{"id":108936,"date":"2024-08-06T11:01:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T11:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/06\/eluned-morgan-selected-as-waless-new-first-minister-after-vaughan-gethings-resignation\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T11:01:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T11:01:05","slug":"eluned-morgan-selected-as-waless-new-first-minister-after-vaughan-gethings-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/06\/eluned-morgan-selected-as-waless-new-first-minister-after-vaughan-gethings-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Eluned Morgan selected as Wales’s new first minister after Vaughan Gething’s resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eluned Morgan has been selected as Wales’s first minister – the first woman to hold the role.<\/p>\n

Baroness Morgan<\/strong><\/a> was confirmed as first minister in a vote of Senedd<\/strong><\/a> members on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

The Welsh parliament was recalled from summer recess for a special meeting to vote for a new first minister after the resignation of Vaughan Gething<\/strong><\/a> as Welsh Labour<\/a><\/strong> leader.<\/p>\n

Eluned Morgan received 28 votes, Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies secured 15 and Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth received 12 nominations.<\/p>\n

Mr Gething faced questions over a controversial \u00a3200k donation and the sacking of a minister, before four members of his government quit<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The contest to succeed Mr Gething had been expected to run until September.<\/p>\n

But Baroness Morgan, who has been Wales<\/strong><\/a>‘s health secretary since 2021, won the ensuing leadership election unopposed.<\/p>\n

She stood on a joint ticket with rural affairs secretary Huw Irranca-Davies, who she is expected to appoint as her deputy.<\/p>\n

The pair have pledged “strength, stability and unity”, with a focus on “improving the things that matter most” for people across the country.<\/p>\n

‘Greatest honour’<\/strong><\/p>\n

The only item on the agenda of the 36-minute session was the vote to nominate a new first minister.<\/p>\n

After securing the backing of the Senedd on Tuesday morning, Baroness Morgan said it was a “historic day”.<\/p>\n

She said it was the “greatest honour of [her] life” to become the first female first minister of Wales, which was met with applause from the public gallery.<\/p>\n

The first minister designate thanked Vaughan Gething for his service as her predecessor.<\/p>\n

“My vision for Wales is one where everyone can contribute to our shared success regardless of background,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I will be a listening first minister, listening to all, not just those who shout the loudest or who have the most power.”<\/p>\n

Sir Keir Starmer<\/strong><\/a> said Baroness Morgan “brings with her a wealth of experience and track record of delivery”.<\/p>\n

“I look forward to working hand-in-hand with Eluned to deliver on our promises to Wales and Britain,” he added.<\/p>\n

Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies described Baroness Morgan’s nomination as a “significant moment in [Wales’s] political history”.<\/p>\n

“You are the third first minister in this year and ultimately that has had a very corrosive effect,” he added.<\/p>\n

“I look forward, where we can, to working with you.”<\/p>\n

Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth said that there had been a “political storm” in Wales.<\/p>\n

The party has called for a fresh election to the Senedd, but accused Labour nor the Conservatives of not wanting to face the electorate.<\/p>\n

He said Plaid Cymru would both “challenge” the government and “work together”.<\/p>\n

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Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Jane Dodds said it was “very nice to have a female voice joining me”.<\/p>\n

She said recent weeks had “cast a shadow on Welsh politics” and that it had “personally pained me to see the erosion of trust”.<\/p>\n

Ms Dodds, who abstained from the vote, said it was “a signal [to the first minister] that the real work of government starts now”.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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