Senedd Elections 2026

Founded in 1920 the Communist Party has always been a party of and for working people, rooted in Wales’ proud traditions of workers’ solidarity and radical struggle.

Organising hunger marches and fighting the fascists across Wales in the 1930s. Standing with the miners and public sector workers resisting Thatcher’s war on working-class communities.

The Communist Party has always been on the side of working people, challenging racism, division, and war; campaigning for public ownership, peace, and socialism; and building a movement capable of winning real power for the people of Wales.

FIGHT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY

CHANGE EVERYTHING

VOTE COMMUNIST ON MAY 7TH

Read the Manifesto

Friends of the Communist Party in Bangor holding the newly launched manifesto.

Manifesto launch event

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Power and democracy

Real democracy means more than voting every few years. It means having a real say over the everyday decisions that shape our lives at work, in our communities and across our nation.

A planned economy for people, not profit

Wales has suffered from decades of deindustrialisation, insecurity and neglect. Market chaos and dependence on multinational corporations have failed our communities. We need democratic planning and public ownership.

A green Wales for current and future generations

The climate emergency demands urgent action. Communists demand policies that protect workers, communities and the planet.

Health, care and well-being

Health, social and elderly care are public goods, not commodities. The COVID pandemic exposed the dangers of privatisation and fragmented provision. Read more…

Valuing care, ending poverty

Care work, paid and unpaid, sustains our society yet it is undervalued and disproportionately carried out by women. Read more…

Housing is a human right

Everyone deserves a safe, secure and affordable home. Housing must serve the needs of our people, not the profits of property speculators and the idle rich. Read more…

Education, youth and lifelong learning

Education should unlock human potential, not reinforce inequality. Read more…

Support the Welsh language and our cultural industries

The Welsh language belongs to everyone in Wales. However, opportunities for people to learn and use the language are limited by insufficient investment and lack of strong rights and protections across the wider economy. Read more…

Fair funding and economic justice

Wales needs the power and resources to invest in its future and redistribute wealth fairly.

Internationalism and peace

We stand for peace, cooperation and international solidarity. Wales should never be used to serve British and US imperialism, war and exploitation. Read more…

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Meet our candidates

Having contested every national election in Wales, the Communist Party of Wales is contesting two seats for the 2026 Senedd elections.

Robert Griffiths

Caerdydd Penarth

Robert Griffiths was born in Cardiff and has lived in Llanrumney, Roath and Splott. Robert has contested elections at local, Welsh, Westminster and EU levels. General Secretary of the Communist Party until recently, Robert has campaigned for public services, rights at work and bilingual education; and against austerity cuts, the leasehold system, racism and the Cardiff Incinerator. He is also the author of many publications on the economy, history, politics and culture in English and Welsh.

Jaime Fitter

Bangor Conwy Môn

Jaime Fitter is a young community and political activist. Jaime campaigned against the closure of the University of Wales Trinity St David’s Lampeter campus opposing the loss of education opportunities for people in Wales. Since then, Jaime has campaigned against war abroad and opposing the involvement of the British state in the Israeli government’s war crimes and genocide in Palestine. Jaime has also been at the forefront, standing alongside local communities, of combatting the rise of the far right in Wales.