Plaid Cymru wins Welsh Senedd elections, ending 100 years of Labour control

Leader Rhun ap Iorwerth says he is ready to become first minister and form next Welsh government

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Plaid Cymru has won the Welsh Senedd elections, ending 100 years of Labour dominance in Wales and blocking the momentum of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

The leader of the centre-left Welsh nationalist party, Rhun ap Iorwerth, said he stood ready to become first minister and form the next Welsh government, taking over from Welsh Labour, who have governed in Wales since devolution began in 1999.