Llais Gwynedd

Infobox_Political_party
party_name = Llais Gwynedd
party_articletitle = Llais Gwynedd
party_
leader = Owain Edwards
foundation = 2008
ideology = Welsh nationalism,
Gwynedd regionalism,
Cultural conservatism,
Centre-right
website = [http://gwynedd.biz/mysharedaccounts/llais/1/]

Llais Gwynedd or Voice of Gwynedd is a small regionalist political party based in Gwynedd in north Wales which won twelve seats on Gwynedd Council in the 2008 UK Local Elections ending overall control of the council which had previously been held by Plaid Cymru. [cite news |author=Hywel Trewyn |title=Triumphant Llais Gwynedd chooses its leader |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2008/05/06/triumphant-llais-gwynedd-chooses-its-leader-55578-20865802/ |work=Daily Post North Wales |date=May 6 2008 |accessdate=2008-05-15]

According to the party's online manifesto their key policies are;

* Gwynedd has particular needs which were not being met by the Plaid Cymru governing council of Gwynedd
* Stop school closures
* Stop local people being sent for specialist care out of Gwynedd
* Opposes the North West Wales Spatial Development Strategy which focused most investment in Gwynedd to the Menai coastal strip.
* Stop tourism which has a negative impact on "Gwynedd's unique social, linguistic and cultural fabric"
* Create local employment to stop young people leaving Gwynedd to look for work elsewhere
* In favour of removing restrictions on housing developments to allow local people to build on their own land
* Enthusiastically supports the Welsh language
* Proposes extra measures to protect Welsh speaking rural communities in Gwynedd

References

Further reading

* [http://gwynedd.biz/mysharedaccounts/llais/1/ Llais Gwynedd Manifesto]