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Labour has fallen just short of an outright majority in the Welsh assembly after the final results came in from north Wales. Labour has won 30 seats, but was unable to the 31st needed for an overall majority but is set to try to form a government. The Conservatives took Aberconwy and Clwyd West, key Labour targets. Tories lost their leader Nick Bourne, but did well otherwise. However, Plaid and the Lib Dems had a poor night. Lib Dems finished behind the BNP in a number of seats.
Labour has fallen just short of an outright majority in the Welsh assembly after the final results came in from north Wales.
Labour has won 30 seats, but was unable to the 31st needed for an overall majority but is set to try to form a government.
The Conservatives took Aberconwy and Clwyd West, key Labour targets.
Tories lost their leader Nick Bourne, but did well otherwise. However, Plaid and the Lib Dems had a poor night.
Lib Dems finished behind the BNP in a number of seats.
Throughout the election we've stated we want a working majority so we can govern alone. There is some talk of trying to govern with 30 but personally I think that would cause huge rows and is risky - you only need one AM to be ill and you can't get a vote through. So rumours are that there could be a coalition with the lib dems but I think the picture will be clearer next week.
It was an incredible night and we made some important and impressive gains, some very close indeed, like Cardiff Central which was gained from the lib dems with a majority of only 38.
cross posted form my blog -
The results are in from North Wales, at the end of a very dramatic night of counts, knife edge marginals and superb performances for Welsh Labour. Whether or not we would get a majority was on a knife edge, we have 30 seats, rather than the 31 we hoped for. Nail biting, but what a brilliant night. Cardiff has turned red! Full results on the BBC site here I want to quickly pay tribute to the incredible campaign teams across Wales, from our HQ in Cardiff, to every local team of members that has gone out canvassing, leafleting and working unfailingly hard to get the vote out for Welsh Labour. It has been a wonderful experience to work alongside everyone and I'm going to miss the campaign massively when we are finished after today. I've really enjoyed the privilege of working with Carwyn Jones, he's a great man and a brilliant politician, and I'm very proud that we have him as our party leader. If you missed it, here is my article on WalesHome and the Welsh Labour flickr site of campaign images here
Full results on the BBC site here
I want to quickly pay tribute to the incredible campaign teams across Wales, from our HQ in Cardiff, to every local team of members that has gone out canvassing, leafleting and working unfailingly hard to get the vote out for Welsh Labour. It has been a wonderful experience to work alongside everyone and I'm going to miss the campaign massively when we are finished after today.
I've really enjoyed the privilege of working with Carwyn Jones, he's a great man and a brilliant politician, and I'm very proud that we have him as our party leader.
If you missed it, here is my article on WalesHome
and the Welsh Labour flickr site of campaign images here
Found various sleepy but happy newly elected AMs around the local pubs on my way home from watching the First Minister do his round of tv interviews this evening. All good stuff. The next couple of weeks will be interesting to watch.
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