Welsh Liberal Democrats

Welsh Liberal Democrats Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru Welsh Liberal Democrats
Party leader	Jane Dodds
founding	March 8, 1988
Headquarters	38 The Parade Roath Cardiff , CF24 3AD Wales
Alignment	Liberalism , left-wing liberalism
Colours)	gold
British House of Commons	0/650
Welsh Parliament	1/60
Local government in Wales	62/1249
International connections	Liberal International
Website	www.welshlibdems.wales/

The Welsh Liberal Democrats ( Welsh Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru , dt. Welsh Liberal Democrats ) are one of the three state parties within the federal British Liberal Democrats , the other are the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the English Liberal Democrats . The Welsh Liberal Democrats is the fifth largest party in Wales and has had 1 seat in the Welsh Parliament since 2016 .

History and present

After the founding of the National Assembly for Wales in 1999, the Welsh Liberal Democrats consistently achieved fourth place in the elections to the Welsh National Assembly. In a defeat in the 2016 National Assembly elections for Wales, one was reduced to a single Member of Parliament, the party was overtaken by UKIP and is now only the fifth largest party. It currently controls only one of the 60 seats, this seat 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	22.2%	9/35
1945	General election 1945	14.9%	6/35
1950	General election 1950	12.6%	5/36
1951	General election 1951	7.6%	3/36
1955	General election 1955	7.3%	3/36
1959	General election 1959	5.3%	2/36
1964	General election 1964	7.3%	2/36
1966	General election 1966	6.3%	1/36
1970	General election 1970	6.8%	1/36
1974	General election Feb. 1974	16.0%	2/36
1974	General election Oct. 1974	15.5%	2/36
1979	General election 1979	10.6%	1/36
1983	General election 1983	23.2%	2/38
1987	General election 1987	10.7%	3/38
1992	General election 1992	12.4%	1/38
1997	General election 1997	12.3%	2/40
1999	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 1999	13.5%	6/60
2001	General election 2001	13.8%	2/40
2003	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2003	14.1%	6/60
2005	General election 2005	18.4%	4/40
2007	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2007	14.8%	6/60
2010	General election 2010	20.1%	3/40
2011	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2011	10.6%	5/60
2015	General election 2015	6.5%	1/40
2016	Election to the National Assembly for Wales 2016	7.7%	1/60
2017	General election 2017	4.5%	0/40
2019	General election 2019	6.0%	0/40

Web links

• Welsh Liberal Democrats website

Individual evidence