ALL results in the race for the Senedd in Wales have been declared, with Labour’s Mark Drakeford remaining in place as First Minister.
In stark contrast to the party’s performance in England in the Super Thursday elections, Labour equalled its best-ever Senedd result by winning 30 seats – just one short of a majority.
Mr Drakeford has vowed to be “radical” and “ambitious” in government as his party continues in power in Wales.
He said he wants to work with other parties in the Senedd to form a new Welsh Government, with Labour’s election win leaving it just one seat short of an outright majority.
Mr Drakeford told the PA news agency: “We’ve demonstrated in the past that you can govern successfully with 30 seats, but my approach will be to work with other parties where there are policy ideas that we have in common.
“No party has a monopoly of good ideas. I’m much more interested in working with others where we think that will be to the betterment of Wales than I am in the sort of political fixing of things.
“I’m looking forward to working with anybody who thinks that by doing things together we can do things better.”
Asked how he would celebrate on Saturday evening, he told the PA news agency: “This evening my daughter, my son-in-law and my grandson are coming around and they are bringing fish and chips with them.”
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