Labour Loses Power in Wales Setback

Welsh Labour MP admits ‘devastating results’ for party in Wales

Before Labour backbencher Catherine West announced a possible leadership bid, we spoke to the Cabinet Office Minister and Welsh Labour MP, Nick Thomas-Symonds, from his constituency in Tor.

Labour loses power in Wales for first time since 1999 devolution

Wales waves good-bye to Labour for first time since 1999 as the nationalist Plaid Cymru’s leader Rhun ap Iorwerth wins the election echoing its need for a ‘change of leadership’

Labour loses power in Wales setback

Britain's Labour Party lost power Friday in Wales for the first time since its devolved assembly was created in 1999, as the nationalist Plaid Cymru won the most seats in local elections, the BBC reported. With all 96 seats declared, Plaid Cymru won 43 -- falling short of a majority -- while anti-immigration Reform UK were second with 34 leaving Labour trailing in third winning just nine seats. It represented a humiliating result in its traditio…

Labour's historic bond with Wales has been shattered

For more than a century, Welsh politics and the Labour Party were inseparable. On Friday, that historic bond was shattered.