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Plaid Cymru (English: / p l aɪ d ˈ k ʌ m r i / PLYDE KUM-ree; [31] Welsh: [plaid ˈkəmri], lit. ' Party of Wales '; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, and often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom.
In December 2021, the Welsh Labour government and Plaid Cymru signed a three-year co-operation agreement, where the two parties agreed to work together in 46 policy areas. . The agreement was not a coalition or confidence and supply agreement; Plaid Cymru remained in opposition but appointed advisers to offices of the Welsh Governm
Joint Green-Plaid candidates stood in seven seats at the 1992 General Election, Blaenau Gwent, Ceredigion and Pembroke North, Islwyn, Monmouth, Newport West, Newport East and Torfaen. [5] In Ceredigion and Pembroke North, Cynog Dafis of Plaid Cymru was elected as a joint Plaid-Green MP, with a 14.1% increase on his vote at the previous election.
Plaid Cymru held the seat in the by-election held in July 2011, [29] allowing the party to gain full control of the council with 38 seats, one seat being vacant at the time. By-elections held for the Diffwys a Maenofferen and Penrhyndeudraeth wards in September 2011 resulted in a gain for Plaid Cymru over Llais Gwynedd and a Plaid Cymru hold ...
Plaid Cymru ruled itself out of joining the Conservatives in a coalition on an ideological basis. Plaid Cymru and Labour eventually formed the government under the terms of their One Wales agreement. [6] As a result of the agreement, the Conservatives, the largest opposition party, became the Official Opposition in the Welsh Assembly.
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In 2016, he left Plaid Cymru to support Carwyn Jones's government in the Senedd, sitting as an independent. He joined the Welsh government in November 2017 and was Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism until May 2021. Elis-Thomas applied to rejoin Plaid Cymru in August 2023, [1] but withdrew his application later in the year. [2]