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[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Our Final Welsh MRP finds Labour being squeezed. Plaid leading on vote share but tied with Reform on seats and clutch of highly marginal 6th seats

🌼Plaid Cymru 34 seats
➡️Reform UK 34 seats
🌹Labour 14 seats
🌳Conservatives 9 seats
💚Greens 5 seats

[Teleri Glyn Jones @TeleriGlynJones]

Extraordinary moment caught on camera which gets to the heart of the question of who’s really in charge of Reform Uk? Is it the Welsh leader, Dan Thomas, or Nigel Farage. Their Deputy Welsh Leader torn over who to back.

[electionmapsuk @electionmapsuk]

My Seat Model

RFM: 37
PLC: 35
LAB: 12
CON: 6
GRN: 5
LDM: 1

[BBC Wales News @BBCWalesNews]

How will the new Senedd voting system work? https://t.co/ecohAJtezZ

[LBC News Wales @LBCNewsWales]

Aled Hughes from the Farmers Union of Wales says farmers are "crying out" for more funding from the next Welsh Government, warning the budget has stagnated while costs have increased.

[ITV Wales News @ITVWales]

Reform UK closes gap on Plaid Cymru in race to become Senedd's largest party - ITV Cymru Wales poll
https://t.co/2YprcXM6Ii

[Lloyd Warburton🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 @LloydCymru]

New YouGov Senedd poll:

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Our First Welsh MRP estimates Plaid as the largest party in the Senedd

🌼Plaid Cymru 30 seats
➡️Reform UK 28 seats
🌹Labour 24 seats
🌳Conservatives 7 seats
💚Greens 4 seats
🔶Liberal Democrats 3 seats

[Teleri Glyn Jones @TeleriGlynJones]

Absolutely fascinating and totally backs up what we found on our election tour of Wales for the programme.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

What are the major changes coming to Welsh politics?

Sky's political news editor @HWoodwardSky explains

https://t.co/U9XOnHh2wD

[Nation.Cymru @NationCymru]

The Electoral Commission has published a guide to help voters in Wales understand the changes to the Senedd and its voting system ahead of the May 7 election ✍️Emily Price https://t.co/XvQVj8FhYm

[Lloyd Warburton🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 @LloydCymru]

I’ve added the 96 Reform UK Senedd candidates to my Senedd candidates spreadsheet:

https://t.co/5cZwptrbJv

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

Reform have announced their candidates for the Senedd election in Wales in May.

Let's go through them:

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[Bloomberg @business]

The Welsh nationalists of Plaid Cymru are set to overtake Labour to become the biggest party in Wales for the first time since 1999’s devolution, YouGov found in a survey. https://t.co/1hp5bGR5NN

[Wales Governance Centre @WalesGovernance]

"Labour’s century-long dominance of Welsh politics is coming to an end." - Prof. Richard Wyn Jones 👇
#Wales #Cymru #Senedd26
https://t.co/BI3rPEB1GI

[Lloyd Warburton🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 @LloydCymru]

I have made an interactive public version of this spreadsheet, with lists of known candidates for each party by constituency. There’s a worksheet on this file for each constituency. All data on it is provisional until 9 April. I’ll try to keep it up-to-date. https://t.co/6AFXnEmxIb

[Lloyd Warburton🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 @LloydCymru]

Under this seat projection, Eluned Morgan loses her seat, Darren Millar is the only Conservative elected and Plaid Cymru are six seats short of an outright majority.

[ITV Wales News @ITVWales]

EXCLUSIVE: First Minister Eluned Morgan on course to lose her seat in upcoming Senedd Election - ITV Wales poll
https://t.co/3FwokPFVGa

[Wales Governance Centre @WalesGovernance]

You are warmly invited to join the research team from the Wales Governance Centre for our Pre-Election Briefing ahead of the Welsh Parliament election in May 2026. #Wales #Senedd26
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Prof. Richard Wyn Jones and Dr Ed Poole will present our latest analysis:
https://t.co/PKOAzxqGDR

[BBC Wales News @BBCWalesNews]

First minister wants Wales to have closer ties with Europe https://t.co/h3OKDoe12d