2018 Welsh Labour leadership election

2018 Welsh Labour leadership election

← 2009 9 November – 6 December 2018 February–March 2024 →

Candidate Mark Drakeford Vaughan Gething Eluned Morgan First Round 46.9% 30.8% 22.3% Second Round 53.9% 41.4%

Leader before election Carwyn Jones Elected Leader Mark Drakeford

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.

Carwyn Jones, who had led Welsh Labour since 2009, announced his intention to resign at the Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno in April 2018. He stated that he would stand down in autumn 2018, and that he would continue to lead the party until then.^[1]