Welsh Workers Party
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Welsh Workers Party Plaid Gweithwyr Cymru | |
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| Leader | Muffin5136 |
| Founded | 30 January 2021 |
| Ideology | Majority: Social Democracy Democratic Socialism British Unionism Federalism Trade Unionism Co-operatism Minority: Christian Left Eco-socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Progressive Workers Party |
| Senedd Cymru | 5 / 60
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The Welsh Workers Party (WWP) (Welsh: Plaid Gweithwyr Cymru), commonly known as the Welsh Workers, was a centre-left political party operating in Wales. It was semi-autonomous, formed by a merger of the Welsh branches of the Syndicalist and Allied Trade Unions Party and the Progressive Party UK in January 2021 with the Social Democratic Party joining in May 2021. It merged into Welsh Labour following the merger of the Progressive Workers' Party into Labour
Election Results
| Year | # of votes |
% | +/- | # of overall seats won |
+/- | Position | Outcome | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | 69,316 | 4.74% | new | 2 / 60 |
new | 5th | Government | First election to the Senedd. Formed a coalition with Labour and Plaid Cymru. |
| December 2020 | 60,040 | 3.90% |  0.84% |
3 / 60 |
 1 |
6th | Government | Formed a coalition government with Greejatus, the Conservatives, Libertarian Party, and Liberal Democrats. |
| June 2021 | 83,314 | 6.20% | 2.30% |
5 / 60 |
2 |
5th | Opposition | Unofficial Opposition. |