06/05/2016 BBC Wales Today

few days. That's all from the BBC News at 6.

Welcome to Wales Today and a special election programme live

Labour celebrates - remaining by far the largest party.

They fail to win a majority but there's no talk yet

People look to us to form a government, as the largest party. We

have to do that fairly quickly. We have a steel crisis to deal with.

The last thing Wales wants is a period of uncertainty for many

weeks. History is made - there's

a new party in the Senedd - We will not do deals with any of the

other parties just to occupy offices in government. We will take a view

on every individual issue. Their leader Leanne Wood

wins Rhondda from They are now the second largest

party, but fail to make big breakthroughs elsewhere

And for the Liberal Democrats, Kirsty Williams is now their only

Assembly member but tonight Welcome to a special Wales Today

live from the Senedd in Cardiff Bay. Labour has been celebrating victory

in the Assembly election - defying many pre-election

predications to finish on 29 seats, down just one

on their total five years ago. History was also made with UKIP

returning their first AMs. Let's take a look at the results

in more detail. Despite a big drop in their total

support, Labour led by Carwyn Jones The big shock of the night -

and the only constituency to change hands saw Plaid Cymru leader

Leanne Wood defeat former Labour Minister Leighton Andrews in

Rhondda. Her party is now the second largest

in the Assembly but failed to make For the first time in Assembly

elections, the Conservatives, lead by Andrew RT Davies have won

fewer seats than in The seven UKIP AMs, including leader

Nathan Gill, have all come And the Liberal Democrats now

have just one member. Kirsty Williams won her seat

in Brecon and Radnorshire with an increased majority but has

announced her resignation as leader Over the course of the next hour,

we will have full reaction and analysis of the results

and what it means for each First, our political editor

Nick Servini with the story A long night and mixed fortunes. At

counts across Wales, moments of tension, relief, and jubilation.

