The Welsh Labour leader, Mark Drakeford, has promised to be radical and ambitious in government after his party equalled its best ever results in the Senedd election. Welsh Labour put what it called an “extraordinary set of results” down to Mr Drakeford’s careful leadership during the coronavirus pandemic. The Welsh Conservatives took Vale of Clwyd in north Wales from Labour but failed to wrest other target seats such as Wrexham and the Vale of Glamorgan from Labour. Ms McAllister said: “Labour made the campaign about continuity, asking voters to trust Welsh Labour with the handling of the post-Covid recovery as much as they trusted Labour over the lockdowns and vaccination programme. Mr Drakeford said Welsh Labour would be keen to work with other parties where there was common ground.

Source: The Irish Times May 08, 2021 18:56 UTC