There are a number of political parties registered to the Electoral Commission in Wales. Some of these parties have elected representation in the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh : Senedd Cymru) and/or in Westminster (UK Parliament) and some have elected representation in one or more of the 22 Welsh local authorities, while others have entirely no elected representation. This Wikipedia page lists all of the above and some relevant Welsh political parties that formerly existed but have since disbanded. The largest political parties typically reside^{[ clarification needed ]} in either the House of Commons or the Senedd, the current largest party in Wales is Welsh Labour, followed closely by the Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru.

House of Commons/Senedd

House of Commons/Senedd parties

Party		Translation	Leader		Political position	Ideology	MSs	MPs	Local government [3]	Membership [a]
	Welsh Labour [b]	Welsh : Llafur Cymru		Eluned Morgan	Centre-left	Social democracy British unionism	29 / 60	27 / 32	491 / 1,234	18,000 [4]
	Welsh Conservatives	Welsh : Ceidwadwyr Cymreig		Darren Millar	Centre-right to right-wing	Conservatism Economic liberalism British unionism	13 / 60	0 / 32	105 / 1,234	Unknown
	Plaid Cymru	English: Party of Wales		Rhun ap Iorwerth	Centre-left	Welsh nationalism Welsh independence Social democracy	13 / 60	4 / 32	202 / 1,234	10,100 [5]
	Welsh Liberal Democrats	Welsh : Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru		Jane Dodds	Centre to centre-left	Liberalism Social liberalism British unionism Pro-Europeanism	1 / 60	1 / 32	65 / 1,234	3,133 [6]
	Reform UK	Welsh : Diwygio DU		Dan Thomas	Right-wing	Right-wing populism Euroscepticism	2 / 60	0 / 32	22 / 1,234	7,800 [7]

Local government

Several parties in Wales have no national representation, but have elected representation at the local government level.

Council control

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Council	Control		Web	Total	LAB	PC	CON	LD	GP	REF	Other	Vacant
Blaenau Gwent	LAB	maj	URL	33	19				1	1	12 [w 1]
Bridgend	LAB	maj	URL	51	26	1	1			1	22 [w 2]
Caerphilly	LAB	maj	URL	69	43	19			1		6 [w 3]
Cardiff	LAB	maj	URL	79	50	2	9	10	1	1	6 [w 4]
Carmarthenshire	NOC	IND+PC	URL	75	16	37			1	2	19 [w 5]
Ceredigion	PC	maj	URL	38		21		7			10 [w 6]
Conwy	NOC	IND+PC+LAB	URL	55	7	8 [w 7]	8	4	1	2	25 [w 8]
Denbighshire	NOC	LAB+PC	URL	48	14	8	9		2		14 [w 9]	1
Flintshire	NOC	IND+LAB	URL	67	27		1	4		1	34 [w 10]
Gwynedd	PC	maj	URL	69		46		1			22 [w 11]
Isle of Anglesey	PC	maj	URL	35	3	19		1		1	11 [w 12]
Merthyr Tydfil	NOC	LAB min	URL	30	14 [w 13]					2	14 [w 14]
Monmouthshire	NOC	LAB min	URL	46	21		19		1		5 [w 15]
Neath Port Talbot	NOC	IND+PC	URL	60	26	11		3	1		19 [w 16]
Newport	LAB	maj	URL	51	33		7	1	2		8 [w 17]
Pembrokeshire	IND	IND+LAB+PC	URL	60	9	3	11	2			34 [w 18]	1
Powys	NOC	LD+LAB	URL	68	9 [w 19]	4	13	22 [w 20]	1	4	15 [w 21]
Rhondda Cynon Taf	LAB	maj	URL	75	58	8	2				7 [w 22]
Swansea	LAB	maj	URL	75	44		5	13	1	1	11 [w 23]
Torfaen	LAB	maj	URL	40	28					4	8 [w 24]
Vale of Glamorgan	NOC	LAB+IND	URL	54	24	8	13			1	8 [w 25]
Wrexham	NOC	IND+CON	URL	56	14	7	7			1	27 [w 26]
Total [14]				1,234	485	202	104	68	13	22	338	2 [15]

Parties with no elected representation

Defunct parties

• South Wales Socialist Society (1911–1920) - amalgamated with the Communist Party of Great Britain in the 1920s.
• Communist Party of South Wales and the West of England (1920) - set up by those who opposed amalgamation with the Communist Party of Great Britain.
• Welsh Republican Movement (1949–1966) - most members either returned to Plaid Cymru or joined the Labour Party.
• Welsh Socialist Republican Movement (1979–1986) - succeeded as a political party in 1986 by Cymru Goch, however it still exists as a publication.
• Cymru Goch (1986–2003) - evolved into Forward Wales.
• Democratic Alliance of Wales (1999–2008).
• John Marek Independent Party (2003) - short lived party which became Forward Wales.
• Forward Wales (2003–2010).
• Blaenau Gwent People's Voice Group (2005–2010) - party set-up in Blaenau Gwent. Its leader, Dai Davies, retired from politics and the party disbanded.
• Putting Llanelli First (2011–2016) ^[23] - Siân Caiach (now a councillor for Gwlad) ran for the party in the Welsh Assembly seat of Llanelli in 2011 and 2016.
• Respect - The Unity Coalition (2004–2016) - a party established by Salma Yaqoob and George Monbiot and built out of the Stop the War Coalition, its most notable candidate was George Galloway.
• Welsh Socialist Alliance (1999–2016) an alliance between the Socialist Party and Cymru Goch and some independents, which fell apart when the Socialist Party left the grouping.
• Women's Equality Party (2015–2024) a feminist political party in the United Kingdom.

See also

• Elections in Wales
• Politics of Wales
• Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)
• Political make-up of local councils in Wales
• Welsh devolution
• Welsh republicanism

Notes

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