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subsection 6 1 house of commons 6 2 senedd 7 see also 8 notes 9 references 10 external links toggle the table of contents welsh liberal democrats 10 languages বাংলা cymraeg deutsch esperanto euskara français italiano 한국어 simple english 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia welsh branch of the liberal democrats welsh liberal democrats democratiaid rhyddfrydol cymru leader jane dodds deputy leader david chadwick chief executive mike o carroll founded 3 march 1988 1988 03 03 headquarters pascoe house 54 bute street cardiff cf10 5af 1 youth wing welsh young liberals ideology liberalism social liberalism british federalism 2 british unionism 3 pro europeanism political position centre to centre left european affiliation alliance of liberals and democrats for europe party international affiliation liberal international uk parliament affiliation liberal democrats uk cooperate with the english liberal democrats scottish liberal democrats northern ireland liberal democrats and alliance party colours orange 4 house of commons 1 32 welsh seats senedd 1 96 councillors in wales 5 68 1 234 councils led in wales 1 22 police and crime commissioners 0 4 election symbol website www libdems wales politics of wales political parties elections the welsh liberal democrats welsh democratiaid rhyddfrydol cymru is a liberal federalist political party in wales part of uk liberal democrats the party is led by jane dodds who has served as an ms for mid and west wales since may 2021 6 the party currently has one elected member in the senedd and one welsh seat in the uk house of commons it also has several members of the house of lords the party had 69 local councillors serving in principal authorities as of the 2022 local authority elections up 10 from 2017 mark williams then leader of the welsh liberal democrats was defeated at the 2017 general election in his ceredigion constituency by ben lake of plaid cymru whose majority of 104 made the seat one of the most marginal in the country the result left the party without an mp in wales the party and its predecessors had continuously held parliamentary seats in wales since the formation of the liberal party in 1859 7 the party regained representation in westminster following the election of david chadwick as the mp for brecon radnor and cwm tawe in the july 2024 general election 8 organisation edit leader of the welsh liberal democrats edit no image name term start term end 1 richard livsey 1988 1992 2 alex carlile 1992 1997 1 richard livsey 1997 2001 3 lembit öpik 17 september 2001 13 october 2007 4 mike german 13 october 2007 8 december 2008 5 kirsty williams 8 december 2008 6 may 2016 6 mark williams 7 may 2016 16 june 2017 5 kirsty williams 16 june 2017 3 november 2017 7 jane dodds 3 november 2017 incumbent welsh liberal democrat officers edit president of the welsh liberal democrats tim sly deputy president cllr sam bennett leader of the welsh liberal democrats jane dodds ms deputy leader westminster david chadwick mp youth wing edit the youth wing of the party is welsh young liberals chair samuel wilson vice chair david leigh waters policy officer brendan roberts campaigns officer dylan calved policy platform edit the welsh liberal democrats promote liberalism as their main ideology as well as further devolved powers for the senedd with the aim of establishing a federal uk the welsh liberal democrats support free public transport across wales for everyone under the age of 25 9 the party also supports making saint david s day a public holiday in wales 10 furthermore the party is in favour of an immediate 5 vat cut for hospitality businesses 11 at the welsh liberal democrats manifesto launch for the 2024 united kingdom general election the party stated that funding for its proposals would be paid for by cancelling tax breaks for big banks and by reforming capital gains tax 12 these proposals included raising the minimum wage for carers lifting the carer support payment by 1 040 a year establishing new mental health services increasing the budget for welsh agriculture by 50 million a year and 500 million in capital funding for wales for new local health facilities housing fixing public buildings and stopping sewage dumping 12 in january 2026 the welsh liberal democrats called for rail to be devolved to wales within two years 13 elected representatives edit members of the senedd mss member of the senedd constituency or region first elected jane dodds mid and west wales 2021 members of parliament mps member of parliament constituency first elected david chadwick brecon radnor and cwm tawe 2024 appointments edit house of lords edit peer ennobled notes lord german of llanfrechfa 2010 am for south wales east 1999 2010 baroness humphreys of llanrwst 2013 am for north wales 1999 2001 lord roberts of llandudno 2004 lord