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2018 Plaid Cymru leadership election

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publicly announced that it would be 'very probable' that he would stand when a vacancy arose. On 13 June 2018 Wood stated that she would resign as leader in 2021 if she failed to become First Minister. She had previously stated that she would welcome any challenge to her leadership. On 14 June it was
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Under Plaid Cymru's constitution, the leader is subject to re-election every two years, but this is usually uncontested. The window for any leadership challenge closed on 4 July 2018, when Wood was challenged by two of her Assembly colleagues. Wood submitted her nomination papers in June 2018.
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podcast that " been standing still for five to seven years now and perhaps that suggests that it's time to change the team." On 1 July 2018, fifty-three (out of about 200) of Plaid Cymru's principal Councillors wrote to pledge their allegiance to Leanne Wood ahead of any potential leadership
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In July, Price proposed increasing income tax by 1p to fund education. In August, he proposed reducing all income tax rates by 9p as well as abolishing business rates and council tax. He said that this second proposal would be funded by a 3% land value tax levied on non-agricultural land.
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formally announced that they would be challenging Wood for the party leadership. Wood reaffirmed her plan to stand as a candidate in the ensuing election. Whilst Wood is seen as ideologically close to Labour leader
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Wood ruled out making any sort of deal with the Conservatives after the 2021 assembly election, while Adam Price ruled out a coalition deal with either the Conservative Party or the Labour Party.
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Ap Iorwerth proposed a new infrastructure commission, and increasing the proportion of government procurement spending inside Wales.
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Hustings were held across Wales during the campaign period in September. The location and dates were as follows:
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Price proposed changing the name of the party to the "New Wales Party", and set out a timeline for
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Wood admitted that she was preparing to resign following Plaid's results in the
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was declared the winner on 28 September, defeating the two other candidates.
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came through showing a Plaid Cymru gain. During the summer of 2017,
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began on 7 August. Voting closed at midnight on 27 September.
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The 2018 election for the leader of the Welsh political party
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A prospective leadership election was first announced after
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Adam Price
Rhun ap Iorwerth
Leanne Wood
Leanne Wood
Adam Price
Plaid Cymru
Adam Price
Rhun ap Iorwerth
Assembly Member
Ynys Môn
Adam Price
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Leanne Wood
Plaid Cymru
March 2012
Elin Jones
Dafydd Elis-Thomas
2017 general election
Ceredigion
Rhun ap Iorwerth
Llyr Huws Gruffydd
Siân Gwenllian
Elin Jones
Carmarthenshire
Adam Price

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