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Having decided on a new electoral system to replace our outdated electoral college system with one-member-one-vote (OMOV), the Welsh Labour Party is about to seek nominations for a new leader of the Labour party in Wales and Labour’s…
Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. Labour news over the last 24 hours has mainly focussed on the parliamentary pass of Jeremy Corbyn’s private secretary, or lack thereof. The Huffington Post…
On Saturday the Labour family in Wales will gather in Cardiff to decide how we elect the leader and deputy leader of Welsh Labour. This fundamental question is part one of the Welsh Labour democracy review that was agreed at this year’s…
After every election it is good to look back and reflect on how it was organised and run. As a member of the Welsh Assembly, I'd like to review the Welsh Labour deputy leadership election. Carolyn Harris will be an excellent campaigning…
Mark Drakeford is probably the next First Minister of Wales. Just days after Carwyn Jones revealed his plan to stand down from the Welsh Labour leadership post at party conference in Llandudno, Jeremy Corbyn ally Drakeford announced his bid…
This is the full text of Welsh Labour leader and First Minister Carwyn Jones' speech to Welsh Labour Conference today. He announced he will stand down in the autumn. Good afternoon, Conference. I can only assume by the full hall that the…
Carolyn Harris has won the Welsh Labour deputy leader election. The MP for Swansea East gained 51.5 per cent of the vote, narrowly beating Julie Morgan, Cardiff AM and former MP, to become the Welsh party's first deputy leader. Although…
Voting for the Welsh Labour deputy leadership contest closes at noon today. The race between MP for Swansea East Carolyn Harris and AM for Cardiff North Julie Morgan has centred around the candidates’ preferred voting system for the very…
The Welsh Labour deputy leadership election is currently underway. LabourList takes a look... The deputy leader post is newly created, and it’s no coincidence that both candidates are women – Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones is a man and…
Jack Sargeant has won in Alyn and Deeside, his father’s former seat in the Welsh Assembly, and increased Labour’s majority. The by-election was triggered after Carl Sargeant died in November last year. "This is a by-election here that we…
The dust jacket perhaps best sums up Rhodri Morgan and his place in Welsh life. I purposely use the term Welsh life as opposed to Welsh political life because Rhodri transcended politics: he was not just another politician, he was Rhodri…
This is the full statement issued yesterday by Carwyn Jones, Wales' first minister, following the death of cabinet minister Carl Sargeant. This is an awful situation for everyone. I want to talk about Carl and his family today. We're all…