thomas of gresford 1996 history edit before 1945 edit main article welsh liberal party the liberal council for wales was founded by david lloyd george in 1897 this makes the welsh liberals the oldest of the political parties in wales it was the first to establish a truly welsh identity during the late 19th and early 20th centuries the welsh liberals were a home of radical welsh nationalism through politicians such as t e tom ellis and david gee and the movement of cymru fydd wales to be future welsh nationalism was comparable at times to that occurring in ireland but in wales the nationalist passion never spilled over into violence and was also counterbalanced by the strong english liberal capitalist base present within the party in 1906 the welsh liberals reached their peak when 35 of wales 36 seats had mps who took the liberal whip until 1922 the welsh liberals dominated welsh politics and also played a central role in british politics william harcourt reginald mckenna david alfred thomas 1st viscount rhondda sir alfred mond and david lloyd george were just a few of the politicians who held central positions in the party and in the various liberal led governments from 1906 to 1922 the various splits within the liberal party from 1918 onwards the rise of the welsh labour party in south wales and the dominance of lloyd george over the welsh liberal party all had their impact on welsh liberal fortunes despite this it was in wales that the pre war liberals support lasted longest in post war british politics 1945 1983 edit in 1945 the party had seven mps in wales mainly in the welsh speaking north mid and west wales seats two of these mps gwilym lloyd george pembrokeshire and megan lloyd george anglesey defected to the conservative and labour parties respectively clement davies who held montgomeryshire became the post war british liberal leader davies died in 1962 and was succeeded by emlyn hooson who then set about rebuilding the welsh liberal party when the last of the post war welsh liberal mps roderic bowen cardiganshire lost his seat in the 1966 general election hooson lord ogmore martin thomas lord thomas of gresford roger roberts lord roberts of llandudno and mary murphy established the welsh liberal party as a separate state party clarification needed within the liberal party s federal structure after its establishment in september 1966 the liberal party in wales had limited success and never really enjoyed a great liberal revival like that which had occurred under jo grimond in scotland geraint howells election in cardiganshire in february 1974 re established the liberal presence in that seat in 1979 however the welsh liberals suffered from the lib lab pact and support for the failed devolution referendum resulted in a poor election for the liberals over half of their 28 candidates lost their deposit more importantly emlyn hooson lost his montgomeryshire seat leaving the welsh party once more with a single seat howells in cardiganshire hooson was ennobled later that year and joined howells once more at westminster 1983 1997 edit the arrival of the social democratic party sdp in wales and the formation of the sdp liberal alliance gave the party an electoral boost increased its representation on councils and helped retake the montgomeryshire seat in 1983 alex carlile and win the brecon and radnor seat in a famous by election in 1985 richard livsey in 1988 the sdp and most of the liberals merged in wales and after various names the three welsh mps insisted on the name being welsh liberal democrats which set a precedent for the rest of the liberal party in the 1992 general election howells lost his seat and went to the lords livsey lost brecon and radnor which he would retake five years later this left alex carlile as the sole liberal democrat mp in 1996 carlile announced his resignation and he was in turn replaced by lembit öpik when carlile stood down it ended the direct link with the professional liberal barrister mps that had been existent in the welsh liberal party for its whole history carlile became lord carlile of berriew in 1999 followed in 2001 by richard livsey of talgarth and roger roberts of llandudno in 2004 1997 2017 edit in the 1997 general election both öpik and livsey won their seats both then went forward to support the successful 1997 welsh devolution referendum they were joined in that campaign by other prominent figures in the welsh party including michael german jenny randerson peter black roger williams and rob humphreys except for humphreys they all soon gained electoral office in either the welsh assembly or the westminster parliament the welsh assembly elections in 1999 provided the party with six more elected representatives for wales to join their two mps and three welsh lords at westminster roger williams took over from richard livsey in brecon and radnor in 2001 in 2005 mark