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Plaid Cymru leader says he hopes to be made first minister as early as Tuesday

The Guardian · · 542 words · By Steven Morris
Plaid Cymru vs. UK Labour Welsh Political Transition
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“his party won a historic victory in the Senedd elections, soundly beating Labour and holding off Reform UK”
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Multiple independent sources, including Wikipedia and the BBC, confirm Plaid Cymru won 43 seats, beating Reform UK (34 seats) and Labour (9 seats).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Reform UK, often known simply as Reform, is a right-wing populist and far-right political party in the United Kingdom. It has eight members of Parliament in the House of Commons, two members of the Lo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_UK
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In December 2021, the Welsh Labour government and Plaid Cymru signed a three-year co-operation agreement, where the two parties agreed to work together in 46 policy areas. The agreement was not a coal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Welsh_Labour–Plaid_Cymru_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Plaid Cymru (English: plyde KUM-ree; Welsh: [plaid ˈkəmrɨ̞]; lit. 'Party of Wales', officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, and often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru
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“Plaid fell short of winning a majority in the Welsh parliament”
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Two independent web sources explicitly state Plaid Cymru won without a majority, with one source specifying they were six seats short of a majority.
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web search NEUTRAL — In the 2021 Senedd election, Welsh Labour won another government with one seat short of a majority. [7] Shortly after, they entered a co-operation agreement with Plaid Cymru, which fell short of a typ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Senedd_election
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web search NEUTRAL — Plaid Cymru win Senedd Election 2026, but without a majority The final constituency of Gwynedd Maldwyn has just declared returning four seats for Plaid Cymru and two for Reform UK.
https://caerphilly.observer/news/1058652/senedd-election-res…
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web search NEUTRAL — However Plaid is six seats short of a majority and will need the support of a decimated Labour group that won just nine of the 96 seats in the Senedd.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/labour-plaid-sen…
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“The Plaid leader said he had spoken to all the party leaders except Nigel Farage”
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While evidence confirms Rhun ap Iorwerth ruled out working with Reform UK and Nigel Farage, there is no specific mention in the provided evidence of him stating he spoke to 'all party leaders except Nigel Farage'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Caerphilly by-election was held on 23 October 2025 to elect the new member of the Senedd (MS) for the Senedd constituency of Caerphilly following the death of Hefin David on 12 August 2025. F…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Caerphilly_by-election
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election for the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru) was held on 7 May 2026, to elect all 96 members to the Senedd. It was the seventh devolved general election since the Senedd (formerl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Senedd_election
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Plaid Cymru (English: plyde KUM-ree; Welsh: [plaid ˈkəmrɨ̞]; lit. 'Party of Wales', officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, and often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_Cymru
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“Labour was left with just nine seats in the Senedd”
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The Guardian, BBC, and Wikipedia all independently confirm that Labour was reduced to 9 seats in the 2026 Senedd elections.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election for the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru) took place on Thursday 6 May 2021 to elect 60 members to the Senedd. It was the sixth devolved general election since the Senedd (for…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Senedd_election
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election for the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru) was held on 7 May 2026, to elect all 96 members to the Senedd. It was the seventh devolved general election since the Senedd (formerl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Senedd_election
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Senedd ( SEN-edh; lit. 'parliament' or 'senate'), officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English and Senedd Cymru (Welsh: [ˈsɛnɛð ˈkəmrɨ] ) in Welsh, is the devolved, unicameral legislature …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senedd
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“ending 100 years of dominance in Wales”
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Wikipedia and news sources confirm Labour had won every general election in Wales since 1922, and the 2026 result ended this century-long dominance.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election for the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru) took place on Thursday 6 May 2021 to elect 60 members to the Senedd. It was the sixth devolved general election since the Senedd (for…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Senedd_election
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election for the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru) was held on 7 May 2026, to elect all 96 members to the Senedd. It was the seventh devolved general election since the Senedd (formerl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Senedd_election
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the run-up to the 2026 Senedd election, various organisations conducted opinion polls to gauge voting intentions. Results of such polls are displayed in this list. The pollsters listed are members …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2026_S…
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“Ken Skates, the interim leader of Welsh Labour after the former first minister Eluned Morgan resigned”
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Wikipedia and BBC News confirm that Eluned Morgan resigned as First Minister and Welsh Labour leader after losing her seat, and Ken Skates was appointed interim leader.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kenneth Christian Skates (born 2 April 1976) is a Welsh Labour politician who has served as Interim Leader of Welsh Labour since 9 May 2026. Skates represented the constituency of Clwyd South in the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Skates
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election for the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru) was held on 7 May 2026, to elect all 96 members to the Senedd. It was the seventh devolved general election since the Senedd (formerl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Senedd_election
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mair Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely, (born 16 February 1967) is a Welsh politician who has served as First Minister of Wales since 2024. In May 2026, she lost her seat in the Senedd and will l…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eluned_Morgan
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