33-417: WNP may refer to: Welsh Nation Party White Nationalist Party Wireless number portability Westland New Post Naga Airport (IATA code WNP), Philippines Wanstead Park railway station (National Rail station code WNP), London, England Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
66-708: A different title was chosen to avoid confusion with the prime minister of the United Kingdom . The change of title occurred after the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government with Labour in the National Assembly in October 2000. The Government of Wales Act 2006 allowed for the post to be officially known as " First Minister " and also made the first minister Keeper of the Welsh Seal . Candidates for
99-564: A key focus of their new group. The party was scheduled to hold its official launch on 3 April 2020 at the Cardiff Marriott Hotel , but this was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The Electoral Commission rejected the name Welsh Nation Party in January 2021, having previously rejected the name Welsh National Party as well, saying that the official Welsh translation of the name
132-409: A motion calling for a referendum on 'Welsh national sovereignty'. This was the first time that a Welsh legislature had voted on the proposal for a Welsh independence referendum. The motion was defeated by 8 votes to 43, with even some Plaid Cymru AMs failing to support the motion, despite it being official Plaid Cymru policy to hold an independence referendum . The party's platform is built around
165-585: Is complete, the presiding officer sends a formal letter to the Monarch , who must then appoint that nominee to the position of First Minister. In December 2023, Mark Drakeford announced his intention to stand down, and remained in the position until he was replaced by Vaughan Gething on 20 March 2024, as a result of the Welsh Labour leadership election . On 16 July 2024, Gething announced his intention to resign as first minister. On 24 July 2024, Eluned Morgan
198-598: Is the leader of the Welsh Government and keeper of the Welsh Seal . The first minister chairs the Welsh Cabinet and is primarily responsible for the formulation, development and presentation of Welsh Government policy. Additional functions of the first minister include promoting and representing Wales in an official capacity, at home and abroad, and responsibility for constitutional affairs, as they relate to devolution and
231-578: The Electoral Commission decided that the party could not use the Welsh name Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru , on the grounds that it was too similar to Plaid Cymru , but accepted the registration of the English language name Welsh National Party . In response, McEvoy stated that "we will be known as Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru in our national language, whatever appears on a ballot paper." On 1 May 2020, it
264-718: The Pwllheli North ward on Gwynedd Council , announced that he was joining the party. McEvoy welcomed the news of Bullard's defection, saying that "with the addition of Dylan to our team we are demonstrating that the WNP truly is a national party for Wales." On 13 May 2020, Cllr Peter Read, councillor for the Abererch ward, left Plaid Cymru and joined Bullard to sit as the WNP's second councillor on Gwynedd Council. Both councillors cited opposition to elements of Gwynedd Council's Local Development Plan as motivating factors in their defections and as
297-629: The Welsh National Party and later Welsh Nation Party ) is a sovereignist and Welsh nationalist political party in Wales which advocates Welsh independence from the United Kingdom . The party was formed in early 2020 by its current leader Neil McEvoy . Propel currently has one county councillor in Wales. In 2018, Neil McEvoy started a pressure group called 'Propel Wales' and officially launched
330-596: The Government of Wales Act 2006, these were delegated powers of the UK government . Since that Act came into force in May 2007, however, the first minister has been appointed by the monarch and represents the Crown in Wales. Whilst this makes little practical difference, it was a huge symbolic shift, as for the first time the head of government in Wales is appointed by the Crown on the advice of
363-683: The Opposition Andrew RT Davies MS ( C ) Shadow Cabinet ( current ) Prime Minister Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP ( L ) Secretary of State for Wales Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP (L) Principal councils ( leader list ) Corporate Joint Committees Local twinning see also: Regional terms and Regional economy United Kingdom Parliament elections European Parliament elections (1979–2020) Local elections Police and crime commissioner elections Referendums The first minister of Wales ( Welsh : Prif Weinidog Cymru )
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#1732855644312396-848: The Senedd for their actions and the actions of the Welsh Government. The main office of the first minister is in Tŷ Hywel , which is adjacent to the Senedd building in Cardiff Bay . An additional office is also kept at the Crown Buildings , Cathays Park , Cardiff which is the headquarters of the Welsh Government . The incumbent first minister of Wales is Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely , who has served since August 2024. The Senedd nominated her as First Minister on 6 August 2024, with Charles III making
