UK 2001 General Election results by region, UK 2005 General Election results by region, 1999 Welsh Assembly election results, 2003 Welsh Assembly election results and 2004 European Parliament election results in Wales (BBC).

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