Plaid Cymru launched their campaign in Sir Gaerfyrddin for the 2026 Senedd election tonight (Monday, 3 November), saying they are “the only party willing to fight for what is best for Wales and Carmarthenshire.”
The launch comes just over a week following the party’s stunning victory in the Caerphilly by-election, where they defeated the Labour Party and Reform UK, winning over 47% of the vote.
The evening, held at Carmarthen Town Football Club, took place in the company of Plaid Cymru’s Leader, Rhun ap Iorwerth MS, as well as their four main candidates in Sir Gaerfyrddin, namely Cefin Campbell MS, Nerys Evans, Adam Price MS and Mari Arthur. The other parties are yet to select their candidates for the constituency.
The next Senedd election, which will take place on 7 May 2026, will use a proportional voting system, with the Sir Gaerfyrddin constituency – created from the Carmarthen and Llanelli Westminster seats – electing a total of six Members of the Senedd.
Rhun ap Iorwerth, Leader of Plaid Cymru said:
“People across Wales, including here in Sir Gaerfyrddin, have lost faith in Labour’s ability to make a difference to their day-to-day lives, having presided over long waiting lists in the health service and declining education standards. They need a government that is serious about getting to grips with the issues that are important to them, their families and their communities. Labour’s time is up, and Reform have no interest in offering those solutions.
“It is clear that only Plaid Cymru can offer the new leadership that Wales needs. That’s why more and more people are turning to us and our promise of a new government, with new energy and new ideas. A Plaid Cymru government will be more radical, more ambitious, and more impatient to bring about positive change than any which has gone before it.”
Nerys Evans, who is second on Plaid Cymru’s list of candidates in the constituency, said:
“As we start this election campaign in Sir Gaerfyrddin, we’re coming across so many people who see Plaid Cymru as the only party willing to fight for what is best for Wales and Carmarthenshire, many of whom are former Labour voters.
“The opinion polls, as well as the historic by-election in Caerphilly, also clearly demonstrate that it will be a two horse race between us and Reform over the coming months. We are confident that our message of hope will prevail next May.”
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