Blaenau Gwent is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east,Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery,Brynmawr,Ebbw Vale and Tredegar. Its highest point is Coity Mountain at 1,896 feet (578 m).
Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as Deputy First Minister of Wales since August 2024,and as Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs since March 2024. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ogmore since 2016. Irranca-Davies was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ogmore from 2002 to 2016.
Julie Morgan is a Welsh Labour Party politician,who has been a Member of the Senedd for Cardiff North seat in the Senedd since the 2011 election. She was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff North from 1997 until 2010.
Mair Eluned Morgan,Baroness Morgan of Ely,,is a Welsh Labour politician who has served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour since 2024. Morgan is the first woman to hold the office of First Minister of Wales. As well as the first member of the House of Lords to serve as First Minister of Wales. She previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care in the Welsh Government from 2021 to 2024.
Laura Anne Jones is a Conservative politician who has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for the South Wales East electoral region since July 2020,having previously held the same seat as an Assembly Member (AM) in the National Assembly for Wales between 2003 and 2007. Jones also served as a county councillor for the Wyesham ward in Monmouthshire County Council from 2017 to 2022.
Jane Elizabeth Hutt is a Welsh Labour politician serving as Welsh Government Chief Whip since 2023,Trefnydd of the Senedd since March 2024 and Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice since July 2024. She has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for the Vale of Glamorgan since 1999.
Politics in Wales forms a distinctive polity in the wider politics of the United Kingdom,with Wales as one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom (UK).
Monmouthshire County Council is the governing body for the Monmouthshire principal area –one of the unitary authorities of Wales.
Monmouthshire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament,and was first contested at the 2024 general election,following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. Its current MP is Catherine Fookes,a member of the Labour.
Humphrey Vaughan ap David Gething is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party politician who served as First Minister of Wales from March to August 2024,and served as leader of Welsh Labour from March to July 2024,making him the first black leader of any European country. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Cardiff South and Penarth since 2011.
Monmouth Town Council is the town council of the traditional county town of Monmouth,south-east Wales. The Council comprises 19 members,who are elected every five years. The Mayor is the titular head of the council. The council has its offices in the Shire Hall,a Grade I listed building owned by Monmouthshire County Council.
Christopher Philip James Elmore is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgend,previously Ogmore,since 2016. He has been Comptroller of the Household since 10 July 2024.
Hannah Blythyn is a Welsh politician who served as the Minister for Social Partnership in the Welsh Government from 2021 to 2024. She was previously the Environment Minister from 2017 to 2018 and the Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government from 2018 to 2021. A member of Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party,she has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Delyn since 2016.
Dawn Alison Louise Bowden is a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist serving as Minister for Children and Social Care since 2024. She previously served as Chief Whip of the Welsh Government from 2021 to 2023 and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport from 2021 to 2024. Bowden has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney since 2016.
Antonia Louise Antoniazzi is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gower since 2017.
The 2018 Welsh Labour Party leadership election took place between 9 November and 6 December 2018 to elect a successor to Carwyn Jones as leader of the Welsh Labour Party.
Janet Jessica Daby is a British Labour politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham East since 2018. She has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families since July 2024.
Ruth Lorraine Jones is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newport West and Islwyn since 2024. Before the 2024 constituency boundary change,she had been the MP for Newport West since winning the seat at a by-election in April 2019.
Llinos Medi Huws is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ynys Môn since 2024. She previously served as leader of the Isle of Anglesey County Council from 2017 to 2024. A councillor for Talybolion ward,she was first elected to the local authority in 2013,and became leader of the Plaid Cymru group in 2015.
The February–March 2024 Welsh Labour leadership election took place to select Mark Drakeford's successor as leader of Welsh Labour,who in turn would become First Minister of Wales. Drakeford announced his resignation and retirement on 13 December 2023,five years after his election. Voting began in February 2024 with the new leader announced on 16 March 2024. Vaughan Gething won the election with 51.7% of the vote. The next scheduled Senedd election is due on or before 7 May 2026.
