Welsh Labour
Welsh Labour (Welsh: Llafur Cymru), formerly known as the Labour Party in Wales (Welsh: Y Blaid Lafur yng Nghymru), is an autonomous section of the United Kingdom Labour Party in Wales and the largest party in modern Welsh politics. Welsh Labour and its forebears have won a plurality of the Welsh vote at every UK general election since 1922, every Assembly and Senedd election since 1999, and all elections to the European Parliament in the period 1979–2004 and in 2014. Welsh Labour holds 22 of the 40 Welsh seats in the UK Parliament, 30 of the 60 seats in the Welsh Senedd and 576 of the 1,264 councillors in principal local authorities including overall control of 10 of the 22 principal local authorities.
Welsh Labour Llafur Cymru | |
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| Leader | Mark Drakeford |
| Deputy Leader | Carolyn Harris |
| General Secretary | Jo McIntyre |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Headquarters | 1 Cathedral Road Cardiff CF11 9HA |
| Student wing | Welsh Labour Students |
| Youth wing | Welsh Young Labour |
| Membership (2022) | 18,000 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance Socialist International (observer) |
| UK Parliament affiliation | Labour Party (UK) |
| Colours | Red |
| House of Commons | 22 / 40 (Welsh seats) |
| Senedd | 30 / 60 |
| Local government in Wales | 523 / 1,234 |
| Police and Crime Commissioners | 3 / 4 |
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