1999 Welsh Labour leadership election

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1999 Welsh Labour leadership election
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Candidate Alun Michael Rhodri Morgan
Overall Result 52.7% 47.3%
Affiliated unions
 64.0% 36.0%
Party members 35.7% 64.3%
Elected officials
 58.4% 41.6%
Leader before election

Ron Davies

 Elected Leader

Alun Michael

The 1999 Welsh Labour leadership election was held on 20 February 1999. Alun Michael was elected as Labour's nominee for First Secretary.[1] Michael would go on to become First Secretary in a minority Labour government following the 1999 Assembly election. Runner up Rhodri Morgan went on to serve in Michael's first cabinet and then succeeded him as First Secretary in February 2000.

Background

In the

First Secretary of Wales.[4] As Labour was expected to win the most seats in the first election to the assembly, scheduled for May 1999, its leader in Wales would likely become the inaugural first secretary.[6][7]

Blairite Alun Michael to succeed Davies as Welsh secretary and planned for him to become the first secretary without a leadership election.[7] This appointment was made to prevent Morgan, who had a long-held ambition to lead the assembly,[8] from becoming Labour's leader in Wales.[9]

Electoral system

The new leader was elected using an Electoral College in which the votes of elected officials (Welsh Labour MPs, MEPs and assembly candidates), individual members and affiliates were weighted equally at a share of one-third each.

Candidates

A third candidate, Swansea-based businessman and lawyer, Roger Warren Evans announced his intention to run saying he would be the party's "rank and file" representative,[10] although ultimately he didn't stand.

Result

Candidate
 Affiliated
members
(33.3%) 		Individual
members
(33.3%) 		Elected
members
(33.3%) 		Total
Alun Michael MP 64.0% 35.7% 58.4% 52.7%
Rhodri Morgan MP 36.0% 64.3% 41.6% 47.3%

References

  1. ^ "WELSH PARTY LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS 1998-2016". Tom Quinn, Senior Lecturer in Government, University of Essex. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Labour routs Tories in historic election". BBC News. 2 May 1997. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. ^ "History of devolution". Senedd. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b Torrance, David (30 January 2023). Devolution in Wales: "A process, not an event" (PDF). House of Commons Library. pp. 13–14. CBP8318. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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  6. ^ "Davies beats off backbench challenge". BBC News. 19 September 1998. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  7. ^
    doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380313
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  9. ^ Phillips, Ioan (20 July 2021). "MORGAN, HYWEL RHODRI (1939 - 2017), politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  10. ^ "New contender for Welsh Labour leader". BBC News. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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