Wales Green Party

Wales Green Party Plaid Werdd Cymru
Party leader	Anthony Slaughter
Headquarters	Cardiff , Wales
Youth organization	Wales Young Greens
Alignment	Green politics , republicanism
Colours)	green
Welsh Parliament	0/60
Local government in Wales	1/1264
International connections	Global Greens
European party	European Green Party (EGP)
Website	wales.greenparty.org.uk

The Wales Green Party (WGP, Welsh : Plaid Werdd Cymru ) is the only regional party with semi-autonomous status within the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW). It covers Wales and contests the elections to the Welsh Parliament (formerly the National Assembly for Wales; as well as at local, UK and European level) and has its own newsletters, lists of members, annual meetings and manifestos. Members of the WGP are automatically members of the GPEW. Wales-wide decisions are made by the Wales Green Party Council , which is made up of the speakers, high-ranking party members and a representative from each local party.

history

See also : Green Party of England and Wales

The UK Greens have their roots in the Green Party called People, founded in 1973 . This became the Ecology Party three years later and in 1985 the Green Party. In 1990 the Scottish Green Party and the Green Party in Northern Ireland left the British Green Party and formed their own parties. The English and Welsh parties became the Green Party of England and Wales , with the Welsh Greens forming a semi-autonomous regional party (Wales Green Party).

In July 2018, the party voted on whether to separate from the GPEW and form a separate organization. Of the members who voted, 65% voted against the proposal, despite the fact that WGP chairman Grenville Ham fought for independence.

Election results

Percentage results and total seats refer to Wales. General elections were carried out consistently according to majority voting , elections to the National Assembly for Wales and from 1999 also elections to the European Parliament according to proportional representation .

year	choice	Share of votes	Seats
1999	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 1999	2.5%	0/60
1999	European elections 1999	2.6%	0/4
2001	General election 2001		0/40
2003	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2003	3.5%	0/60
2004	2004 European elections	3.6%	0/4
2005	General election 2005		0/40
2007	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2007	3.5%	0/60
2009	European elections 2009	5.6%	0/4
2010	General election 2010	0.4%	0/40
2011	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2011	3.4%	0/60
2014	European elections 2014	4.5%	0/4
2015	General election 2015	2.6%	0/40
2016	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2016	3.0%	0/60
2017	General election 2017	0.3%	0/40
2019	European elections 2019	6.1%	0/4
2019	General election 2019	1.0%	0/40

Web links

• Website of the Wales Green Party (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Green Party votes against Wales and England split. In: bbc.com. July 15, 2018, accessed July 18, 2019 .