429-408: The WNP gained its first local government representation when McEvoy and his three former Plaid Cymru colleagues on Cardiff Council announced that they would form a Welsh National Party group. Cllr Keith Parry was chosen to lead the group, stating that the group would focus on promoting "individual, community and national sovereignty for Wales" as well as "putting forward positive proposals for sorting
462-475: The Welsh Government. The first minister is a Member of the Senedd , and is nominated by the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh : Senedd Cymru ), before being officially appointed by the Monarch . Members of the Welsh Cabinet and junior ministers of the Welsh Government, as well as law officers, are appointed by the first minister. As head of the Welsh Government, the first minister is directly accountable to
495-578: The appointment on the same day. When initially established under the Government of Wales Act 1998 , Section 53(1), the post was known as Assembly First Secretary ( Welsh : Prif Ysgrifennydd y Cynulliad ), as Wales was given a less powerful assembly and executive than either Northern Ireland or Scotland . The choice of title was also attributed to the fact that the Welsh term for First Minister , Prif Weinidog , may also be translated as Prime Minister , so
528-491: The coast of Cardiff . Anti-nuclear campaigners have raised fears that dredging the seabed near the site of the new Hinckley Point C nuclear power station could be churning up contamination from the old Hinkley Point A and Hinckley Point B nuclear reactors and in turn meaning that contaminated mud is being dumped along the Cardiff coastline. McEvoy has been a longterm critic of the plans. (b. 1970) In February 2020,
561-591: The elected representatives of the Welsh people. The first minister appoints the Welsh Ministers, Deputy Welsh Ministers and the Counsel General for Wales (collectively known as the Welsh Government ), with the approval of the British sovereign. Since the separation between the legislative and the executive on the enactment of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (upon appointment of the first minister, 25 May 2007),
594-658: The group at a meeting in the Cardiff Coal Exchange on 21 May 2018. McEvoy, sitting as an Independent AM at the time due to his expulsion from Plaid Cymru in March 2018, stated that while Propel Wales was 'within Plaid Cymru', it sought to reach out to those outside of Plaid Cymru and to people who were disengaged with Welsh politics altogether. On 10 July 2019, McEvoy withdrew his application to re-join Plaid Cymru, citing an "absence of natural justice" and "due process" as
627-619: The housing crisis, tackling corruption and ending severe poverty in our city." On 30 March 2020, Cllr Martyn Peters, councillor for the Dyffryn ward on Neath Port Talbot Council , left Plaid Cymru and joined the Welsh National Party, stating that he believed that "this nation needs fresh new thinking to take it forward." On 30 April 2020, the WNP gained its first councillor in North Wales after Cllr Dylan Bullard, an Independent councillor for
660-762: The new name, saying it was "confusingly similar to another already registered party Plaid Cymru", and McEvoy stated he would seek to register the name Propel instead. In March 2021, the Electoral Commission accepted the application to register the name Propel , to be used in both Welsh and English. The application included a Welsh dragon and a silhouette map of Wales as the party's symbols, together with four descriptions: "Neil McEvoy Propel", "Propel: Better for Wales / Propel: Gwell i Gymru ", "Propel: Wales Needs Champions / Propel: Mae Cymru Angen Pencampwyr ", and "Propel: Not Politics as Usual / Propel: Nid Gwleidyddiaeth fel Arfer ". On 2 December 2020, McEvoy
693-594: The party as being 'sovereignist', which he says is about 'more than just national independence'. He stated that the party would field candidates in the 2021 Senedd election and confirmed that he would challenge the First Minister , Mark Drakeford , in his Cardiff West constituency. McEvoy came a close second in Cardiff West at the 2016 National Assembly election as a Plaid Cymru candidate, reducing Drakeford's majority from 21.3% in 2011 to 3.7%. In February 2020,
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#1732855644312726-539: The party was seeking 'urgent legal advice' as well as a statement from the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission , which oversees the Electoral Commission. In November 2020, McEvoy announced plans to rebrand the party as the Welsh Nation Party ahead of the 2021 elections. This rebranding had already taken place on the party's official website, "wnp.wales". In January 2021, the Electoral Commission rejected
