{"id":37187,"date":"2019-11-05T14:32:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T14:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=37187"},"modified":"2019-11-05T14:32:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T14:32:28","slug":"fairwater-and-ely-councillors-resign-from-plaid-cymru-party-whip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/11\/05\/fairwater-and-ely-councillors-resign-from-plaid-cymru-party-whip\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairwater and Ely councillors resign from Plaid Cymru party whip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/week-1-article-image-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/week-1-article-image-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/week-1-article-image-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/week-1-article-image-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/week-1-article-image-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/week-1-article-image-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/week-1-article-image.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/week-1-article-image-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/week-1-article-image-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/week-1-article-image-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/week-1-article-image-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/week-1-article-image-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/week-1-article-image-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/11\/week-1-article-image.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Fairwater councillors hope to provide better services for the area as a result of the political move<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>THREE councillors have left the Plaid Cymru whip leaving the party with no representatives left on Cardiff Council.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Councillors Keith Parry, Lisa Ford and Andrea Gibson will be joining fellow Fairwater councillor and AM Neil McEvoy as the Cardiff West Independents.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Councillor McEvoy said: \u201cIt is full steam ahead for Fairwater and Ely now\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>In a public letter, Keith Parry and\nLisa Ford, councillors for Fairwater and Andrea Gibson, councillor for Ely\naccused Plaid Cymru of \u201ccosying up\u201d to the Labour Party. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Coun Keith Parry said the treatment of Coun McEvoy has been poor and is one of the reasons they have resigned from the Plaid Cymru whip.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>A Plaid Cymru spokesperson said: \u201cWe\nthank the councillors for their contribution and wish them well for the future\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The councillors believe they will be\nless restrained by the party and be able to better provide services for the\nFairwater and Ely residents as part of Cardiff West Independents.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The councillors had previously struggled to make changes for Fairwater and Ely as only three Plaid Cymru representatives in Cardiff Council.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great to be back amongst friends. @Owainyndeffro <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElyCan2019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ElyCan2019<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5GHgf4SaVg\">pic.twitter.com\/5GHgf4SaVg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Neil McEvoy MS (@neiljmcevoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiljmcevoy\/status\/1187394500970323968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>Neil McEvoy and Keith Parry expressed happiness at sitting on Cardiff Council as independents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Coun Parry stated: \u201cThere are four of us now, so we are able to do more things as a group.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The councillors believe they still\nhave a good chance for re-election in 2022, and Coun Parry said, \u201ca lot of the\nsupport in Fairwater and Ely is a strong personal vote\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three councillors have left the Plaid Cymru whip leaving the party with no representatives left on Cardiff 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