Local Elections
The Welsh Communist Party fielded six candidates in the 2004 local elections. In Shotton, the Communist Party beat the Conservative Party. The results were as follows:
| Candidate | Ward | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Rhian Cartwright | Splott (Cardiff) | 1.9 |
| Fran Rawlings | Adamsdown (Cardiff) | 3 |
| Rick Newnham | Taff's Well (R.C.T.) | 3.3 |
| Nigel Maskell | Mountain Ash East (R.C.T.) | 2 |
| Roy Evans | Vaynor (Merthyr Tydfil) | 11.6 |
| Glyn Davies | Shotton (Flintshire) | 21.6 |
| Average Vote |
|---|
| 7.2% |
The Welsh Communist Party built on its electoral work in the 2007 National Assembly elections fielding 20 candidates in the five electoral regions of Wales thus qualifying for TV election broadcasts the first by the Communist Party in over 40 years. In total the Welsh Communists polled almost four thousand votes and in doing so increased the size of its vote in the two regions that it contested in 2003 by 34% and 42%.
In 2008 the Welsh Communist Party contested 11 seats in the Local Government elections across five council areas (Cardiff; Caerphilly; Merthyr Tydfil; Rhondda Cynon Taff and Swansea). The Communist vote ranged from 2.9% to 12.6%, averaging 5.5% in the seats contested. In these elections the Welsh Communist Party made an electoral break through with the election of Clive Griffiths to the Hirwaun & Penderyn Community Council, the first Communist councillor in Wales since the early 1990s.
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