Plaid Cymru
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Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales
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| Leader | Leanne Wood |
| Chair | Dafydd Trystan Davies |
| Chief Executive | Gareth Clubb |
| Honorary President | The Lord Wigley |
| Founded | 5 August 1925 |
| Headquarters | Tŷ Gwynfor, Marine Chambers, Anson Court, Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff, Wales |
| Youth wing | Plaid Cymru Youth |
| Membership (2016) |
 8,273 |
| Ideology |
Welsh nationalism Civic nationalism Regionalism Democratic socialism Social democracy Environmentalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-left to Left-wing |
| European affiliation | European Free Alliance |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | Greens/EFA |
| Colours | Green |
| House of Commons (Welsh seats) |
3 / 40
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| House of Lords |
1 / 805
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| European Parliament (Welsh seats) |
1 / 4
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| National Assembly for Wales |
11 / 60
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| Local government in Wales |
174 / 1,264
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| Police and Crime Commissioner |
2 / 4
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Plaid Cymru (Welsh pronunciation: [plaɪd ˈkəmri]; English pronunciation: /ˌplaɪd ˈkʌmri/; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a social-democratic political party in Wales advocating for Welsh independence from the United Kingdom within the European Union.
Plaid Cymru was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966. Plaid Cymru by 2012 had 1 of 4 Welsh seats in the European Parliament, 3 of 40 Welsh seats in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 11 of 60 seats in the National Assembly for Wales, and 206 of 1,264 principal local authority councillors. Plaid is a member of the European Free Alliance.
Plaid Cymru's goals as set out in its constitution are:
In September 2008, a senior Plaid Cymru assembly member spelled out her party's continuing support for an independent Wales. The Welsh Minister for Rural Affairs, Elin Jones, kicked off Plaid's annual conference by pledging to uphold the goal of making Wales a European Union member state. She told the delegates in Aberystwyth that the party would continue its commitment to independence under the coalition with the Welsh Labour Party.
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