Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1993-2021 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
2 large boxes and 1 small box; 0.067 cubic metres.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Leanne Wood is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from 2012 to 2018, and as a Member of the National Assembly for Wales for South Wales Central from 2003 to 2016 and as Assembly Member and Member of the Senedd for Rhondda from 2016 to 2021. She was Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly for Wales in 2016. She was also a councillor on Rhondda Cynon Taff Council for Penygraig between 1995 and 1999 and stood for Plaid Cymru in the General Elections in 1997 and 2001. She was the first women to lead Plaid Cymru and became well known outside Wales due to her participation in UK wide television debates during the 2015 General Election campaign. Leanne Wood is a socialist and a republican.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Leanne Wood; Tonypandy; Donation; March 2025; 995272392902419.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Political papers of Leanne Wood comprising speeches, policy publications, briefing notes, election material and correspondence created and collected during her time as a Plaid Cymru activist, Assembly member and leader.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
All material has been retained.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged into 6 series: Subject files, Assembly Member, Leader of Plaid Cymru, Leader's speeches, Conference speeches, Other speeches.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio รข Deddf Warchod Data 2018 a Rheoliadau Diogelu Data Cyffredinol 2018 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright restrictions apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Photographs have been transferred to the NLW photograph collection.
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Preferred citation: Leanne Wood Papers.
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Plaid Cymru. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation revision deletion
August 2023.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Robert Phillips, August 2025. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: material in the Leanne Wood Papers, Senedd Cymru WWW site (August 2025), Wikipedia WWW site (August 2025) and BBC News WWW site (August 2025).