Carwyn Jones was all smiles when he met his troops in the top

conservative target seat of Cardiff North where Labour comfortably

prevailed. In fact, Labour successfully defended every single

marginal seat where it was up against the Tories. But Labour still

doesn't have an overall majority so the First Minister struck a

conciliatory tone but he was also clear that Labour would govern

alone. For the time being at least. Looking busy Kirsty Williams to see

what there is of Plaid Cymru. Very early days yet. But people will opt

to us to form a government, as the largest party, we have to do that

fairly quickly, we have a steel crisis that has to be dealt with and

Wales does not want period of uncertainty for many weeks. The

drinks were flowing for Ukip and a most famous couple Neil and

Christine Hamilton, here celebrating Neil's election is one of several

Ukip AMs. The pledge is to be in opposition with teeth. I've never

actually been inside the building so it will be a learning curve. We will

hold the balance of power in the assembly. We don't know whether

Plaid will do a squalid deal with Labour, they have done it before and

no doubt they will do it again. But we will not do deals with any of the

other parties just to occupy offices in government. We don't know if this

was the former Labour minister conceding defeat but it came before

the most about it moment of the night, when the Plaid leader Leanne

Wood easily took the Rhondda for the first time on a 25% swing. Plaid

performed well across the valleys are providing a major scare for

Labour in Gwent. Whittling down a majority of more than 9000 to around

600. But it failed to capture a number of target seats. It is a bit

tricky for Plaid because they came close in a number of seats but

Rhondda was their only game. It raises questions as to how effective

their ground operation is if they are coming so close but not getting

the vote on the day. The Conservatives failed to capitalise

on the momentum generalised -- momentum generated in the election

last year. Of course it is disappointing when you fail to win

seats that you have one at a general election, of course it is. But you

mustn't underestimate what we have achieved when you look at the

reduction in the majority on a bed of Clywd where we had a very

hard-working candidate, Sam Robbins, to get the majority down from over

over several hundred, that is a phenomenal achievement. The Liberal

Democrats were wiped out a partner Kirsty Williams Radnorshire. She

slid down as the leader in Wales as she stood to be the only Liberal

Democrats at the assembly. Is this results below point for the party in

Wales? I believe so. We had a fantastic result in Brecon and

Radnorshire, one that nobody could have predicted. That will take

longer than 12 months from the worst of a general election but we will do

it ward by Ward, seat by seat but it will take time. Other than the

arrival of Ukip, there wasn't much change in the political make-up. The

biggest change will be the new faces, with 22 becoming AMs for the

first time. So how does the political map

of Wales look tonight? Our man who can answer that and more

is Arwyn Jones. After those hundreds of candidates

walked, thousands of miles between them, all wanting to end up here in

Cardiff Way, how has it changed the political map of Wales were to mark

let's show you the assembly constituency. When we look at the

constituencies, variable is the tree. Once the changing hands. This

little blob of yellow there. That is Plaid Cymru held in the middle of

the red ocean of Labour constituencies around it. And

elsewhere, it is very much as you were. We have been hearing that

seats have been changing hands. We're not looking at the 40

constituency, we are looking at the regional assembly members. There are

40 constituency AMs, 20 regional AMs. Five members in each of the

four regions. In North Wales, we saw Ukip getting their first AMs

collected here to Cardiff Bay, to fit them in North Wales. Then you

have a huge area, mid and West Wales where Labour do quite well last

night, ensuring a possible they had in 2011, two members there as well

as other parties. In south Wales, you got a decent night for Plaid

Cymru, Mormonism may Haddin 2011, and in south Wales Central, decent

night for the Conservatives. Losing seats elsewhere on the regional

list, ... To AMs there. That is how it looks on the regions on a map of

Wales. This is how it looks in the virtual reality chamber. How does it

look after the fifth of them the election? Labour are the largest

party with 29 members but short of the winning line, not getting the

overall majority. The new main opposition party, Plaid Cymru, on 12

AMs, one more than last time. They pushed the Conservatives into third

place and took the number of AMs down to 11, that is down for from

their tally in 2011. And the new kids on the block, Ukip, seven AMs

for them. All of them coming from those regional lists I told you

about earlier. The first time we have seen Ukip AMs and Cardiff Bay.

And one lone Lib Dem, Kirsty Williams, holding to her seat there.

So that is how it looks after yesterday's collection. Not an awful

look -- not changing but this was the election with those changes on

the regional list seats made a very big difference.

So, a set of results which keeps Labour in power

Barring a political earthquake, the party always was going remain

the largest in the Assembly, but Labour managed to hang

on to seats many pundits thought it would lose.

But with that one exception in Rhondda, Labour's campaign

delivered just enough votes in just the right places

Think Wales, think labour for almost a century, the party has shaped the

landscape here. In the assembly, Labour has governed for every one of

the 17 years since it was established. Today the remarkable

run was expended but later had to scrap for it. I made a range of

phone calls before air. Labour sound preachy to me, pretty nervous about

a number of the marginal seats we have spoken about their already.

That sentiment was picked up by many of us watching overnight. This

election has been different for Labour. Speak to candidates and

party workers and they will tell you they have had a real fight on their

hands, even in seats where traditionally they have won

comfortably. Here in north-east Wales, there is a long standing

Labour tradition. In Wrexham, Lesley Griffiths was defending a healthy

3000 vote majority. She won again but with a swing against her. It has

been hard. We have been in power for 17 years. You will have heard our

opposition parties saying it is time for change. It is not something you

just get, you have to earn every vote and I have been very happy to

go out there and tell the Welsh Labour story and burned those votes.

Welsh Labour, Plaid Cymru, 9506. And for Wrexham Reid, Vale of Clywd

where the Conservatives won at the general election, says that Labour

held again this time but with reduced majorities. Labour are

celebrating. They go into the assembly with 29 seats, just one

down last time. Tory challenges in places like Cardiff North and

available more than were shrugged off, the party comfortably held a

by-election in Ogmore. Not bad, it appears, for a party and governed

for seven years. But look at Labour's overall share of the vote.

