Welsh election: Abolish's Gareth Bennett not standing for party
BBC News By David Deans image captionGareth Bennett joined the Senedd in 2016 as a UKIP member A politician who joined the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party last summer will not represent them at the Senedd elections. Gareth Bennett will run instead as an independent in Cynon Valley. A party spokesman said the decision was by mutual agreement. No further explanation has been given. The controversial politician was elected to the Senedd in 2016 as a member of UKIP, and briefly led the party's group. A spokesman for the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party (ATWAP) said: "It was mutually agreed that ...
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