TALKS are underway between Plaid Cymru and Green candidates that could see the revival of an electoral pact that collapsed in the 1990s, the Morning Star can reveal.

The Greens won representation at Westminster for the first time in 1992 when Cynog Dafis won Ceredigion on a joint Plaid Cymru-Green platform.

Now Plaid’s popular candidate for the same constituency wants to revive the alliance to kick-out Lib Dem MP Mark Williams.

Speaking to members on Saturday, Mike Parker praised the “proud and heartfelt” coalition that helped Mr Dafis score a shock victory.

The travel writer told the Star: “I would really like to see that happen again.”

Mr Parker pointed out that Plaid Cymru and Green politicians already worked together as part of formal groups in both Westminster and the European Parliament.

“With the political environment as challenging as it is, it’s even more important to nail this,” he added.

“There will be resistance in both parties but we have to try and work out a common platform.”

The Kidderminster-born candidate admitted that “bad blood” remained from the break-up of the Green-Plaid Ceredigion coalition in the late ’90s.

And as a result, the Green Party’s constitution was changed to stop similar deals.

But Mr Parker insists it could still be revived — and Welsh Green Party leadership candidate Andy Chyba is running on the platform of a closer partnership with Plaid.

“I’ve spoken to both party leaders, Leanne Wood and Natalie Bennett, about it and they can both see advantages in it,” he said.

“The biggest obstacle to it is the attitude of some more hardline Green Party members.

“But there’s so much common ground between the two parties it seems ludicrous to be fighting each other.”

Mr Chyba was selected as the Greens’ lead EU election candidate in Wales — but stood down to support Plaid MEP Jill Evans in the face of a Ukip charge.

He said that a local electoral pact could later be extended to standing joint candidates in future elections to the European Parliament and Welsh Assembly.

A new Welsh Green leader will be elected in December in a ballot of the party’s near 800 members.