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Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru

Welsh nationalist political party

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Plaid Cymru to form Welsh government, ending 27 years of Labour rule

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Largest party in Senedd; forming minority government

Wales had a Labour-led government for every day of its 27-year devolved history. Voters ended that on Thursday, and on Saturday Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said his party would form the next one.

Updated May 31

Britain's Super Thursday tests Labour across three nations

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Leading partial Senedd results with 22 seats declared; on course to become the largest party for the first time

Results from the May 7 Super Thursday elections, counted through Friday, May 8, showed Labour losing heavily and Reform surging past polling expectations. Reform gained more than 500 English council seats and took control of four authorities (Newcastle-under-Lyme, Havering, Sunderland, and Essex) for the first time.

Updated May 31