Wales Green Party

The Wales Green Party (WGP; _cy. Plaid Werdd Cymru) is a semi-autonomous regional party within the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW). It covers the nation of Wales, and is the only local party with autonomous status within the GPEW.

The WGP fights elections for the National Assembly for Wales (as well as at the local, UK and European level) and has its own newsletters, AGMs and manifesto. Members of the WGP are automatically members of the GPEW.

The current leader is Leila Kiersch and deputy leader is John Matthews. Wales is represented internally within the GPEW by Keith Ross and John Matthews on the Green Party Regional Council (GPRC). Both sets of positions are directly elected by postal ballot.

Other positions within WGP (elected at AGM) are as follows:
*General Secretary
*Membership Secretary
*Treasurer
*Press Officer
*Local Party Development Officer
*Campaigns Coordinator
*Green Wales Editor
*Conferences Coordinator
*Fund-raising Officer

History

1992

In 1992, an electoral alliance culminated in Plaid Cymru's MP Cynog Dafis being endorsed by the local Green Party in Ceredigion. The agreement broke down by 1995 [http://www.llgc.org.uk/Ymgyrchu/Pleidleisio/lleiafrifol/Werdd/index-e.htm] [http://www.llgc.org.uk/gwyb/gwyb_s_datganiad051028.htm] .

2003

In the May 2003 election to the National Assembly for Wales, the party fielded a list of candidates for each of the top-up regions but no candidates for the constituencies. The party failed to win any seats, coming closest in South Wales West with 4.8% of the vote.

2004

In the 2004 elections, the Welsh party failed to gain any seats in the European Parliament (with 3.6% of the vote for the four Welsh seats) and lost their only county council seat (of Klaus Armstrong-Braun in Flintshire).

2005

In the 2005 UK general election, the party failed to get any Welsh MPs into Parliament. The results for the party's candidates in Wales, in alphabetical order of constituency, were as follows:

2007

In the May 2007 election to the National Assembly for Wales, the party fielded a list of candidates for each of the top-up regions but no candidates for the constituencies. The party failed to win any seats, coming closest in Mid and West Wales with 4.1% of the vote. The regional party lists were as follows:

See also

*Green party
*Green politics
*List of environmental organizations

External links

* [http://walesgreenparty.org.uk/ Wales Green Party] (official web site)