Eluned Morgan the First Minister of Wales loses seat in Senedd election

Baroness Eluned Morgan, the First Minister of Wales, has lost her seat in the Senedd in a dire set of elections for Welsh Labour.Lady Morgan losing her seat marks the first time a sitting Welsh leader has lost an election in the Welsh Parliament.Labour has led Wales since the Senedd was first established as the National Assembly for Wales in 1999, and has been the largest party in the country for more than a century.Lady Morgan’s departure comes amid a brutal day for the party across Wales and the UK.She had been a member of the Senedd since 2016, became a minister in the Welsh government a year later and was the first woman to hold the role of First Minister in Wales.She took over at a turbulent time in Welsh Labour, with former first minister Vaughan Gething lasting just five months in the role.