Cymru/Wales - Council gain for Plaid Cymru !

Plaid Cymru's control in Cymru/Wales continues to grow as the Welsh
nationalist party gains control of yet another strategically important
council.

After the local Council election results on 1st May 2008, Plaid congratulated
itself on a great victory as numbers voting for the party increased
considerably. The media in Wales though generally portrayed a negative
result for Plaid, mainly because it lost overall control of its only
council seat of Gwynedd County Council. Nevertheless, Plaid had obtained
a sizeable minority of Councillors in many of the Council seats throughout
Wales and consequently has been working hard to form coalition deals
with independents and other parties to gain control of the councils.


This tactic has paid off for the Party, with a coalition deal being
struck with the Liberal Democrats in the Welsh capital of Caerdydd/Cardiff
for the first time and Plaid's

Dilwyn Roberts has now also been elected as leader of Conwy County
Council last week. Now this week, Plaid has announced that it has
formed a coalition with independent Councillors in Caerffili/Caerphilly
County Council, which has resulted in them taking overall control
of the Council for only the second time in history.

The Labour Party has always traditionally held rule in Caerffili and
has usually done so with a large majority. However over the last few
years Labour's majority has been decreasing in the town at Local and
Parliamentary level, while Plaid has made substantial gains. Caerffili
is a commuter town for Casnewydd/Newport and Caerdydd/Cardiff and
is located at the bottom of the Rhymney Valley. Caerffili is about
3 kilometres from Caerdydd.

J B Moffatt
Director of Information
Celtic League

23/05/08


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