{"id":431618,"date":"2026-05-08T11:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/431618\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:06:08","slug":"wales-election-2026-deputy-fm-admits-defeat-as-labour-expected-to-lose-the-senedd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/431618\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales election 2026: Deputy FM admits defeat as Labour expected to lose the Senedd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When will the results start coming in?published at 11:10 BST<\/p>\n<p>11:10 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Amid the nerves and bold predictions from some party sources, the pace of things is set to pick up over the next few hours. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 16 constituencies are expected to declare results from about 13:00 BST onwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Since this is the first time the new system and new constituencies are in effect, the declaration times listed below could easily shift, but here are some rough estimates:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni: 13:00<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Casnewydd Islwyn: 13:00-16:00<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ceredigion Penfro: 14:00-15:00 <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">G\u0175yr Abertawe:  Aiming for 14:00 <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sir Gaerfyrddin: 14:00-15:00 <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Clwyd: Early afternoon, possibly by 14:00 <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd: 15:00 <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Caerdydd Ffynnon: 15:00 at the earliest <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Caerdydd Penarth: 15:00 at the earliest<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg: 15:00 at the latest<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Afan Ogwr Rhondda: 15:30-16:30<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Gwynedd Maldwyn: 15:00-17:00 <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr: Late afternoon<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fflint Wrecsam: 18:00 <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bangor Conwy M\u00f4n: Unsure<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sir Fynwy Torfaen: Unsure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When will the results start coming in?published at 11:10 BST 11:10 BST Amid the nerves and bold predictions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-431618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}