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Labour expected to lose Senedd after century of winning Welsh elections
Key takeaways
- The party has won Westminster and Cardiff Bay elections in the country for more than a century, but opinion polls have suggested Plaid Cymru and Reform UK are both vying for the top spot.
- A former Welsh government minister has said that if the results were "as bad as predicted" then UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer should stand down as prime minister.
- Voting closed at 22:00 BST on Thursday and counting takes place on Friday, with full coverage of the results across BBC Wales online, television and radio.
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Gareth Lewis,Wales political editor,Shelley Phelps,Wales Westminster correspondentand David Deans,Wales political reporter Reuters Labour is expected to lose the Senedd election, multiple party sources have told the BBC, ending its 27-year-long rule in Wales.
The party has won Westminster and Cardiff Bay elections in the country for more than a century, but opinion polls have suggested Plaid Cymru and Reform UK are both vying for the top spot.
A former Welsh government minister has said that if the results were "as bad as predicted" then UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer should stand down as prime minister.
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