15 Facts About Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom.

Plaid Cymru supports making social care "free at the point of need".

However, particularly in Carmarthen, Plaid Cymru successfully depicted Labour's policies as a threat to the viability of small Welsh communities.

Plaid Cymru campaigned to leave the Common Market in the 1975 referendum.

Plaid Cymru's emergence prompted the Wilson government to establish the Kilbrandon Commission on the constitution.

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In 1975, Plaid Cymru opposed remaining in the European Communities, feeling that the EC's regional aid policies would "reconcile places like Wales to their subordinate position".

Plaid Cymru became the main opposition to the ruling Labour Party, with 17 seats to Labour's 28.

Plaid Cymru narrowly remained the second-largest party in the National Assembly ahead of the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Forward Wales.

At the 2016 Welsh Assembly elections, Plaid Cymru gained one seat, became the Assembly's second-largest party and briefly became the official opposition to the Welsh Government with 12 seats.

Plaid Cymru later modified their policy to support a People's Vote.

Plaid Cymru held their four seats but saw a decrease in their popular vote.

Plaid Cymru stated that Plaid would be willing to join forces with Labour, but only if the former were the largest party or if it were an equal partnership.

At the election, Plaid Cymru increased their seat total to thirteen, up one from the twelve they won in 2016, but lost out in their target constituencies, and lost Rhondda where former leader Leanne Wood lost her seat to Labour.

Undeb Credyd Plaid Cymru Credit Union Limited is a savings and loans co-operative established for party members in 1986.

Plaid Cymru retains close links with the Scottish National Party, with both parties' MPs co-operating closely with one another.