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 WALES (UK)

King: Charles III. · First Minister: Carwyn Jones (LAB) · Governing parties: LAB, LD
Legislative elections: Welsh Assembly, 4-year term, 60 seats, AMS (40 FPTP + 20 PR):

   2021 2016 2011 2007
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Welsh Labour Party (LAB)
 
Social democracy      36,2 30 31,5 29 36,9 30 29,6 26
Welsh Conservative and Unionist Party (CON)
 
Conservatism
Economic liberalism
Euroscepticism
25,1 16 18,8 11 22,5 14 21,4 12
Plaid Cymru-Party of Wales (PC)
 
Separatism
Social democracy
20,7 13 20,8 12 17,9 11 21,0 15
Green Party (GP)  
 
Green politics     4,4 - 3,0 - 3,4 - 3,5 -
Welsh Liberal Democrats (LD)
 
Liberalism
Social liberalism 
4,3 1 6,5 1 8,0 5 11,7 6
Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party (AWAP)
 
Single-issue politics  3,7 - 4,4 - - - - -
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
 
Euroscepticism
Right-wing populism
Economic liberalism 
1,6 - 13,0 7 4,6 - 4,0 -
Reform UK (REFORM UK)
   
Euroscepticism
Right-wing populism
Economic liberalism
1,0 - - - - - - -
Independents - - - - - - - 1
Others 3,0 - 2,0 - 6,5 - 8,8 -
Total - 60 - 60 - 60 - 60
Turnout 46,5 45,3 42,2 43,7

© 2021 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: BBC (www.bbc.com).