Welsh Labor Party

Welsh Labor Llafur Cymru Welsh Labor Party
Party leader	Mark Drakeford
Secretary General	Louise Magee
vice-chairman	Carolyn Harris
founding	1947
Headquarters	Transport House 1 Cathedral Road Cardiff , CF11 9HA Wales
Alignment	Social Democracy , Democratic Socialism
Colours)	red
British House of Commons	22/650
Welsh Parliament	30/60
Local government in Wales	472/1249
International connections	Progressive Alliance , Socialist International (observer)
Website	www.welshlabour.wales/

The Welsh Labor Party ( Welsh Plaid Llafur Cymru , dt. About Welsh Labor Party ), short Welsh Labor ( Welsh Llafur Cymru ), is a sub-organization of the British Labor Party in Wales . The Welsh Labor Party is the largest party in Wales and has had 30 seats in the Welsh Parliament since 2021 .

History and present

After the founding of the National Assembly for Wales in 1999, the Welsh Labor Party consistently won first place in the elections to the Welsh National Assembly. The party has one of four Welsh seats in the European Parliament. It currently controls 30 of the 60 seats, 27 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
1951	General election 1951	60.5%	27/36
1955	General election 1955	57.6%	27/36
1959	General election 1959	56.4%	27/36
1964	General election 1964	57.8%	28/36
1966	General election 1966	60.7%	32/36
1970	General election 1970	51.6%	27/36
1974	General election Feb. 1974	46.8%	24/36
1974	General election Oct. 1974	49.5%	23/36
1979	General election 1979	48.6%	22/36
1979	European elections 1979	41.5%	3/4
1983	General election 1983	37.5%	20/38
1984	European elections 1984	44.5%	3/4
1987	General election 1987	45.7%	24/38
1989	European elections 1989	48.9%	4/4
1992	General election 1992	49.5%	27/38
1994	European elections 1994	55.9%	5/5
1997	General election 1997	54.8%	34/40
1999	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 1999	37.6%	28/60
1999	European elections 1999	31.8%	2/5
2001	General election 2001	48.6%	34/40
2003	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2003	40%	30/60
2004	2004 European elections	32.5%	2/4
2005	General election 2005	42.7%	29/40
2007	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2007	32.2%	26/60
2009	European elections 2009	20.3%	1/4
2010	General election 2010	36.3%	26/40
2011	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2011	42.3%	30/60
2014	2014 European elections	28.1%	1/4
2015	General election 2015	37.1%	25/40
2016	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2016	34.7%	29/60
2017	General election 2017	48.9%	28/40
2019	European elections 2019	14.8%	1/4
2019	General election 2019	40.9%	22/40
2021	General election in Wales 2021	36.2%	30/60

Web links

• Welsh Labor Party website