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Starmer brings in Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman to ease pressure on him to resign

Senedd seats behind Plaid Cymru and Reform UK, while also losing ground in the Scottish

MPs from Labour’s left to urge Ed Miliband to consider leadership bid

Senedd seats behind [Plaid Cymru](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/08/plaid-cymru-biggest-party-wales-senedd-labour-reform) and Reform, while also [losing ground in the Scottish

Plaid Cymru tipped to be biggest party in Senedd, ending 100 years of Labour control

seat, with six left to declare. The political scientist John Curtice had forecasted Plaid Cymru would be the largest party in the Senedd

Starmer under pressure as Labour suffers heavy election losses including historic Wales defeat

Plaid Cymru won the most seats in the Senedd but fell short of an overall

How Labour’s ‘terrible’ night unfolded as Reform surges and Greens and Lib Dems hail wins

Plaid Cymru](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/plaid-cymru) appeared likely to replace Labour and lead the Senedd for the first time since devolution 27 years ago, with Reform not far behind on seat

Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth hopes to be first minister on Tuesday

Plaid Cymru first minister on Tuesday, after its Senedd election victory. Leading the largest Cardiff Bay group, with 43 seats

Reform and Plaid likely to benefit from polarisation of Welsh politics

Senedd. Some polls predict Labour, which has ruled Wales since devolution began in 1999, could end up on a single-digit number of seats and that Morgan will lose her seat. “I’m certainly hoping

Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour

seat for a total of 37, versus Plaid Cymru's 36. Neither would have enough for a majority, however. One possibility is Plaid Cymru seeking a coalition with both Labour and the Greens. Within five

Election results so far at a glance - and what's still to come

Plaid Cymru and Reform UK vying for first place. Meanwhile, the Greens are hoping to win their first Senedd seat

Wales’s first minister calls on Keir Starmer to halt US-UK space defence project

Plaid Cymru and Reform UK. Starmer’s unpopularity has [harmed an already struggling Welsh Labour](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wales-just-shown-starmer-unpopular-062111675.html); the party could be down to single digit seats in the next Senedd

Nigel Farage hails ‘historic shift in politics’ after Reform UK election gains

Senedd but the Welsh nationalists of Plaid Cymru were forecast by the early evening to become the largest party . The elections expert Peter Kellner said that while Reform was likely to end up with gains

If Plaid win in Wales, that won't mean independence - at least not yet

Plaid Cymru wins and ap Iorwerth becomes first minister? And were that to happen, supposing the pro-indy Greens won enough seats that there became a majority in the Senedd

Keir Starmer makes late pitch to voters turning to Greens and Reform

Senedd, Labour is on course to lose power to Plaid Cymru and record its worst ever result. Peril for Starmer could come if the Welsh first minister, Eluned Morgan, who [may lose her seat

Why Welsh voters turned their backs on the Labour party

Senedd chamber. The party previously never held fewer than 26 seats in a 60-seat chamber. The first minister, Labour’s Eluned Morgan, cut a tragic figure as the results were announced at the count

Elections 2026 live: counting under way after votes in England, Scotland and Wales

Senedd for the first time since devolution in 1999, with Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth expected to become the new first minister, putting Welsh independence firmly on the agenda. Coalition arithmetic makes it highly

Welsh Labour faces ‘existential’ change as party braces for May election defeat

seats, down seven, making a scenario in which Plaid need to turn to Labour as a coalition partner more likely. Plaid Cymru and Labour have entered formal coalition and cooperation agreements before, but McAllister said

What does Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth do next after election victory?

Cymru ministers. That is tricky when his group of 43 is six seats short of a majority, and there is potential for drama to come. But for now, the road for ap Iorwerth to become

Labour expected to lose Senedd after century of winning elections in Wales

Plaid Cymru and Reform UK are both vying for the top spot. The Welsh government's deputy first minister, Huw Irranca-Davies, did not concede the election but said it had been "tough

Polls close in elections across England, Scotland and Wales

Plaid Cymru](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/plaid-cymru) in Welsh Senedd elections and could emerge as the SNP’s main opposition in Holyrood. The battle on the right will be seen most clearly in the six county councils

Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling

seats and control of more councils in England. The gains included Essex where the Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, has her constituency and which the Conservatives held for 25 years. - Plaid Cymru [became the largest party