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Ruth Mosalski

Which party is closest to my views at this Welsh Senedd election?

If you're unsure who to vote for in Thursday's Senedd election, this tool will almost certainly help.

While every party has published a manifesto - and we've gone through them all for you too - we know that picking who to vote for can feel overwhelming.

This new tool is designed to help match your stance on key issues with political parties and their candidates.

It's not a commercial or political tool, but one designed by academics to help people decide who to vote for.

Created by a team of academics, it gives a personalised link between your position on issues and those of the parties and candidates standing in an election.

The quiz compares candidates and parties – which reflects the dual nature of the voting system here in Wales on the constituency and regional list.

It gives you a range of "answers" - including a ‘match’ based on agreement, a ‘map’ based on an ideological space, a question-by-question search of your opinion versus each party and candidate in your constituency, and text profiles written by the candidates.

Dr Matt Wall, associate professor of politics at Swansea University, helped create the quiz alongside experts from Oxford Brookes University, Bath University, Surrey University, Zurich University as well as Swansea, Cardiff and Aberystwyth. All parties took part except for Propel.

Take the quiz here. If you want to see more from the parties, you'll find through these links our summaries of Plaid's manifesto; Welsh Labour's; the Welsh Conservatives'; the Lib Dems; as well as the Green Party; Propel; Reform; and Gwlad.

If the interactive above isn't working - please go direct to the website.

What the website doesn’t do is tell you how you should vote and it won't take into account tactical voting – you may not wish to ‘waste’ a vote on a candidate or party that has little realistic chance of election.

All the major parties, except for Propel, took part, and 86 candidates provided direct answers to the policy questions we created.

When a candidate didn't respond, their party’s position was used.

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