Wales election 2026: Results map as Labour loses control of Senedd for first time

Labor lost control of the Senedd for the first time in a humiliating defeat for the party; The first minister also lost his seat in the Welsh parliament.

Labor retained only nine seats in the Senedd; Plaid Cymru is ahead with 43 seats, while Reform UK follows them in second place with 34 seats.

The Conservatives in Wales have seven seats, the Greens two and the Liberal Democrat one.

No party has achieved the 49 seats needed to form a majority government, meaning Plaid Cymru must form an alliance with another party.

Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru, told a press conference that his party was “ready to take the necessary steps to form Wales’ next government” by winning the most seats.

Speaking after the defeat, Baroness Morgan said she was proud to be the first woman to hold the post of first minister of Wales.

He said: “I am immensely proud of what Welsh Labor has achieved over the years we have led the Senedd, but the pressures on public services today are enormous.

“This change is clearly not coming fast enough. We live in turbulent times. There are challenges on all sides.”

This election marked the first time Wales used the ‘closed proportional list system’ for voting. It was implemented to more closely reflect the number of seats won by a party or independent candidate with the percentage of votes they received.

An overview of the results in Wales:

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Sir Keir Starmer said he was “hurt” but “won’t go away” after Labor lost hundreds of councilor seats and control of several councils in UK local elections.

The Prime Minister emphasized that he would continue his duty despite the losses and said, “days like this do not weaken my determination to realize the change I promised.”

Mr Farage said the results showed a “truly historic shift” in British politics away from the previous era dominated by Labor and the Conservatives, and vowed that “the best is yet to come” for his party.