Welsh politics group husting poll shows Plaid Cymru and Labour are neck and neck

On the evening 7 May the Welsh Political Studies and Lecturers and Teachers Society (WPSLATS), sponsored by the PSA and IWA, held its south east Wales inaugural event at Coleg Gwent's Cross Keys campus. It involved a European election hustings with three of the four existing Welsh MEPs and three other party representatives. The event was chaired by ITV Wales political correspondent Adrian Masters and organised by WPSLATS vice chair Government and Cross Keys Politics lecturer Rob Southall and his students. The AS and A2 Government and Politics students in attendance took a vote of the 84 people present through use of a secret ballot. The result was as follows:

Total votes -54

Con – 7 (13%)

Green – 4 (7%)

Lab – 15 (28%)

Lib-Dem – 5 (9%)

Plaid – 15 (28%)

UKIP 7 (13%) 

Professor Russell Deacon who chairs WPSLATS said: "This was a very successful first event for us in Wales and a great chance for students and teachers of AS and A2 Government and Politics to get together and experience the real side of politics from the campaiging and organising side to the actual ballot". 

If you are in Wales and would like to know more about future WPSLATS events please email: russell.deacon@coleggwent.ac.uk