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Welsh Labour unity plea as Jeremy Corbyn crowned leader Jeremy Corbyn victory as Labour leader hailed by Jones
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Welsh Labour has been urged to unite behind Jeremy Corbyn following his election as the party's new UK leader. Jeremy Corbyn has been praised for his "impressive" win in the Labour leadership contest by the first minister.
The left-winger - initially seen as the rank outsider - saw a surge in support to beat his more mainstream rivals Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall. Carwyn Jones said the left-winger had "energised a huge number of people who were previously disengaged from party politics".
Some Labour figures had vowed not to serve in a Corbyn shadow cabinet. He called on Labour to "come together, get organised and take on the Tories".
But Blaenau Gwent AM Alun Davies, who backed Mr Burnham, said: "You can't fight an election and then complain about the result." The first minister had previously said Mr Corbyn would be "an unusual choice" for leader.
Mr Corbyn was declared the winner of the contest to succeed Ed Miliband at a special Labour party event in London on Saturday, with Tom Watson elected to serve as his deputy.Mr Corbyn was declared the winner of the contest to succeed Ed Miliband at a special Labour party event in London on Saturday, with Tom Watson elected to serve as his deputy.
Live coverage and reaction to the Labour leadership result Despite initially being seen as the rank outsider, Mr Corbyn saw a surge in support to beat his more mainstream rivals Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall.
Reacting for the Conservatives, Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb said on Twitter: "Welsh Labour finally have a UK leader in its mould - [they] have banned Free Schools, Academies, Right to Buy. Wales already a test bed for Corbynism." Some Labour figures had vowed not to serve in a Corbyn shadow cabinet.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said Mr Corbyn's election would do nothing to change "Labour's terrible record in government in Wales." Shadow health minister Jamie Reed, who has been an outspoken critic of Mr Corbyn, announced his resignation from the Labour front bench within seconds of the result.
She added: "Plaid Cymru congratulates Jeremy Corbyn on his election. But Mr Jones called for unity behind the party's new leader.
"Many congratulations to Jeremy on his impressive win," he said.
"His campaign has energised a huge number of people who were previously disengaged from party politics and we must embrace that.
"We should also thank the other leadership candidates for a campaign well-fought. The challenge for the party now is to come together, get organised and take on the Tories.
"I look forward to meeting with Jeremy soon to discuss our campaign plans for the vital election in Wales next year."
During his victory speech, Mr Corbyn praised Mr Jones for his leadership in Wales.
He congratulated Welsh Labour for ending the internal market in the health service, saying it was "something we want to do in the rest of Britain".
Newport West MP Paul Flynn said on Twitter: "All the forecasts of doom by media and Labour's extinct volcanoes blown over by vast scale of victory from party members old and new."
Baroness Eluned Morgan, a former Euro-MP who hopes to run for the assembly in 2016, tweeted: "A new chapter in the history of the Labour Party begins. It's going to be a roller coaster ride. Hold onto your hats!"
'Dismal record'
Reacting for the Conservatives, Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb said on Twitter: "Welsh Labour finally have a UK leader in its mould - [they] have banned Free Schools, Academies, Right to Buy.
"Wales already a test bed for Corbynism."
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said Mr Corbyn's victory would do nothing to change "Labour's terrible record in government in Wales".
"Plaid Cymru congratulates Jeremy Corbyn on his election," she added.
"We hope that he will now deliver the votes of his MPs to join Plaid Cymru MPs in opposing those Tory policies that are causing great harm to people in Wales and beyond."We hope that he will now deliver the votes of his MPs to join Plaid Cymru MPs in opposing those Tory policies that are causing great harm to people in Wales and beyond.
"However, his election cannot alter Labour's dismal record in government in Wales. Their legacy, especially since devolution is one of failure and managed decline." "However, his election cannot alter Labour's dismal record in government in Wales.
'Credibility and coherence' "Their legacy, especially since devolution, is one of failure and managed decline."
Mr Davies, a former Welsh government minister, told BBC Wales in advance of the result that Mr Corbyn would have "a mandate to lead and we have to respect that". Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams said: "The reality is that Labour under Corbyn will become exactly the opposite of what this country needs right now: anti-Europe, anti-business and economically illiterate."
Also speaking before the result, Labour peer and party historian Lord Kenneth O. Morgan told BBC Radio Wales support for Mr Corbyn was "extraordinary" and "a rather desperate throw".
He said an MP who had been a rebellious backbencher throughout his years in Parliament would have to prove he can "adjust himself to the party process, to the way politics is done".
"Jeremy Corbyn says there will be a completely different kind of politics, with policy coming up from the grassroots," he said.
"But what you also want is credibility and coherence, and we'll have to see whether he supplies it."
Analysis by Nick Servini, BBC Wales political editorAnalysis by Nick Servini, BBC Wales political editor
So how will Jeremy Corbyn's victory go down in the only part of the UK where there's a devolved Labour government?So how will Jeremy Corbyn's victory go down in the only part of the UK where there's a devolved Labour government?
A number of senior figures in Wales have been telling me privately how concerned they are about the implications for the assembly election in 2016.A number of senior figures in Wales have been telling me privately how concerned they are about the implications for the assembly election in 2016.
Above all it will be a judgment of the record of Carwyn Jones' government, but the fear among many is that a Corbyn win will make it easier for opponents to challenge in marginal seats like the Vale of Glamorgan, the Vale of Clwyd and Cardiff North, where the Tories performed well in the general election but which are held by Labour in the assembly. Above all it will be a judgment of the record of Carwyn Jones's government, but the fear among many is that a Corbyn win will make it easier for opponents to challenge in marginal seats like the Vale of Glamorgan, the Vale of Clwyd and Cardiff North, where the Tories performed well in the general election but which are held by Labour in the assembly.
And will Welsh Labour MPs unite behind the new leader? The jury is still out.And will Welsh Labour MPs unite behind the new leader? The jury is still out.
One told me there is a tendency to catastrophise about a party that is surprisingly resilient, while another told me how hard he would find it to be loyal to a man who has rebelled so often in the past. One told me there is a tendency to catastrophise about a party that is surprisingly resilient while another told me how hard he would find it to be loyal to a man who has rebelled so often in the past.
And what about the new party members who joined up because of Corbyn? They've been as visible in Wales as elsewhere. And what about the new party members who joined up because of Corbyn? They have been as visible in Wales as elsewhere.
Their big hope is that the new leader drags the centre ground of British politics to where they believe it should be - to the left.Their big hope is that the new leader drags the centre ground of British politics to where they believe it should be - to the left.