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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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#88 May
#77 May
#76 May

collapsed to 9 Senedd seats, smallest group since 1910

UK Local Elections 2026: Welsh Labour collapses to nine seats
#65 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
#311 Apr

projected third on 15 Holyrood seats, all from regional lists

UK Local Elections 2026: Second MRP confirms SNP majority path
#311 Apr
Negotiated withPCPlaid Cymru
alternative coalition projected with welsh labour
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#310 Apr
#37 Apr

polled level with the Greens at 16% Westminster voting intention

UK Local Elections 2026: Labour and Greens draw level at 16%
#11 Apr
#21 Apr
Criticised byYPYour Party
endorsed candidates targeting wards citing labour failure
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#21 Apr
Haemorrhaged progressive voters toPCPlaid Cymru
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#330 Mar

launched Senedd manifesto with £4bn NHS investment and income tax freeze

UK Local Elections 2026: Welsh Labour pitches £4bn NHS pledge
#329 Mar
StatedNNHS
pledged four billion nhs investment programme
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#329 Mar
CriticisedPCPlaid Cymru
launched manifesto competing directly with plaid pledges
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#124 Mar
#11 Mar

Projected to fall from 29 to 12 seats

UK Local Elections 2026: YouGov MRP gives Plaid 43 seats, Labour 12
#11 Feb

Third-placed by donations in Q4 2025

UK Local Elections 2026: Reform took 2.7x Labour's Q4 donations as campaign began