That fell yesterday by more than 7%. Even in the South Wales valleys,

Labour found itself in a battle. Here was the biggest shock of the

night in wonder. -- Rhondda. Leighton Andrews majority of 6000

was swept aside by Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood. I think there are

issues, as I said, for the party, and there are issues at a Welsh

level and I think there are very clear issues at a UK level. The

pattern was repeated across the heartland. Alan Davies was defending

a 10,000 majority and won by just 650, a massive swing to Plaid. You

get a lot of moral authority, it is better than the opinion poll, even

the exit poll on the day predicted and the uncertainties and the

predicted a video of politics where Labour did every well to win all the

key marginals and then goes and losers Rhondda. Labour remains the

dominant force in Wales, it proved resilient and delivered the vote in

places where it mattered. It has hung on but the party has been in a

real fight. And the First Minister Carwyn Jones joins me now.

Congratulations. You don't have a majority, what will you do? Can we

expect a coalition will you go it alone? We have to put a government

in place. We will look to set up a government next week. It would be a

minority government but of course we will carry on discussing things with

the other parties. Why do you think you lost the heartland seat in

wonder? Why did that go to Plaid? Difficult to know. We didn't see it

coming, there was no indication on the ground, so we will need to look

carefully what happened in order to put ourselves in the position of

being able to win the seat back in the future. But we're happy that we

held a Conservative challenge across the rest of Wales and of course to

be the position that we are in. We look to form government now. And

describing Plaid Cymru as a cheap date probably doesn't look so clever

now, does it? Well, these things come together and you find yourself

in a situation where you have results that you don't expect and

that is the nature of their actions. Leighton will be great loss to us as

a party and to the nation as well. Has Jeremy Corbyn been in touch? Not

yet but I have to say I have had only a few hours of sleep over the

afternoon so I bet I will speak to him over the next few days. Five

years ago, I asked you what your probity is would be for the five

years and you said, delivery, delivery, delivery. If you are on a

hospital waiting list and Wales, Wendy think you might deliver?

People want us to be the largest party and they gave us their votes

may say something in return. That means implementing our manifesto. We

have six key pledges we want to take forward and of course continue to

invest in our health service. We went around the country asking

people what they wanted and in every community they told us they wanted

to health, house, house, transport. That was their big priority. The

pressure is on big-time. It always is with health. There are pressures

across the UK. We understand there are some areas where we do well like

cancer and stroke and there are other areas will be need to do well

and we understand that. That is where our focus will be over the

next few months and years. Assembly history was made

today as 7 UKIP assembly members were returned -

the first time the party has been Among their AMs will be

former Conservative MPs UKIP's success came on the regional

lists but there were strong showings for the party

in many constituencies too. Our reporter, Nick Palit,

has been finding how A huge swathe of the ballets turned

purple last night with the Ukip victory on the regional list for

South West, Central and East. But it wasn't confined to just hear.

Historical breakthrough for the party came around 7:45am this

morning, when Nathan Gill, the leader, was one of the 2am is a

lectured on the North regional list. After tucking into a victory breath

but -- breakfast, you could hardly contain his joy. The moon. We've

gone from zero to having representation representation in the

assembly. It seems that the impossible dream for so many years.

Across the valleys, from Caerphilly to Pontypool, Ukip did extremely

well. More than 22% of people voted for them. It's terrible down here.

And its sentiments of communities who feel like they've been abandoned

have seen Ukip's vote rise. It gave the regional lists picture reads.

Did you write for Ukip? I did yes. We got these people coming into this

country, but they're not the king after the ones that we've got that

need homes. I voted for them because of their stance on Europe. We had

Labour so long, let's have a change and see what happens. A couple of

big- hitters too. Neil Hamilton, returning home to Wales. Mark

reckless gaining one of the Central seat, but Nigel Farage, who visited

South Wales during the campaign, the result is a good springboard for the

party. They are more voices for Brexit in Wales than their work this

time yesterday. That means -- makes a big difference. People believe

that the Ukip AM to shake things up. They have a different approach to

devolution, perhaps. Baby the job of electing, will provide decent new

elements. We don't know quite how that's going to play out. Gary

Bennett, the Ukip candidate, caused outrage when he blamed it the area

on Eastern European 's. Despite this, it didn't seem to affect

Ukip's seats. We happily does Neil Hamilton. --

have with us Neil Hamilton, and his wife Christine. We frequently come

to Wales to work. This was a bit elliptical opportunity for you,

wasn't it? Of course. I suppose if the election had been now, I

wouldn't be here now. But I am here. I've been elected. But, you don't

live here, do you? At the moment, no. Will you move it? It includes

the hold-up reckon, Radnor and Monmouthshire. The answer may be a

mobile home. I don't know. A problem that we'll have to solve. We'll get

some experience of the job before we make any final decisions. There's a

big personalities in the assembly, are you all going to get on or do

you think we'll see you all the squabbles you give are famous for?

