2018 Welsh Labour Party deputy leadership election

The 2018 Welsh Labour Party deputy leadership election took place from 16 February to 21 April 2018. It followed a review in the Welsh Labour Party which for the first time formalised the role of Deputy Leader. As the then leader Carwyn Jones was male, only women were eligible to stand for the role of deputy.[1][2]

2018 Welsh Labour Party deputy leadership election
16 February – 21 April 2018
 
Candidate Carolyn Harris Julie Morgan
Overall Result 51.5% 48.5%
Affiliated Unions 60.4% 39.6%
Party members 34.8% 65.2%
MPs, AMs & MEPs 59.3% 40.7%
Deputy Leader before election

Position established

 Elected Deputy Leader

Carolyn Harris

On 21 April 2018, Swansea MP Carolyn Harris was elected as Deputy Leader.[3]

Voting system

The election was conducted under an Electoral College system in which Labour Party members, affiliated trade union members and Welsh Labour elected officials all held an equal share of the votes.[4][5]

Based on the turnout figures, Welsh Labour has approximately 25,000 individual members and 76,400 affiliated union members,[6] as well as 58 elected officials (29 AMs, 28 MPs and 1 MEP).

Candidates and Endorsements

To stand, candidates needed the support of a minimum of 12 parliamentarians with a minimum of three AMs and three MPs [2]

Nominations closed at Midday on 16 February and two candidates – Swansea East MP Carolyn Harris, and Cardiff North AM Julie Morgan were successfully nominated.

Newport Council Leader Debbie Wilcox announced her candidacy but withdrew in favor of Julie Morgan.[7]

The following were reported as endorsements at the close on nominations on 16 February 2018:[8]

Candidate Portrait Constituency and Office AM Endorsements MP Endorsements Union Endorsements CLP Endorsements
Carolyn Harris Swansea East
 Dawn Bowden, Hefin David, Alun Davies, Rebecca Evans, Vaughan Gething, Mike Hedges, Huw Irranca-Davies, Jeremy Miles, Eluned Morgan, Lynne Neagle and David Rees Tonia Antoniazzi, Chris Bryant, Ann Clwyd, Wayne David, Stephen Doughty, Susan Elan Jones, Chris Elmore, David Hanson, Gerald Jones, Stephen Kinnock, Madeleine Moon and Albert Owen
Julie Morgan Cardiff North
 Rhianon Passmore, Jenny Rathbone, Jack Sargent, Ken Skates, Lee Waters, Joyce Watson, John Griffiths, Lesley Griffiths, Jane Hutt, Mark Drakeford, Mick Antoniw, Hannah Blythyn and Jayne Bryant Kevin Brennan, Geraint Davies, Paul Flynn, Nia Griffith and Anna McMorrin,

Derek Vaughan MEP supported Carolyn Harris.

Results and turnout

The results were announced at the Welsh Labour Conference in Llandudno on 21 April 2018.[3] Carolyn Harris was elected as Deputy Leader. Harris won decisively amongst affiliated members and elected members, whilst Morgan won even more decisively amongst the votes of full party members by a 2:1 margin. Moreover Morgan won 1,401 more votes than Harris if all three sets of results are aggregated. The overall result saw Harris win by 52%–48% in the electoral college. Morgan won the popular vote 54%–46%.

The turnout among Parliamentarians was 93.1% (with 4 non voters), among full party members it was 38.3% and among affiliate members it was 4.7%, giving an overall turnout of 9.4%.[6]

Candidate Affiliated members
(33.3%) [9]		 Labour Party members
(33.3%)[9]		 MPs / AMs / MEPs
(33.3%)[10]		 Overall result
Votes % Votes % Votes % %
Carolyn Harris MP 4,341 60.4 3,336 34.8 32 59.3 51.5
Julie Morgan AM 2,844 39.6 6,244 65.2 22 40.7 48.5

TOTAL VOTES CAST AGGREGATING ALL THREE SECTIONS – 16,819

Julie Morgan – 9,110 (54.16%)

Carolyn Harris – 7,709 (45.84%)

See also

References
  1. "Welsh Labour to appoint woman as deputy leader in 2018". BBC News. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. "Morgan, Wilcox and Harris in running for Welsh Labour deputy". BBC News. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. "Harris elected Welsh Labour deputy leader". 21 April 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. "Welsh Labour leadership election rules unchanged". BBC News. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  5. "WELSH PARTY LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS 1998–2016". Tom Quinn, Senior Lecturer in Government, University of Essex.
  6. "Adrian Masters on Twitter".
  7. "Newport council leader Cllr Debbie Wilcox withdraws from Welsh Labour deputy leader race to back Julie Morgan". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. "Candidates confirmed for 2018 Welsh Labour deputy leadership election". welshlabour.wales. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. "Adrian Masters on Twitter".
  10. "Adrian Masters on Twitter".
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