1998 Welsh Labour leadership election
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The 1998 Welsh Labour Party leadership election was held on 19 September 1998. Secretary of State for Wales Ron Davies was elected as Welsh Labour Leader and nominee for First Secretary.[1]
- Ron Davies, Member of Parliament for Caerphilly since 1983 and Secretary of State for Wales since May 1997.
- Rhodri Morgan, Member of Parliament for Cardiff West since 1987, backbencher, Chair of Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee since May 1997.
Result
Ron Davies won with 68% of the vote, winning all three sections of Welsh Labour's electoral college formed from the party's Welsh MPs, MEPs approved assembly candidates, the trade unions and the party's members.[1]
In his memoirs, Rhodri Morgan wrote:
- "[The Welsh MPs] went heavily for Ron, although I kept majority among the approved panel of Assembly candidates down to 32-22. Of the candidates subsequently elected to the Assembly it was 4-4. The unions went for Ron, even my own union the T&G. The party members' vote split much more evenly, but I didn't maintain the early success I'd had in Aberavon and Swansea [CLPs], although I did get a majority of the constituency nominations."[2]
