Party Organisation
The Welsh Communist Party has over 100 members organised in 9 branches across Wales: Cardiff, Monmouthshire & Borders,West Wales, Newport & Valleys, Swansea, Merthyr & Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, North West Wales and Flintshire.
The Party holds a bi-annual Welsh Congress that decides the Communist Party's policy as they apply to the circumstances in Wales and elects an Executive Committee that runs the Party in Wales between Congresses. The last Welsh Congress, held in Pontypridd in November 2009, up dated the Welsh Communist Party's programme "Real Power for the People of Wales".
The leader of the Welsh Communist Party is Rick Newnham who also sits on the Communist Party of Britain's Executive Committee.
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