TWO serving Wrexham councillors and a rising political social media star will stand for Plaid Cymru for three of the six seats available in the new ‘super-constituency’ of Fflint-Wrecsam in next year’s Senedd elections.
The surprise candidate for certain is Kayleigh Unitt from Gresford. With more than 118,000 social media followers across a number of channels on tiktok and instagram, she has built a following producing voxpop, blog and interview content for Plaid Cymru.
Now she has stepped forward to seek election for the party.
“I am honoured to be on the list with two powerhouse community campaigners and feel very grateful we have the support of our members,” she said.
“It’s time for a fresh start with a Plaid-led government and I’m overjoyed to be part of the team heading into 2026 to bring about some much needed and overdue change in Wales. I can’t wait to get out into Fflint-Wrecsam and continue our campaigning.”
She is joined on the ballot paper by Queensway Cllr Carrie Harper and Wrexham’s Plaid group leader, Cllr Marc Jones of Grosvenor Ward.
“The polls show that our part of Wales will have a team of Plaid Cymru Senedd Members elected for the first time in 2026,” said Cllr Harper. “We’re determined to make a difference and I’m looking forward to giving people a progressive option to vote for next year.
“Labour in Wales have had 26 years of running the Welsh Government and have let Wales down. They’ve failed to fight our corner in Westminster and are punishing our communities with cuts to the winter fuel allowance and disability benefits.
“Tory voters are now flocking to Reform, a right-wing English party that couldn’t care less about Welsh communities. If you want to stop Reform next year, Plaid is the way to do it.
“Next year is a Welsh election and we have a progressive option to vote for so back team Wales, back Plaid Cymru.”
Cllr Marc Jones added: “As someone who grew up in Flintshire and has lived in Wrexham for the past 40 years, having the opportunity to represent this area as part of the Plaid team would be a huge privilege.
“People are telling us they want change and we can be that positive change here in Fflint-Wrecsam.”
An early YouGov voting intention poll published on May 7 suggests Plaid Cymru could become the largest party in the Senedd in next May’s elections with 30% of the vote, ahead of Reform on 25%, Labour on 18% and Conservative Party on 13%.
