After a Complete Collapse, Where Does Welsh Labour Go From Here?

After a complete collapse, where does Welsh Labour go from here?

May 7 will go down as the worst election in the history of Welsh Labour. More than a century of electoral dominance ended with the party sitting in opposition in the Senedd (Welsh parliament) for the first time. Given Welsh Labour’s once-hegemonic position, the scale of the defeat is astonishing. This was not simply a loss, but a collapse. The party now holds just nine seats in the Senedd, with few new figures emerging to shape its future direct…

Elections in Wales: Voters abandon Labour after a century of political dominance - The Communist

After dominating Welsh politics for over a century, Labour's support has collapsed drastically in the Senedd elections. Plaid Cymru and Reform UK are the main beneficiaries of Labour's decline, but both parties are going to come under enormous pressures in the coming period. The post Elections in Wales: Voters abandon Labour after a century of political dominance appeared first on The Communist.

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After a complete collapse, where does Welsh Labour go from here?

Nye Davies, of Cardiff University, looks at Welsh Labour's Senedd election defeat and where the party could go from here.