Wales’ first minister Vaughan Gething resigns as ministers quit

Welsh Conservative Senedd group leader Andrew RT Davies said the resignation was “long overdue”.

“But there can be no doubt that his Labour colleagues, from those who resigned today all the way up to Keir Starmer, have stood by his side, and are culpable for the breakdown in governance in Wales,” he said.

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth called for a snap Welsh Parliament election. The next election is due in 2026.

He said: “The people of Wales must be given the opportunity to elect a new government and an election must be called.”

Two-thirds of the Senedd would need to vote for its dissolution for a snap election to be called. Labour holds 30 of the 60 seats.

Mr Gething made history in March when he became the first black leader of a national government in Europe, something Sir Keir said would “broaden the ambitions and raise the gaze of a generation of young people in Wales and beyond.”

His election was announced on 16 March, exactly four months before his resignation announcement.

But ongoing controversy led to the collapse of a co-operation agreement between Labour and Plaid Cymru, and he subsequently lost a non-binding vote of no confidence in the Senedd.