NEWS STORY : Vaughan Gething Becomes Welsh Labour Leader

STORY

Vaughan Gething has been elected as the leader of the Labour Party in Wales taking 51.7% of the vote against the 48.3% secured by Jeremy Miles. Gething will replace Mark Drakeford, the previous Welsh Labour leader and First Minister. Keir Starmer, the Leader of the Opposition, said:

“Gething led a hopeful, ambitious Welsh Labour government, in the face of a tired and failed Tory government in Westminster”.