Labour pleased with Welsh vote
Labour has won half of the Welsh Assembly’s thirty seats in the second Welsh election since devolution.
The party shared power with the Liberal Democrat Party leading up to these elections but now have 30 of the 60 seats in the assembly, which may be enough for them to form a working majority.
A lack of an absolute majority can be resolved by the appointment of a presiding officer from one of the other parties, although a coalition with the Lib Dems is still possible.
The final result was announced a little before seven o’clock this morning, and Plaid Cymru will be the second party with twelve seats, just one ahead of the Conservatives.
Members of the Welsh Labour party have announced their delight at the result that sees them dominate the constituency seats but not take one party list seat.
However, Labour’s one disappointment will be the loss of Wrexham to former Labour member John Marek. Dr Marek stood as an independent for the seat. He was not reselected by the Labour party after serving in the assembly in the last term, but beat his replacement candidate with 37 per cent of the vote.
