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All change! The 2026 Senedd Election

All change! The 2026 Senedd Election

Posted on 12 May 2026 by Jac Larner

This is a guest post from Dr James Griffiths at University of Manchester. Follow him on Bluesky here: @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social The 2026 Senedd election was one of momentous change. Using a […]

2026 Senedd manifesto analysis: Tax policy

2026 Senedd manifesto analysis: Tax policy

Posted on 20 April 2026 by Guto Ifan

By Guto Ifan, Ed Gareth Poole and Owain Cynfab One of the principal rationales for devolving tax powers to the Welsh Government was to enable parties to offer competing levels […]

What Welsh Parties Promised When Everyone Knew Who Would Win

What Welsh Parties Promised When Everyone Knew Who Would Win

Posted on 3 March 2026 by Jac Larner

This is a joint post by Christian Arnold (University of Birmingham), Daksh Dewgun (University of Birmingham), Fraser McMillan (University of Edinburgh), and Jac Larner (Cardiff University). It is based on […]

Consolidation, Not Conversion: Understanding Wales’s Ongoing Realignment

Consolidation, Not Conversion: Understanding Wales’s Ongoing Realignment

Posted on 17 December 2025 by Jac Larner

This is a joint post by Jac Larner (Cardiff) and James Griffiths (University of Manchester). They received substantive input from Richard Wyn Jones and Ed Gareth Poole (Cardiff), and questionnaire […]

The Welsh Electoral Pendulum: The Multilevel Voter and Switching between Westminster and Senedd Elections

The Welsh Electoral Pendulum: The Multilevel Voter and Switching between Westminster and Senedd Elections

Posted on 28 July 2024 by Jac Larner

The 2026 Senedd election will mark a new era of devolution in Wales, with an expanded Senedd and a new electoral system unlocking new dynamics of party competition. In this […]

Dryswch yng Nghymru Fydd?

Dryswch yng Nghymru Fydd?

Posted on 14 February 2017 by Aled Hughes

Aled Morgan Hughes sy’n ymateb i argymhellion diweddar gan Lywodraeth Cymru ar ddiwygio etholiadau cyngor sir… Dros yr ugain mlynedd ddiwethaf, gyda thwf pwerau a chynrychiolaeth, does fawr amheuaeth i […]

Political Knowledge in Wales

Political Knowledge in Wales

Posted on 7 February 2017 by Jac Larner

The issue of measuring the political knowledge of voters is one that can be traced to the origins of modern political science. Without the ability to measure public opinion on […]

Gender and Representation in National Assembly for Wales Elections

Gender and Representation in National Assembly for Wales Elections

Posted on 12 October 2016 by Jac Larner

In 2003, the National Assembly for Wales made waves worldwide as the first legislature to achieve 50:50 gender balance. Having shown such swift progress on equal representation, the Assembly has […]