Beard Liberation Front
8th May
Contact: BLF Organiser Keith Flett 07803 167266
Beard Power a factor in Welsh Labour Senedd victory
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that Beard Power was a factor in Welsh Labour’s Senedd victory. Labour holds 30 seats, one short of an overall majority.
Huw Irranca-Davies, Hefin David and Vaughan Gething, well known beard wearers in the Senedd and previous contenders for the annual Beard of Wales title, were re-elected after Thursday’s poll.
Irranca-Davies got over 50% of the vote in Ogmore while Hefin David increased his share of the vote by 10.7% in Caerphilly. Meanwhile in Cardiff South and Penarth Vaughan Gething got just 0.1% under 50% of the vote.
Meanwhile both Plaid Cymru’s Luke Fletcher and Peredur Griffiths were elected on the Regional lists after losing out in their respective Constituency polls.
The campaigners say that this underlines that beards are electorally popular and are vote winners.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, of course there were many other reasons why Huw Irranca-Davies, Hefin David and Vaughan Gething triumphed on Thursday but clearly no one can say after this result that voters reject hirsute candidates.
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