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Welsh Labour
Welsh Labour governed Wales from devolution in 1999 until its historic 9-seat collapse in May 2026.
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#8 9 May
Welsh Labour: fourth leader in 26 months
UK Local Elections 2026#7 8 May
Plaid Cymru forms Welsh minority government
UK Local Elections 2026#1 7 May
Mentioned in: Wales holds first 96-seat PR Senedd election 7 May
UK Local Elections 2026#7 7 May
collapsed to 9 Senedd seats, smallest group since 1910
UK Local Elections 2026: Welsh Labour collapses to nine seats#6 5 May
Mentioned in: Reform projected to 2,342 council seats
UK Local Elections 2026#6 5 May
Projected at 12 seats on 12% vote share, providing coalition arithmetic for Plaid
UK Local Elections 2026: Wales Greens fall from 10 to 2#6 28 Apr
Projected at 12% Welsh vote share — lowest since 1906 general election — with leader below constituency threshold
UK Local Elections 2026: Welsh Labour at 12%, lowest since 1906#5 21 Apr
Mentioned in: YouGov second Welsh MRP flips Plaid lead
UK Local Elections 2026#5 19 Apr
Mentioned in: Welsh leaders debates expose immigration paradox
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
Mentioned in: Welsh Lib Dems leave Reform door open
UK Local Elections 2026#3 13 Apr
Mentioned in: Electoral Commission blind on crypto cash
UK Local Elections 2026#3 13 Apr
Mentioned in: Voter registration closes in seven days
UK Local Elections 2026#3 13 Apr
Mentioned in: SNP manifesto launch set for 16 April
UK Local Elections 2026#3 11 Apr
Mentioned in: Wales Greens projected as Senedd kingmakers
UK Local Elections 2026#3 11 Apr
Mentioned in: IFS rejects every Scottish party's fiscal plan
UK Local Elections 2026#3 11 Apr
projected third on 15 Holyrood seats, all from regional lists
UK Local Elections 2026: Second MRP confirms SNP majority path#3 11 Apr
“alternative coalition projected with welsh labour”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#3 10 Apr
Greens launch council assault on Labour turf
UK Local Elections 2026#1 7 Apr
Mentioned in: Electoral Calculus projects first SNP majority since 2011
UK Local Elections 2026#2 7 Apr
Mentioned in: Tories Projected to Hold Zero Scottish Constituency Seats
UK Local Elections 2026#3 7 Apr
polled level with the Greens at 16% Westminster voting intention
UK Local Elections 2026: Labour and Greens draw level at 16%#2 2 Apr
Your Party Fields 250 Candidates in Labour's Muslim Wards
UK Local Elections 2026#1 1 Apr
Plaid and Reform in dead heat 30 days out
UK Local Elections 2026#2 1 Apr
Mentioned in: Davey Frames English Locals as Lib Dems Versus Reform
UK Local Elections 2026#2 1 Apr
Wales Hardening Into Two Blocs, Researchers Find
UK Local Elections 2026#2 2 Apr
“endorsed candidates targeting wards citing labour failure”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 1 Apr
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#3 30 Mar
launched Senedd manifesto with £4bn NHS investment and income tax freeze
UK Local Elections 2026: Welsh Labour pitches £4bn NHS pledge#3 30 Mar
#3 30 Mar
“launched manifesto competing directly with plaid pledges”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#1 24 Mar
Welsh FM projected out of her own seat
UK Local Elections 2026#3 18 Mar
Mentioned in: Finance reform bill stalls past polling day
UK Local Elections 2026#2 18 Mar
Mentioned in: Major Questions FPTP Before Three-System Election Night
UK Local Elections 2026#1 1 Mar
Projected to fall from 29 to 12 seats
UK Local Elections 2026: YouGov MRP gives Plaid 43 seats, Labour 12#2 1 Mar
Mentioned in: Rupert Lowe's Party Tests Itself in Great Yarmouth Only
UK Local Elections 2026#2 28 Feb
Mentioned in: Plaid Offers Childcare and Surgery, Defers Independence
UK Local Elections 2026#1 9 Feb
Mentioned in: Jenrick tells Commons prior advice already judged postponement unlawful
UK Local Elections 2026#1 1 Feb
Third-placed by donations in Q4 2025
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform took 2.7x Labour's Q4 donations as campaign began#1 1 Oct
Mentioned in: Harborne gave Reform UK £9m, a UK records high
UK Local Elections 2026#1 24 Sept