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 WALES / UK

Legislative elections: Welsh Assembly, 4-year term, MMP (40 FPTP + 20 PR)
           · First Minister: Carwyn Jones (LAB)  · Government: LAB, PC

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2011 Seats 2007 Seats
Welsh Labour Party (LAB)
 
Social democracy; Third Way
 
PES, SI
1906
36,9% 30 29,6% 26
Welsh Conservative and Unionist Party (CON)
 
Conservatism; Economic liberalism, Euroscepticism, Unionism AECR, IDU
1921
22,5% 14 21,4% 12
Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales (PC)
 
Separatism; Social democracy
 
EFA
1936
17,9% 11 21,0% 15
Welsh Liberal Democrats (LD)
 
Liberalism; Social liberalism
 
ELDR, LI
1988
8,0% 5 11,7% 6
Independents - -  0,1%  - 1,0% 1
Others - - 14,6%  - 15,3% -
Total - -  - 60 - 60
Turnout 42,2% 43,7%

 © 2011 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk). Archive: Elections 1999-2003.