Welsh Conservatives

Welsh Conservatives
Ceidwadwyr Cymreig
Secretary of State for WalesDavid TC Davies
Leader of the Welsh Conservative GroupAndrew RT Davies
PresidentLord Davies of Gower
Founded1921
HeadquartersUnit 5
Rhymney House
Parc Ty Glas
Llanishen
Cardiff
CF14 5DU
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing[1]
ColoursBlue
Senedd
16 / 60
House of Commons (Welsh seats)
14 / 40
Local government in Wales[2]
111 / 1,234
Website
www.conservatives.wales

The Welsh Conservatives (Welsh: 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, 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. They hold 14 of the 40 Welsh seats in the UK Parliament, 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% of the constituency vote across Wales, their best constituency seats results since creation of the Senedd in 1999.

  1. ^ Davies-Lewis, Theo (2019). "All three major Welsh parties need new blood at the top". nation.cymru. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". www.opencouncildata.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  3. ^ Jones, B, Welsh Elections 1885 – 1997(1999), Lolfa

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