You wouldn't see a political party without squabbles. I spent a long

time in politics and I've seen some cosmic scraps in my time, in the

Conservative Party with Thatcher, I saw John Major's Government area

sales to pieces. -- ten itself to pieces. We will be a cohesive team.

Christine, you are known for standing up for your husband. Should

some of the assembly members be a bit worried? It wasn't my plan for

Neil to stand for the Senedd, I'm here to support him, but absolutely

not, they need not be worried at all. You don't see yourself having

much of a role? Have a role, that a background role, looking after the

diary or something like that. We are not storming here as a couple. You

asked me to come on with him. I didn't choose it myself.

Let's talk to Nick now about Ukip and the rise of Ukip. Region after

region last night, very consistently got the vote. That's the result

we've got. 7am 's. Questions unanswered, really. What kind of

party will Ukip be after the European referendum? They will break

up the consensus here, and to appoint that will be true. There's

consensus about Law- making powers, and among all the parties, and they

will contribute and noisy set of voices that will be that -- against

that consensus when it breaks up. The Conservatives have never had

agreed to the right of them. The possibility now is that they would

be a right- wing romp here in the Senedd am wondering if that will

cause greater polarisation of the politics and policies of Cardiff

Bay. The shock result of the election

was Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood ousting

Labour's Public Services Minister It was the only constituency seat

to change hands in the election. She described her victory

as a "new dawn" for the valleys. But in other parts of the country,

the party missed out on some After months pounding these

pavements, now comes the victory tour. Leanne Wood beating Labour in

the valleys may be the biggest upset of this election but it comes as no

surprise that the people of this town. She worked really hard. She

was canvassing. She was approachable, nice. She is for the

people of the Rhondda, you know. She'll be a good thing browse. I

think it's a wake-up call to Labour. They'd been the bosses around here

for a long time, and it's just a wake-up call for them, I think. It's

clear that here in the Rhondda, Plaid Cymru have reaped what they

sowed. Leanne Wood is well known here and popular. But despite her

success, the party still only going one extra seat. What they did get,

though, was next best thing, an upward swing in there. Most

noticeably in Labour strongholds. They came close in a 30% shift in

the vote, and in Cardiff West, they put Labour under heavy pressure. I

declare that Lee Waters is duly elected member of the National

Assembly for Wales for this said constituency. Yet in their more

traditional seeds, they failed to gain ground. Maybe they didn't have

the same level of organisation in these places, over the same period.

I think that has led to them not making ground in areas where they

would hope to make. Still, as a leader Leanne Wood looks assured.

Media coverage has boosted her profile and won her praise from a

fellow politician. She's a great pal of mine. She will be an outstanding

member of the Welsh assembly. I know it means a lot to her to be elected.

With a few new Plaid Cymru faces, it's not quite the breakthrough

they'd hoped for, but still, something to celebrate is.

So the party's leader Leanne Wood beat former

Labour Minister Leighton Andrews in Rhondda.

But elsewhere Plaid failed to make the breakthrough.

I spoke to Leanne Wood in Treorchy earlier today.

Congratulations on your victory. It must be all the more sweet, winning

from someone who called you a cheap date. I never personalised politics.

I'm proud to have won the trust from the Rhondda. We've worked very hard,

my team and I, tramping the streets for months and months now. So, I'm

pleased for the positive campaign that we've run to see the positive

result we had last night. You'll it I'm questionably are substantial,

personal victory in this constituency. What it is not is

Plaid Cymru's big breakthrough. You stalled, going up by 1%. Yes. You're

right. I wanted us to be in a position to form the alternative

Government, but it's going in the right direction, and so, is not a

bad night for Plaid Cymru. If you consider where the other parties

are, Labour certainly didn't have a very good night. They lost seats.

