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Propel (formerly the Welsh National Party and later Welsh Nation Party) is a sovereignist [1] and Welsh nationalist political party in Wales which advocates Welsh independence from the United Kingdom. The party was formed in early 2020 by its current leader Neil McEvoy. [2] Propel currently has one county councillor in Wales.
There are a number of political parties registered to the Electoral Commission in Wales. Some of these parties have elected representation in the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru) and/or in Westminster (UK Parliament) and some have elected representation in one or more of the 22 Welsh local authorities, while others have entirely no elected representation.
' 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. [32] [33] It campaigns on a platform of social democracy and civic nationalism.
The Welsh Tract, also called the Welsh Barony, was a portion of the Province of Pennsylvania, a British colony in North America (today a U.S. state), settled largely by Welsh-speaking Quakers in the late 17th century. The region is located to the west of Philadelphia.
Despite almost unanimous Welsh political opposition the scheme had been approved, a fact that seemed to underline Plaid Cymru's argument that the Welsh national community was powerless. [ 12 ] In 1964 the incoming Labour Government of Harold Wilson created the Welsh Office under a Secretary of State for Wales , with its powers augmented to ...
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Elected as Labour in 1999. Re-elected in 2003 under the label John Marek Independent Party, then sat as Forward Wales from Nov 2003 John Marek Independent Party: Forward Wales: 110 Neil McEvoy: South Wales Central: Plaid Cymru: 2016: 2021 Expelled from Plaid Cymru group 17 January 2018. [17] Set up the Welsh National Party in 2020. Independent ...
The party's other registered officers also have connections with PA. Jerome O'Reilly was reportedly the Welsh regional organiser [10] and Ant Burrows the East Midlands regional organiser. [11] The group first attempted to register as a political party in May 2023, but its application was rejected in August 2023 for being incomplete. [12]