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2018 Plaid Cymru leadership election

2018 Plaid Cymru leadership election
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Candidate Adam Price Rhun ap Iorwerth Leanne Wood
First round 2,863 1,613 1,286
Percentage 49.7% 28.0% 22.3%
Second round 3,481 1,961 -
Percentage 64.0% 36.0% -
Leader before election

Leanne Wood

 Elected Leader

Adam Price

The 2018 election for the leader of the Welsh political party Plaid Cymru began on 7 August.[1] Voting closed at midnight on 27 September.[2] Adam Price was declared the winner on 28 September, defeating the two other candidates.[3]

A prospective leadership election was first announced after Rhun ap Iorwerth, Assembly Member (AM) for Ynys Môn and Adam Price, AM for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, both declared their intention to challenge the incumbent leader, Leanne Wood.[4] Speculation about a leadership election arose after what were perceived to be disappointing showings in recent elections, which led some figures within the party to comment that Plaid was potentially stagnant.[5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ "Leadership Election". Plaid Cymru. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. ^ Plaid Cymru [@Plaid_Cymru] (27 September 2018). "Our election ends tonight. Remember that your ballot paper needs to ARRIVE back by 23.59" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Plaid Cymru leadership contest: Adam Price wins". BBC News. 28 September 2018. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Plaid Cymru leadership bids by Adam Price and Rhun ap Iorwerth". BBC News. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ^ "It's time for Leanne to go". Nation.Cymru. 15 June 2017. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  6. ^ Masters, Adrian (24 March 2018). "'Unite or weaken' warning at Plaid Cymru conference". ITV News. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth 'no plans to challenge leader'". BBC News. 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ^ Morgan Jones, Ifan (11 August 2017). "Are the men in grey suits coming for Leanne Wood?". Nation.Cymru. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

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