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Welsh Labour leadership: Mark Drakeford set to be Wales’ first minister | Welsh Labour leadership: Mark Drakeford set to be Wales’ first minister |
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Mark Drakeford is set to become Wales' next first minister after he won the Welsh Labour leadership election. | Mark Drakeford is set to become Wales' next first minister after he won the Welsh Labour leadership election. |
The AM for Cardiff West gained 53.9% of the vote, but only after the contest went to a second round. | The AM for Cardiff West gained 53.9% of the vote, but only after the contest went to a second round. |
He is expected to replace Carwyn Jones at the helm of the Welsh Government when he stands down next week. | |
Vaughan Gething came second with 41.4% of the overall vote after the second round, while Eluned Morgan came third. | Vaughan Gething came second with 41.4% of the overall vote after the second round, while Eluned Morgan came third. |
Deputy Welsh Labour leader Carolyn Harris revealed the election result at the Cardiff Principality Stadium on Thursday, after a contest that lasted eight months. | Deputy Welsh Labour leader Carolyn Harris revealed the election result at the Cardiff Principality Stadium on Thursday, after a contest that lasted eight months. |
The Carmarthen-born academic, 64, has pledged to extend the smoking ban to town and city centres, and give the parents of newborn babies a bundle of essential items. | |
Mr Jones announced in April he would step down by the end of 2018 - he has been in the job for nine years. | Mr Jones announced in April he would step down by the end of 2018 - he has been in the job for nine years. |
The Welsh Labour leader elect pledged to make Wales "a beacon of hope in a darkening world and a future which works for the many in our society and not simply for a privileged few". | The Welsh Labour leader elect pledged to make Wales "a beacon of hope in a darkening world and a future which works for the many in our society and not simply for a privileged few". |
He paid tribute to the defeated candidates saying the "richness of ideas" they contributed in the campaign would make Welsh Labour "a stronger party with a greater reservoir of commitment and strength". | He paid tribute to the defeated candidates saying the "richness of ideas" they contributed in the campaign would make Welsh Labour "a stronger party with a greater reservoir of commitment and strength". |
Mr Drakeford said the ultimate aim was to have "a Labour government in Westminster working with a Labour government in Wales". | Mr Drakeford said the ultimate aim was to have "a Labour government in Westminster working with a Labour government in Wales". |
"Our most radical and successful days lie ahead of us", he added. | "Our most radical and successful days lie ahead of us", he added. |
Before the result Mr Jones told the crowd that it had been the "greatest honour of my life" to be first minister. | Before the result Mr Jones told the crowd that it had been the "greatest honour of my life" to be first minister. |
He said Welsh Labour "will never stop until we see more justice, more fairness, more opportunity and more equality". | He said Welsh Labour "will never stop until we see more justice, more fairness, more opportunity and more equality". |
Around 175,000 people had the right to vote - including around 25,000 party members and others who are part of affiliated trade unions. | |
Each had two votes. After Eluned Morgan came third in the first round, the second preference votes of those who supported her were redistributed. | |
Secretary of State for Wales, Tory MP Alun Cairns, welcomed the new first minister, saying he looked forward to working closely with him "to secure a stronger economy in communities right across Wales". | |
Leader of the Welsh Conservatives in Cardiff Bay, Paul Davies, gave qualified congratulations, saying Mr Drakeford "has a huge task ahead of him in solving the problems our nation is experiencing after decades of failure from successive Labour-led governments". | |
"While Mark Drakeford has a mandate to lead from the Labour Party, he has no mandate to lead from the Welsh people; only a Welsh Assembly election will provide an opportunity for the public to endorse, or otherwise, his plans," he added. |