The Tories lost seats. Lib Dems have lost seats. Plaid Cymru have gained

seat -- seat, so from that, we're one party who can say we can hold

our heads up high. You spent weeks talking to people. They are angry

about schools, hospital organisation, but it's not

channelled towards you and supporting you, which must be an

immense worry for you. You're not seeing as the natural place for

opposition. I'm a set of the reasonable when I've just taken --

not going to sit and be miserable when I've just taken a seat in

Rhondda. I would have liked to see more seats, of course. And a few

votes going the other way would have delivered more seats for Plaid

Cymru. We aren't in that place. People have given the results that

they have given. They've spoken. Will you be dubbed the Labour Party?

In are propping up in anyway, I can't see -- in are propping up I

can't see that happening. We will decide, my colleagues and I, what

our strategy will be. So there might be a coalition with Labour? Until

I've read great with my colleagues, I'm not going to comment any further

on those matters with my colleagues. During the first term

of the National Assembly, the Welsh Liberal Democrats found

themselves in government Today, they've been

reduced to just one AM. Kirsty Williams actually

increased her majority But she saw the rest of her fellow

Lib Dems beaten. And earlier she announced her

resignation as the party's She spoke to our political

editor, Nick Servini. We had a fantastic result in Brecon.

One week and even predicted, not even us. We did really well in

Cardiff Central, being competitive right until the very end. Overnight,

it was touch and go whether we would make it. We pushed really hard.

There are signs there, where we are working on the ground, we can get

results and be competitive, and that's important as we take the

party forward into our local Government elections next year,

which traditionally, the Welsh party, have been the building blocks

of success. The future and fortunes of this party aren't going to

recover overnight. It's going to take longer than 12 months from the

worst general election. We would do it ward by Ward, seat by seat. You

have to do without agreed that the assembly, of course. Interns are

that rebuilding, it's going to happen without you is the leader of

the party in Wales. You're stepping down. Why are you doing that? Nick,

I'm already the longest serving leader in the National Assembly in

Wales. I've done to National Assembly elections, to general

elections. Bet you are clearly the asset for your party. I don't

believe that. It's the growing membership. The experienced

volunteers that have been with us for a long time. But more

importantly, the new members, we've had people joining on polling day.

I've done a years. I would've stepped down after this election

anyway. It's the right time the party have somebody new, pick up the

challenge, bringing new ideas and drive the party forward. I had to

take responsibility for the result we've had. Disappointing results,

and it seems that it's only right that I take that decision now. Are

you minded to support this Labour Government in a lot of the

decisions? What I'm minded to do is use the experience that is guided me

over the last five years. Where there agreement, whatever colour in

the national assembly, I will support that. But, if I think they

are failing, I will do what I can to use my influence to deliver Liberal

Democrat priorities, and I would do that if it's just me, or whether I

had a group behind me. Its policies with always talked about throughout

this campaign. It was a desperately disappointing

night for the Welsh Conservatives. After big gains in last year's

General Election, they failed to And for the first time,

they're down on their total compared Our reporter Ben Price has been

to two of the seats that made it a night to forget for

the Welsh Conservatives. 12 months ago, there were scenes of

jubilation for the Conservative Party on the streets of Gower. It

was an historic moment as the Labour Party were defeated here for the

first time in over 100 years. Many people believed the Welsh

Conservative Party could have carried that momentum on into

disassembly election and so the battle lines were drawn here in

Gower once again. There were many closely contested seats across

Wales. But it didn't go to plan. The party held on six constituency seats

but only managed to maintain five out of eight regional ones, taking

the total of AMs in the Senedd to 11 but three fewer than the previous

term. So, have things gone wrong for the Welsh Tories? I don't think so.

Overall, it may be that policies and none done there have been

controversial issues recently, we've got the steel industry issue in Port

Talbot and in Gower here we have a lot of steelworkers living here.