williams won the ceredigion seat formerly held by geraint howells and jenny willott won the cardiff central seat which was the first liberal urban seat victory in wales since 1935 and the first female liberal mp in wales since 1951 the four mps were also the most since 1950 for the liberal party in wales it was lembit öpik who now headed the party at westminster in 1998 michael german was elected as designate leader welsh assembly group and led their 1999 election campaign and then the new assembly group between 2001 and 2003 the party were in a coalition with welsh labour in the national assembly in this labour led government michael german was deputy first minister whilst jenny randerson also held a ministerial post randerson s post made her the first female liberal in the party s history to hold ministerial office the welsh liberals achieved a breakthrough in local government in 2003 leading swansea bridgend cardiff and wrexham councils with cabinet members on many more welsh councils in the 2003 welsh assembly elections the party remained stuck on six ams assembly members they remained on this figure in the 2007 elections but were reduced to five in the 2011 elections in 2008 german stood down as leader and was replaced by kirsty williams the am for brecon and radnor in a contest with jenny randerson cardiff central both german and randerson subsequently went to the house of lords baroness randerson become the first ever welsh female liberal peer to sit in the house of lords her two predecessors viscountess st davids and the 2nd viscountess rhondda who had been ennobled in the first half of the 20th century had died before women were allowed to sit in the house of lords michael german was succeeded as the assembly member for south wales east by his wife veronica german in may 2011 however she failed to be re elected in south wales east in september 2012 baroness randerson was appointed as the unpaid parliamentary under secretary of state at the wales office this was the first time a welsh liberal democrat had held ministerial office at westminster since 1945 randerson was also the first female politician from the welsh liberals ever to hold a uk ministerial office 2017 present edit following the result of the 2017 general election in which mark williams narrowly lost his ceredigion constituency to plaid cymru the liberal democrats were left without an mp in wales a situation which had not occurred since the founding of the liberal party in 1859 7 in the autumn of 2017 the leadership election was held with two candidates jane dodds and elizabeth evans taking part on 3 november 2017 dodds was announced as the winner and immediately took over as leader in august 2019 dodds regained house of commons representation for the welsh liberal democrats winning the 2019 brecon and radnorshire by election 14 however her stay in the house of commons proved to be a short one as she lost her seat by 7 131 votes at the december 2019 general election 15 with this the party yet again was left without any mps 16 in the aftermath of the result bbc wales political editor felicity evans stated that the lib dems would rue the day they pushed for this election 16 dodds gained a regional seat in mid and west wales at the 2021 senedd election to become the party s only ms 17 the seat was only held by 714 votes 18 in may 2022 the party significantly increased its council base on powys county council becoming the largest party enabling it to become the lead party in a coalition with cllr james gibson watt becoming the leader of council in march 2024 the leader of the welsh liberal democrats jane dodds said that the party will not join any coalition after the next uk general election 19 at that election the party saw its share of the vote increase with david chadwick winning the newly redrawn seat of brecon radnor and cwm tawe in the 2026 senedd election the welsh liberal democrats held their single seat in the senedd with jane dodds being re elected in brycheiniog tawe nedd 20 election results edit house of commons edit this chart shows the electoral results of the welsh liberals and later liberal democrats from its first election in 1900 total numbers of parliamentary seats and vote percentages are for wales only election wales government seats 1900 58 5 27 34 opposition 1906 60 2 32 34 5 majority jan 1910 52 3 27 34 5 minority dec 1910 47 9 26 34 1 minority 1918 48 9 20 35 6 opposition 1922 34 2 10 35 10 opposition 1923 35 4 11 35 1 opposition 1924 31 0 10 35 1 opposition 1929 33 5 9 35 1 opposition 1931 21 5 8 35 1 opposition 1935 22 2 9 35 1 opposition 1945 14 9 6 35 3 opposition 1950 12 6 5 36 1 opposition 1951 7 6 3 36 2 opposition 1955 7 3 3 36 opposition 1959 5 3 2 36 1 opposition 1964 7 3 2 36 opposition 1966 6 3 1 36 1 opposition 1970 6 8 1 36 opposition feb 1974 16 0 2 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