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List of Plaid Cymru MPs

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This is alist of Plaid Cymru MPs. It includes allmembers of Parliament elected to theBritish House of Commons representingPlaid Cymru. Members of theSenedd or theEuropean 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 thenArfon	8 June 2001	30 May 2024	22 years, 357 days	8,392
Elfyn Llwyd	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy thenDwyfor Meirionnydd	9 April 1992	30 March 2015	22 years, 355 days	8,390
Dafydd Elis-Thomas	Meirionnydd thenMeirionnydd 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
Liz Saville Roberts	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	8 May 2015	present	10 years, 200 days	3,853
Jonathan Edwards	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	6 May 2010	22 May 2020^{[n 1]}	10 years, 16 days	3,669
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
Gwynfor Evans	Carmarthen	10 October 1974	3 May 1979	8 years 5 months 27 days	3,101
Ben Lake	Ceredigion	9 June 2017	present	8 years, 168 days	3,090
Cynog Dafis	Ceredigion and Pembroke North thenCeredigion	9 April 1992	8 January 2000	7 years, 274 days	2,830
Simon Thomas	Ceredigion	3 February 2000	5 May 2005	5 years, 91 days	1,918
Ann Davies	Caerfyrddin	4 July 2024	present	1 year, 143 days	508
Llinos Medi	Ynys Môn	4 July 2024	present	1 year, 143 days	508

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

References

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Current Plaid Cymru MPs (As of April 2022^[update])
Staff reporter (2015)."Dwyfor Meirionnydd".BBC News. Retrieved9 May 2015.

Specific

^Priddy, Sarah (7 January 2019)."Living former Members of the House of Commons"(PDF).House of Commons Library.

^Whip suspended. Edwards rejoined on 10 August 2022 and left again on 13 August 2022

Plaid Cymru

Leadership
Leaders	Ieuan Wyn Jones (2006–2012) Leanne Wood (2012–2018) Adam Price (2018–2023) Llyr Gruffydd (acting, 2023) Rhun ap Iorwerth (2023–present)
Senedd Group Leaders party leader since 2006	Dafydd Wigley (1999–2000) Ieuan Wyn Jones (2000–2012) Leanne Wood (2012–2018) Adam Price (2018–2023) Llyr Gruffydd (acting, 2023) Rhun ap Iorwerth (2023–present)
Presidents party leader pre-2003 abolished 2013	Lewis Valentine (1925–1926) Saunders Lewis (1926–1939) John Edward Daniel (1939–1943) Abi Williams (1943–1945) Gwynfor Evans (1945–1981) Dafydd Wigley (1981–1984) Dafydd Elis-Thomas (1984–1991) Dafydd Wigley (1991–2000) Ieuan Wyn Jones (2000–2003) Dafydd Iwan (2003–2010) Jill Evans (2010–2013)
Vice-Presidents abolished 2013	Saunders Lewis (1925–1926) John Edward Daniel (1931–1939) Gwynfor Evans (1943–1945) Waldo Williams R. E. Holland W. R. P. George R. Tudur Jones (1957–1962) Wynne Samuel (1962–1964) Chris Rees (1964–1966) Edward Millward (1966–1968) Phil Williams (1968–1970) Robyn Léwis (1970–1976) Phil Williams (1976–1978) Dafydd Elis-Thomas (1979–1981) Phil Williams (1982–1984) Dafydd Iwan (1984–2003) Jill Evans (2003–2010) Chris Franks (2010–2013)
Chairs	Chris Rees (1966–1970) Phil Williams (1970–1976) Eurfyl ap Gwilym (1976–1980) Ieuan Wyn Jones (1980–1982) Dafydd Iwan (1982–1984) Syd Morgan (1984–1990) Ieuan Wyn Jones (1990–1992) John Dixon (1992–1994) Jill Evans (1994–1996) Marc Phillips (1996–2000) Elin Jones (2000–2002) John Dixon (2002–2010) Gwenllian Lansdown (2010–2011) Rhuanedd Richards (2011–2012) Helen Mary Jones (2012–2013) Dafydd Trystan Davies (2013–2018) Alun Ffred Jones (2018–2022) Marc Jones (2022–present)
Honorary Presidents	Gwynfor Evans (1982–2005) Dafydd Wigley (2005–present)
Leadership elections	1945 1981 1984 1991 2000 2003 2012 2018 2023

Parliamentarians

European Parliament (MEPs)

Eurig Wyn (1999–2004)
Jill Evans (1999–2020)

Senedd (MSs)
Welsh Assembly (AMs)

Former	Rhys ab Owen Mohammad Asghar Cynog Dafis Geraint Davies Jocelyn Davies Dafydd Elis-Thomas Nerys Evans Chris Franks Brian Hancock Pauline Jarman Alun Jones Gareth Jones Helen Mary Jones Steffan Lewis David Lloyd Neil McEvoy Janet Ryder Bethan Sayed Owen Thomas Rhodri Thomas Simon Thomas Dafydd Wigley Phil Williams Leanne Wood Ieuan Wyn Jones
Current	Mabon ap Gwynfor Cefin Campbell Luke Fletcher Heledd Fychan Peredur Owen Griffiths Llyr Gruffydd Siân Gwenllian Delyth Jewell Elin Jones Rhun ap Iorwerth Adam Price Lindsay Whittle Sioned Williams

British Parliament

House of Commons (MPs)

Former	Cynog Dafis (1992–2000) Jonathan Edwards (2010–2020, 2022) Dafydd Elis-Thomas (1974–1992) Gwynfor Evans (1966–1970, 1974–1979) Ieuan Wyn Jones (1987–2001) Elfyn Llwyd (1992–2015) Adam Price (2001–2010) Simon Thomas (2000–2005) Dafydd Wigley (1974–2001) Hywel Williams (2001-2024)
Current	Ann Davies Ben Lake Llinos Medi Liz Saville Roberts

House of Lords Peers

Organisation

History

Founders

Byddin Ymreolwyr Cymru (Welsh Home Rule Army)	Moses Gruffydd Huw Robert Jones Lewis Valentine
Y Mudiad Cymreig (Welsh Movement)	Fred Jones Saunders Lewis
Others	Ambrose Bebb David James Davies D. J. Williams