759-450: The position of first minister are nominated by the members of the Senedd . The members elect the first minister by majority vote. If no one achieves a majority of the votes cast in the first ballot, there are further ballots until a majority cast their vote for one candidate. This process does not require an absolute majority of the Senedd (currently 31 out of 60 members). Once this process
792-486: The principles of individual sovereignty , community sovereignty and national sovereignty . The party released a statement of their principles on their website, with much of it derived from the earlier 'Propel Wales Statement'. In the statement, the party advocates for: Propel has also expressed a strongly anti-nuclear stance, particularly in relation to the dumping of dredged mud from Hinkley Point in Somerset off
825-530: The reason behind his decision. By late 2019, Propel Wales had changed their description from 'members and supporters of Plaid Cymru' to 'without ties to any political party'. On 23 October 2019, Cardiff Council 's three remaining Plaid Cymru councillors resigned the party's whip, accusing the party of becoming "too close to Labour." McEvoy also sat as a Plaid Cymru councillor for the Fairwater ward prior to his expulsion from that party. The Welsh National Party
858-462: The title WNP . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WNP&oldid=1222166273 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Welsh Nation Party Propel (formerly
891-623: The vote nationwide and lost a number of deposits. McEvoy achieved their best result on the night, accruing 9.5% of the vote in Cardiff West , finishing 4th behind Plaid Cymru , the Conservative Party and the victorious Mark Drakeford of the Labour Party . The party is explicitly Welsh nationalist and advocates Welsh independence from the United Kingdom . On 22 October 2019, Neil McEvoy (then sitting as an Independent AM) introduced
924-422: Was "confusingly similar to another already registered party [Plaid Cymru]". McEvoy stated he would instead seek to register the name Propel , a name which was accepted by the Electoral Commission in March 2021. Propel put forward 10 constituency candidates in the 2021 Senedd election as well contesting each regional list seat. It was not a successful night for the new party as they registered less than 1% of
957-470: Was elected as Gething’s successor as Welsh Labour leader. She succeeded him as First Minister, after the Senedd formally nominated her as first minister on 6 August 2024, with King Charles III approving the nomination on the same day. Under the arrangements in the Government of Wales Act 1998 , executive functions are conferred on the Senedd and then separately delegated to the first minister and to other Cabinet Ministers and staff as appropriate. Until
990-1265: Was excluded from Senedd proceedings for 21 calendar days, was barred from Senedd buildings and had his pay docked after a Senedd Committee found him to have breached Senedd rules following an altercation with Labour MS Mick Antoniw where McEvoy behaved in a threatening manner and employed physical and verbal aggression to do so. Does not include organisations focused on Unionism which do not mention British nationalism in their official makeup. Does not include organisations supportive of Unionism or Scottish independence without mentioning nationalism in their official makeup. Does not include organisations supportive of Unionism or Welsh independence without mentioning nationalism in their official makeup. First Minister of Wales Charles III Heir Apparent William, Prince of Wales First Minister ( list ) Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS ( L ) Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies MS ( L ) Counsel General-designate – Elisabeth Jones Chief Whip and Trefnydd – Jane Hutt MS (L) Permanent Secretary Sixth Senedd Llywydd (Presiding Officer) Elin Jones MS ( PC ) Leader of
1023-422: Was often referred to as 'The Welsh Party' in party literature of the time. On 6 May 2020, following the threat of legal action from Plaid Cymru, the Electoral Commission removed the Welsh National Party from the register of political parties, so that a second application to register a name would need to be made. In response, McEvoy described the decision as representing "a shameful day for democracy" and said that
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1056-415: Was registered with the Electoral Commission on 15 January 2020. On 7 February, McEvoy confirmed to Nation.Cymru that the party had been registered and said that "exciting news will follow in the near future." In an interview with ITV Wales' political editor, Adrian Masters , McEvoy said that the party aimed to "offer an alternative to Labour and Plaid Cymru" and "shake up the status quo." He described
1089-469: Was reported that Plaid Cymru was preparing to take the Electoral Commission to court over its decision to allow McEvoy to register the English name Welsh National Party . Plaid Cymru had been formed in 1925 as Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru (English: 'The National Party of Wales'), but the party had abandoned this name at some point in the 1940s in favour of using Plaid Cymru ( English : The Party of Wales) and
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