Plaid Cymru has unveiled its team to run the party’s 2011 Welsh General Election campaign. The party says it will be using innovative technology alongside door-to-door campaigning over the coming months to reach more people that in any previous election in Wales.
Ceredigion AM Elin Jones will oversee the party’s communications while Director of Policy Nerys Evans will oversee Plaid manifesto. The party have also appointed experienced campaigner Ian Titherington as Director of Elections to lead the 2011 ground campaign.
In 2006, Plaid established its National Campaigns Unit to professionalise its election campaigns on a local and national level. The move helped the party increase the number of seats it held in the Assembly in the 2007 election from 12 to 15. With an experienced full time staff of fourteen now at its Cardiff HQ, Plaid’s Director of Elections believes that the party’s campaign will be even stronger in the coming election.”
Director of Communications Elin Jones AM said:
“We will enter 2011 in a strong position. Being a party of Government in Wales has shown people that we have the experience, ambition and drive to be trusted to lead Wales in the challenging years ahead.
“Our 2011 campaign will build upon the considerable capacity we have developed since 2006.
“We’re aiming to run the most innovative and ambitious campaign of all the parties in Wales this election, making use of modern technology to assist our grassroots campaigning across the nation.
“We will be putting the people of Wales at the heart of the our manifesto and campaign – going door to door over the next five months to talk about the ideas and plans we have to move Wales forward in the coming decade.”
Plaid’s Director of Policy Nerys Evans AM added:
“Our manifesto will concentrate on the key issues of importance to people – protecting frontline services in these difficult times, creating good quality jobs in our communities by developing Wales’ economy, and meeting the aspirations that we all have for our young people by improving education for all.”
“In these challenging times, we’re determined to provide people in Wales with an ambitious and achievable plan to transform our nation over the coming decade.”
