List of Plaid Cymru MPs

This is a list of Plaid Cymru MPs. It includes all members of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons representing Plaid Cymru. Members of the Senedd or the European Parliament are not listed.

Name Constituency Served from Served to Term length Days
Dafydd Wigley Caernarfon 28 February 1974 7 June 2001 27 years, 99 days 9,961
Hywel Williams Caernarfon then Arfon 8 June 2001 30 May 2024 22 years, 357 days 8,392
Elfyn Llwyd Meirionnydd Nant Conwy then Dwyfor Meirionnydd 9 April 1992 30 March 2015 22 years, 355 days 8,390
Dafydd Elis-Thomas Meirionnydd then Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 28 February 1974 9 April 1992 18 years, 41 days 6,615
Ieuan Wyn Jones Ynys Môn 11 June 1987 7 June 2001 13 years, 361 days 5,110
Jonathan Edwards Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 6 May 2010 22 May 2020[n 1] 10 years, 16 days 3,669
Liz Saville Roberts Dwyfor Meirionnydd 8 May 2015 present 9 years, 190 days 3,478
Adam Price Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 8 June 2001 12 April 2010 8 years, 308 days 3,230
Gwynfor Evans Carmarthen 14 July 1966 18 June 1970 8 years 5 months 27 days 3,101
10 October 1974 3 May 1979
Cynog Dafis Ceredigion and Pembroke North then Ceredigion 9 April 1992 8 January 2000 7 years, 274 days 2,830
Ben Lake Ceredigion 9 June 2017 present 7 years, 158 days 2,715
Simon Thomas Ceredigion 3 February 2000 5 May 2005 5 years, 91 days 1,918
Ann Davies Caerfyrddin 4 July 2024 present 133 days 133
Llinos Medi Ynys Môn 4 July 2024 present 133 days 133

Dates are taken from a House of Commons Library Briefing.[1] Following a rule change that came into force at the 2005 general election MPs who were defeated (eg Simon Thomas) are shown as serving up to and including the day of the election at which they were defeated. MPs who voluntarily stood down (eg Elfyn Llwyd) are shown as serving up until the day of dissolution of their final Parliament.

Tabular representation

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Constituency 1966 1970 Feb 74 Oct 74 1979 1987 1992 1997 2000 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2020 2024
Carmarthen / Carmarthen East and Dinefwr / Caerfyrddin Evans Evans Price Edwards Davies
Caernarfon / Arfon Wigley Williams
Merionethshire /
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (1983-2010) / Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Elis Thomas Llwyd Saville-Roberts
Ynys Môn Wyn Jones Medi
Ceredigion & Pembroke North / Ceredigion / Ceredigion Preseli Dafis Thomas Lake
No. of Plaid Cymru MPs 1 0 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 4

See also

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References

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  • Current Plaid Cymru MPs (As of April 2022)
  • Staff reporter (2015). "Dwyfor Meirionnydd". BBC News. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
Specific
  1. ^ Priddy, Sarah (7 January 2019). "Living former Members of the House of Commons" (PDF). House of Commons Library.
  1. ^ Whip suspended. Edwards rejoined on 10 August 2022 and left again on 13 August 2022