### [2026-05-8](/feed/2026/05/8/index.md)

##### 2026 United Kingdom local elections
# Welsh Labour leader and First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan resigns after losing her seat in the Senedd. 




### Sources:

1. [The National](https://www.thenational.scot/news/26090656.welsh-labour-leader-eluned-morgan-loses-seat-senedd-elections/)

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