Leader of Cardiff Council in Labour shortlist for 2026 Senedd elections

Leader of Cardiff Council in Labour shortlist for 2026 Senedd elections

The leader of Cardiff Council has been shortlisted as a Labour candidate for the Senedd elections alongside some of his council colleagues

Council leader shortlisted for Senedd candidacy

The leader of Cardiff Council, Cllr Huw Thomas, at the top of block B at Channel View in Grangetown, Cardiff. Photo Ted Peskett. Ted Peskett, local democracy reporter The leader of Cardiff Council has been put on Labour’s shortlist of candidates running in the next Senedd election. Cllr Huw Thomas, who became the local authority’s youngest leader in 2017, confirmed this year that he would put himself forward as a potential candidate in the elect…