Latest News About Plaid Cymru tops Wales vote,

Wales trends revealed the 2026 Senedd election returned Plaid Cymru as the largest party with 43 Senedd seats, while Welsh Labour fell to 9 Senedd seats. With no party reached a majority, Plaid Cymru moved toward a minority administration, and First Minister Eluned Morgan was unseated. The election brought in a larger Senedd with 96 assembly members elected by closed-list PR, and turnout posted a record 51.6 percent, with NHS funding enduring a major campaign issue. Plaid Cymru hinted groundwork for a independence White Paper for Wales, though a referendum is not planned in the first term.