The Welsh Shadow Cabinet is constituted by members of the largest party not part of the
Welsh Government. Since 6 April 2017 this has been the
Welsh Conservatives, and since 7 May 2021 the
Leader of the Opposition
The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...
has been
Andrew RT Davies.
Both the Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru currently refer to their own front benches as Shadow Cabinets. As of May 2021 the following speak for their respective party and question the relevant minister in
plenary session.
Conservative Shadow Cabinet
Plaid Cymru Shadow Cabinet
After winning the
2018 Plaid Cymru leadership election
The 2018 election for the leader of the Welsh political party Plaid Cymru began on 7 August. Voting closed at midnight on 27 September. Adam Price was declared the winner on 28 September, defeating the two other candidates.
A prospective leader ...
with 49.7% of first preference votes, Adam Price installed former leadership rivals Leanne Wood (22.3%) and Rhun ap Iorwerth (28%) in high ranking positions in his shadow cabinet. He most recently updated his cabinet in a January 2022 reshuffle
2016 Plaid-Conservative Shadow Cabinets
At the 2016 election,
Plaid Cymru, led by
Leanne Wood, won 12 seats to the Welsh Conservatives' 11, and thus became the largest party not in government. On 14 October 2016
Dafydd Elis-Thomas left Plaid Cymru to sit as an independent, so that Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Conservatives both held 11 seats. During this period, Wood was not referred to as Leader of the Opposition, but merely as leader of Plaid Cymru. The Conservative group grew to 12 when
Mark Reckless
Mark John Reckless (born 6 December 1970) is a British politician who served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales East from 2016 until 2021, having previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester and Strood from 2010 to ...
defected from UKIP to the Conservative group on 6 April 2017, and the Welsh Conservative leader,
Andrew RT Davies at the time, was referred to as Leader of the Opposition once more.
See also
*
Drakeford government Drakeford government can refer to
*First Drakeford government, the Welsh Government led by Mark Drakeford from 2018 to 2021
*Second Drakeford government
The second Drakeford government is the Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, ...
References
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Politics of Wales
Welsh Government
British shadow cabinets
Wales