Walloonian Lywydd election, 2021

The 2021 Walloonian Lywydd election was the 12th quadrennial Presidential election in Walloonia, taking place on Saturday, the 4th of December 2021. The Libertarian ticket of Seth Pierce and Caitlyn Meredith won the election, making Pierce the first President to have never served in either the Senedd or Cyngor (cabinet) and making Meredith the first black Vice President. Pierce and Meredith began their terms on Saturday, the 1st of January 2022 at 12:00 PM.

Although the paths to party nomination was fairly straightforward for the other three major party candidates (Maegan Maddock and Owain Brys from the CLP; Dylain al Don and Arwyn Brodrick from the Progressive Democrats; and Heddwyn Cogan and Morwenna Brys from United), the Pierce-Meredith ticket won the nomination over a slew of other Libertarian candidates, such as Ioan Pearce (4th Lywydd) and Enfys Pembroke, who briefly came out of retirement to run for office before withdrawing and endorsing Pierce.

Nominees
Heddwyn Cogan, Walloonians United
Griffin Davies, Walloonian Monarchical Party
Dylain al Don, Progressive Democratic Party
Dewey Llewellyn, Independent
Maegan Maddock, Centre Left Party
Llew Maddux, Legalise Firearms Party
Rhys Morris, Walloonian Socialist Party
Seth Pierce, Libertarian Party
Anwyl Rosser, Environmental Party
Owain Tudor, Cymru Newydd

Turnout 84.7% (up 1.8% from 2017)

Percentage Seth Pierce: 47.9%, Maegan Maddock: 31.2%, Heddwyn Cogan: 11.5%, Dylain al Don: 7.4%, Dewey Llewelyn: 1.5%, Others: 0.5%

Nominations

Libertarian Party
Seth Pierce (Won nomination on 15 October 2021)
Ioan Pearce (Lost nomination on 15 October 2021)
Enfys Pembroke (Lost nomination on 15 October 2021)
Osian Uren (Withdrew on 11 September 2021)
Caitlyn Meredith (Withdrew on 4 September 2021)
Reece Rice (Withdrew on 21 August 2021)
Ceredig Rice (Withdrew on 21 August 2021)
Iorath Morris (Withdrew on 27 April 2021)*

Centre Left Party
Maegan Maddock (Won nomination on 25 October 2021)
Sion Rees (Lost nomination on 25 October 2021)
Owain Brys (Withdrew on 18 August 2021)
Iorath Morris (Withdrew on 23 April 2021)*

Walloonians United
Heddwyn Cogan (Won nomination on 30 October 2021)
Bryn Penry (Withdrew on 6 October 2021)
Aidan Kenrick (Withdrew on 19 August 2021)
Hedd Rice (Withdrew on 2 August 2021)
Morwenna Brys (Withdrew on 17 July 2021)

Progressive Democratic Party
Dylain al Don (Won nomination on 9 October 2021)
Arwyn Brodrick (Lost nomination on 9 October 2021)
Aron Beddow (Lost nomination on 9 October 2021)

Cymru Newydd
Owain Tudor (Won nomination on 12 October 2021)
Emrys Morse (Lost nomination on 12 October 2021)

Walloonian Socialist Party
Rhys Morris (Won nomination on 1 October 2021)
No opposition

Vote by Region

Aberystwyth: Maegan Maddock
Brynmawr: Seth Pierce
Ferndale: Dylain al Don
Llanelli: Maegan Maddock
Maesteg: Seth Pierce
Porthcawl: Seth Pierce
Templeton: Maegan Maddock
Wrecsam: Seth Pierce