Welsh Conservatives Ceidwadwyr Cymreig | |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | Lord Davies of Gower |
| Leader of the Welsh Conservative Group | Andrew RT Davies |
| President | Glyn Davies |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Headquarters | Unit 5 Rhymney House Parc Ty Glas Llanishen Cardiff CF14 5DU |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing[1] |
| Colours | Blue |
| Senedd | 16 / 60 |
| House of Commons (Welsh seats) | 0 / 32 |
| Local government in Wales[2] | 111 / 1,234 |
| Website | |
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The Welsh Conservatives (Welsh: Ceidwadwyr Cymreig), also known as the Welsh Conservative Party (Welsh: Plaid Ceidwadwyr Cymreig), is the branch of the United Kingdom Conservative Party that operates in Wales. At Westminster elections, it is the second-most popular political party in Wales by vote share, having obtained the second-largest share of the vote at every general election since 1931.[3] In Senedd elections, the Conservatives are currently the second-most supported party but have at times been third. As of 2024[update], they hold none of the 32 Welsh seats in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and 16 of the 60 seats in the Senedd.
At the 2021 Senedd election, the Welsh Conservatives won eight constituency seats, taking Vale of Clwyd from Welsh Labour and Brecon and Radnorshire from the Welsh Liberal Democrats and 26.1 per cent of the constituency vote across Wales, their best constituency seats results since creation of the Senedd in 1999.
- ^ Davies-Lewis, Theo (2019). "All three major Welsh parties need new blood at the top". nation.cymru. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". www.opencouncildata.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Jones, B, Welsh Elections 1885 – 1997(1999), Lolfa