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The Wales Green Party (WGP; Welsh: Plaid Werdd Cymru) is a semi-autonomous regional party within the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW). It covers the nation of Wales, and is the only local party with autonomous status within the GPEW.

The WGP fights elections for the National Assembly for Wales (as well as at the local, UK and European level) and has its own newsletters, AGMs and manifesto. Members of the WGP are automatically members of the GPEW.

The current leader of the WGP is Ann Were.

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[edit] History

[edit] 1992

In 1992, an electoral alliance culminated in Plaid Cymru's MP Cynog Dafis being endorsed by the local Green Party in Ceredigion. The agreement broke down by 1995 [1] [2].

[edit] 2004

In the 2004 elections, the Welsh party failed to gain any seats in the European Parliament (with 3.6% of the vote for the four Welsh seats) and lost their only county council seat (of Klaus Armstrong-Braun in Flintshire).

[edit] 2005

In the 2005 general election, the party failed to get any Welsh MPs into Parliament. The results for the party's candidates in Wales, in alphabetical order of constituency, were as follows:

**Votes for Green Party Candidates in the 2005 general election in Wales**
Constituency	Candidate	Number of Votes	Proportion of Votes	Turnout
Aberavon	Miranda La Vey	510	1.7%	58.9%
Bridgend	Jonathan Spink	595	1.6%	59.2%
Cardiff South & Penarth	John Matthews	729	2.0%	56.2%
Ceredigion	Dave Bradney	846	2.4%	67.2%
Conwy	Jim Killock	512	1.5%	62.3%
Gower	Rhodri Griffiths	1,029	2.6%	64.9%
Neath	Susan Jay Green	658	1.8%	62.2%
Newport West	Peter Varley	540	1.5%	59.3%
Preseli Pembrokeshire	Molly Scott-Cato	494	1.3%	69.5%
Swansea East	Tony Young	493	1.6%	52.4%
Swansea West	Martyn Shrewsbury	738	2.2%	57.1%
Total	11	7, 144
Mean			1.8%	60.8 %