Welsh Conservative Party

Welsh Conservative Ceidwadwyr Cymreig Welsh Conservative Party
Party leader	Paul Davies
founding	1921
Headquarters	Rhymney House Cardiff Gate Business Park Cardiff, CF23 8RB Wales
Alignment	Conservatism , economic liberalism , EU skepticism
Colours)	blue
British House of Commons	14/650
Welsh Parliament	11/60
Local government in Wales	184/1249
International connections	International Democratic Union
Website	www.welshconservatives.com/

The Welsh Conservative Party ( Welsh Plaid Geidwadol Cymru , German about Welsh Conservative Party ), short Welsh Conservative ( Welsh Ceidwadwyr Cymreig ), is a sub-organization of the British Conservative Party in Wales . The Welsh Conservative Party is Wales' third largest party and has had 11 seats in the Welsh Parliament since 2016 .

History and present

The Welsh Conservative was formed (as the Wales and Monmouthshire Conservative and Unionist Council) in 1921 through the merger of the three existing Welsh national associations of the National Union Parties. After the founding of the National Assembly for Wales in 1999, the Welsh Labor Party came third in the elections for the Welsh National Assembly. It was also the third largest party in the National Assembly elections for Wales in 2003 and 2007, but in the 2011 election it was able to win more seats than Plaid Cymru and become the second largest party. In 2016 for the election of the National Assembly for Wales one lost seats and is only the third largest party. The party has one of four Welsh seats in the European Parliament. It currently controls 11 of the 60 seats, 6 of which were won through the First Past the Post system.

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
1935	General election 1935	23.3%	6/36
1945	General election 1945	16.5%	3/36
1950	General election 1950	21%	3/36
1951	General election 1951	27.6%	5/36
1955	General election 1955	26.7%	5/36
1959	General election 1959	29.6%	6/36
1964	General election 1964	27.6%	6/36
1966	General election 1966	27%	3/36
1970	General election 1970	27.7%	7/36
1974	General election Feb. 1974	25.9%	8/36
1974	General election Oct. 1974	23.9%	8/36
1979	General election 1979	32.2%	11/36
1979	European elections 1979	36.6%	1/4
1983	General election 1983	31%	14/38
1984	European elections in 1984	25.4%	1/4
1987	General election 1987	29.5%	8/38
1989	European elections 1989	23.5%	0/4
1992	General election 1992	28.6%	6/38
1994	European elections in 1994	14.6%	0/5
1997	General election 1997	19.6%	0/40
1999	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 1999	15.8%	9/60
1999	European elections 1999	22.8%	1/5
2001	General election 2001	21%	0/40
2003	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2003	19.9%	11/60
2004	2004 European elections	19.4%	1/4
2005	General election 2005	21.4%	3/40
2007	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2007	22.4%	11/60
2009	European elections 2009	21.2%	1/4
2010	General election 2010	26.1%	8/40
2011	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2011	25.0%	12/60
2014	European elections 2014	17.4%	1/4
2015	General election 2015	27.2%	11/40
2016	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2016	21.1%	11/60
2017	General election 2017	33.6%	8/40
2019	European elections 2019	6.3%	0/4
2019	General election 2019	36.1%	14/40

Web links

• Welsh Conservative Party website

Individual evidence