Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru’s Leanne Wood plans to lead her party into the 2021 Welsh Assembly election, but who could replace her if she steps down before then?

The new YouGov poll, conducted for Cardiff University and ITV, gives Labour a strong lead in Wales for Westminster voting intentions.

The party's performance in the recent election was modest at best, but they almost doubled their number of seats.

In Cardiff, Welsh assembly politicians and their aides were hammering out deals, exchanging insults in the press and attempting to compromise on a deadlock that has prevented the creation of a new government.

The Labour party has been faced with deadlock in the Welsh assembly after an informal coalition of Plaid Cymru, the Conservatives and Ukip successfully blocked a vote to reappoint Carwyn Jones as the country’s first minister.

Welsh Labour has been dealt a bitter blow in one of its heartland valleys seats where one of its most respected politicians was beaten by the Plaid Cymru leader, Leanne Wood.

Leanne Wood, the leader of the Welsh nationalists Plaid Cymru, is by far the most popular of the main party leaders in Wales, according to a poll.

MPs and activists will seek to jump-start the campaign for proportional representation with a conference in London on Monday intended to mobilise support for electoral reform.