Welsh Liberal Democrats
Welsh Liberal Democrats Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Jane Dodds MS |
| Deputy Leader | David Chadwick MP |
| Chief Executive | Mike O'Carroll |
| Founded | 3 March 1988 |
| Headquarters | Pascoe House 54 Bute Street Cardiff. CF10 5AF |
| Youth wing | Welsh Young Liberals |
| Membership (2017) | 3,133 |
| Ideology | |
| 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 | Yellow |
| Welsh seats in the House of Commons | 1 / 32 |
| Senedd | 1 / 60 |
| Local government in Wales | 69 / 1,234 |
| Councils led | 1 / 22 |
| Website | |
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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. 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. 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.