Labour expected to lose Senedd after century of winning Welsh elections

Labour expected to lose Senedd after century of winning Welsh elections30 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGareth Lewis,Wales political editor,Shelley Phelps,Wales Westminster correspondentandDavid Deans,Wales political reporterReutersLabour 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.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.Although a defeat for Labour was widely expected after poor showings in recent opinion polls, a loss in Wales would have political significance of historic proportions.PA MediaIf the predictions are correct the election will end Eluned Morgan's run as first ministerBoth Plaid and Reform have been pitching the election as a two-horse race - encouraging voters to back them over other parties.For both parties the more seats they win increases their chances of running a government on their own, or making a deal with other parties as straightforward as possible.No party is likely to reach a majority of 49 of the 96 Senedd seats under Wales' new proportional voting system, although Reform's Welsh leader Dan Thomas said on Tuesday that he thought it was possible for his party to achieve it.Former Welsh counsel general Mick Antoniw told BBC Wales the election had been the most difficult for Labour "in living memory".He said it seemed to be "more about Downing Street and immigration than Wales"."What we have to ensure is that Wales has a progressive and stabl...