Eluned Morgan has this morning been voted in as the new Welsh First Minister – the first woman ever to hold the position. The Labour member for Mid and West Wales was unopposed for the nomination within her party and won 28 votes out of a possible 60. The Conservatives’ Andrew RT Davies got 15 votes; Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth 12. She confirmed Huw Irranca-Davies as her deputy, adding: ‘They used to say behind every successful man is a woman: on this occasion, there will be an impressive man behind a woman.’
Morgan is already facing trouble from other parties within the Senedd
Members of the Senedd were recalled from summer recess for the vote, which came after former first minister Vaughan Gething was forced to step down last month – lasting just 118 days in the job. Gething, Wales’s shortest-serving FM, was dogged throughout his time in office by a row over a £200,000 donation accepted during his leadership campaign and his decision to sack a cabinet minister, alleging that she was the source of a story about him deleting messages from a group chat during the pandemic.
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