Plaid

Plaid Cymru (English: /plaɪd ˈkʌmri/ plyde KUM-ree,[21] Welsh: [plaid ˈkəmrɨ]; lit. 'Party of Wales', officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, and often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom.[22][23] It campaigns on a platform of social democracy and civic nationalism. The party is a supporter of the European Union and is a member of the European Free Alliance (EFA).[24][25] The party holds 4 of 32 Welsh seats in the UK House of Commons, 14 of 60 seats in the Senedd,[26] and 200 of 1,234 principal local authority councillors.[27] Plaid was formed in 1925 under the name Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru ('the national party of Wales') and Gwynfor Evans won the first Westminster seat for the party at the 1966 Carmarthen by-election.[28]