WELSH NATIONALISTS WIN THEIR FIRST SEAT IN THE COMMONS.—LEFT: Mr Gwynfor Evans, the newly-elected Plaid Cymru (Welsh Nationalist Party) member of Parliament for Carmarthen, arriving at Westminster to take his seat in the House of Commons. He recently won the seat from Labour with a majority of 2436. At the General Election, Lady Megan Lloyd George, whose death caused the by-election, had a majority of 9233. RIGHT: A few of the hundreds of Plaid Cymru supporters who travelled to Westminster to greet their new member. With the Red Dragon flag of Wales in evidence, they sang Welsh songs while they waited. The party wants for Wales the status of an independent member of the Commonwealth.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31124, 29 July 1966, Page 13
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115WELSH NATIONALISTS WIN THEIR FIRST SEAT IN THE COMMONS.—LEFT: Mr Gwynfor Evans, the newly-elected Plaid Cymru (Welsh Nationalist Party) member of Parliament for Carmarthen, arriving at Westminster to take his seat in the House of Commons. He recently won the seat from Labour with a majority of 2436. At the General Election, Lady Megan Lloyd George, whose death caused the by-election, had a majority of 9233. RIGHT: A few of the hundreds of Plaid Cymru supporters who travelled to Westminster to greet their new member. With the Red Dragon flag of Wales in evidence, they sang Welsh songs while they waited. The party wants for Wales the status of an independent member of the Commonwealth. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31124, 29 July 1966, Page 13
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