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The 2024 general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024. Thirty-two seats were up for election in Wales as the general election occurred after the recently completed boundary review took effect. The Labour Party remained the largest party in Wales, gaining six seats for a total of 27.
Counsel General Mick Antoniw and First Minister Vaughan Gething hold up the Act after it gained royal assent on 24 June 2024. On 18 September 2023, the Welsh Government published its plans for electoral reform as part of the proposed Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill.
The Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 5) is an Act of Senedd Cymru that was introduced in October 2023 and received royal assent on 9 September 2024. The Act introduced numerous electoral reforms to Wales, including: legislating for automatic voter registration, reforming the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales,
According to the data (via The Court Circular), Princess Anne was the hardest working royal of 2023. Leon Neal/Getty ImagesThe Princess Royal, 73, carried out a total of 212 royal engagements (not ...
Following Mark Drakeford's resignation as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour, Vaughan Gething was elected to succeed him in the February–March 2024 Welsh Labour leadership election. Gething was officially nominated as First Minister by the Senedd on 20 March 2024, [2] [3] and announced his cabinet the following day.
On 13 December 2023, Drakeford announced his intention to resign as Welsh Labour Leader by March 2024, with the leadership election to begin shortly after his December announcement. [8] He denied that the timing was related to criticism he and his government had received for its expansion of 20 mph zones as a default for residential areas .
The next Senedd election is due to be held by 7 May 2026 [1] to elect 96 members to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru).It will be the seventh devolved general election since the Senedd (formerly the National Assembly for Wales) was established in 1999.
In September 2023, the Welsh Government published its plans for electoral reform as part of the proposed Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill. The number of Senedd constituencies is set to fall to 16, with each constituency electing six MSs from a closed list under the D'Hondt method. Under the proposals, all candidates must live in Wales ...