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The series consists of election addresses and leaflets circulated in the Welsh constituencies and in the five regional areas of Wales during the first election campaigns to the National Assembly for Wales in May 1999; materials produced by the political parties centrally for distribution throughout the whole of Wales; lists of party candidates and their political agents; papers relating to the convention of the elections and the conduct of the ballot; papers relating to the broadcasting of the election results at Wrexham; and press cuttings.

Papers relating to the 1999 Welsh Assembly election, consisting of press cuttings; campaign material and election addresses; statements of persons nominated and lists of candidates; candidate profiles; and results lists.

The group includes a file of correspondence and papers, 1998-1999, relating to the selection process for Liberal Democrat list candidates for the Mid and West Wales region in the first National Assembly elections in May 1999.

File contains material related to development of the Welsh Conservatives' manifesto for the 1999 elections to the National Assembly for Wales, along with correspondence related to and comments on the draft manifesto, correspondence and documents related to the campaign, notes from the devolution policy group and documents relating to internal discussions on the Welsh Conservatives' policy towards devolution.

Press cuttings, 1999-2004, relating to the politician Ieuan Wyn Jones, consisting mainly of cuttings relating to biographical information and Jones’ political career in the Welsh Assembly and UK Government, including his roles as MP and MS for Ynys Môn constituency, and as leader of Plaid Cymru. The file also contains an election address for the 1999 Welsh Assembly elections (1999).

Press cuttings, 1999-2008, relating to the politician Dafydd Wigley. The cuttings mainly relate to Welsh Assembly matters and Wigley’s political career, including his roles as MS for Caernarfon constituency, the 1999 and 2007 Welsh Assembly elections, and his standing down as MS in the 2003 Welsh Assembly election; as leader and president of Plaid Cymru, and his resignation; as Plaid Shadow Cabinet Finance Minister (2001); and his nomination to the House of Lords.

Papers relating to the politician Peter Law, consisting of printed material from web pages, 1999-2007 (with gaps). The papers mainly relate to biographical information and Law’s political career, including his roles as MS and MP for Blaenau Gwent constituency and as Assembly Secretary for Local Government and Regeneration; other political matters such as the Welsh Assembly elections in 1999 and 2003 and the 2005 UK General Election; and tributes and obituaries following his death in 2006. The file also contains a small amount of material relating to Tricia Law and the 2007 Welsh Assembly elections.