That may have had an influence. The high street in Cardiff North, they

already have a Conservative MP and many had the popular local

councillor as favourite this year. But today it is Labour who are

celebrating an unexpected victory, even managing to increase their

majority. The conservative vote fell by more than 7%. I thought it would

be close but I wasn't totally surprised because I think with the

Jarreau coming up, I think there was a lack of, not into rest, but

incentive to get out there. I was expecting more votes because she has

done more for the constituency. There was plenty of fighting talk

from the leader of the Conservatives during the election campaign. He was

said confident of giving Labour bloody nose but after a hard-fought

battle, it is the blue corner who are left feeling bruised.

We did want to speak to the leader of the Welsh Conservatives Andrew RT

Davies this evening but we were told he was not available.

Let me take you to Westminster now and our Parliamentary Correspondent,

David Cornock, who is in Downing Street for us tonight.

David, the Conservatives running the UK Government,

Is it back to business as usual between the two administrations?

We have heard from one Welsh Conservatives tonight, Alun Cairns,

the Secretary of State for Wales, he has issued a statement saying that

he is calling for a new relationship between the two governments. He once

the tribalism of Welsh politics to be replaced by new relationships of

Edmonton. He other device five areas where he says the Welsh government

should be prioritising better working with the UK Government. He

starts with steel industry whether two governments are working closely

together, he talks about prioritising the economy, he wants

improvements made to the M4 in the south, and more controversially

perhaps he talks about working together on the EU referendum to

campaign for a vote to remain in the referendum and the next stage of

devolution. He says he was the two governments to work together to

deliver what he calls a real Parliament for Wales with the power

to raise some of the money it spends. Some of those areas will be

trickier than others. Yes, he talks of the need for cross-party unity on

Europe, for example. That is difficult. Easy to talk about

cross-party unity, more difficult when your own party, the

Conservatives, are split from top to bottom on the issue and when the

leader of the Welsh Conservatives want Britain to leave the EU after

next month's referendum vote. And when it comes to devolution, the

next date, that was paused by his predecessor Stephen Crabb so he will

need a lot of goodwill on both sides if he is going to get that back on

track. We will see next few weeks and months what pragmatism really

means in terms of his ability to deliver that.

A reminder of our main headline tonight.

Labour remained the largest party in the Senedd after the last election

but without an overall majority. Later in the programme, turnout was

at its highest since 1999, but why did you than half of us actually go

to the polls? More from Cardiff Bay

in a few moments. First, the rest of the day's

news with Nicola Smith. Thanks, Jamie.

Good evening. The management buyout company that

wants to purchase TATA Steel's UK assets will meet bankers

to seek financial backing. Stuart Wilkie who heads

Excalibur Steel says there are plans to have discussions with one British

bank, and three international banks A court has heard that a doctor

refused to visit a 12-year-old boy at his home in Blaenau Gwent

the day before he died, Ryan Morse from Brynithel had

Addison's disease, a rare disorder. Cardiff Crown Court heard that

Dr Joanne Rudling told his mother, he was going through

hormonal changes. Dr Rudling and Dr Lindsey Thomas

deny manslaughter and An ambulance driver who crashed

into a second ambulance last week in Gwynedd had suffered a heart

attack at the wheel. 54-year-old John Cliftt died

at the scene of natural causes. The incident happened on the A499,

north of Y Ffor. The results in the Police and Crime

Commissioner is in Wales will be announced on Sunday. Votes were cast

last night. Four will be elected across Wales.

football, Cardiff City manager Russell Slade has been moved to a

new job. He will oversee scouting, amongst other duties. The new head

coach will be appointed at the championship club. Let's go back to

the Senedd now. Turnout at the election

was up a bit on last time But for an institution which is more

powerful than ever before, with responsibility for schools

and hospitals. Arwyn has been

crunching the figures. Thank you. Just over 1 million

people voted yesterday in the assembly elections. Around 45% of

those eligible to do so. How does that compared with the other

elections we have seen since 1999? Here are all the assembly elections.

Back in 1999, the highest percentage, 46%, but after that, it

is not that promising up picture. We see it going down and down until

actually 45%, decent enough result in the context of assembly elections

but where there might be cause for concern is this other grass. This is

the turnout for elections to Westminster elections. We had one

just after the 99 election, there was a gap there, 15%, more people

turning out to vote in Westminster elections rather than assembly

elections and that gap grows and grows and grows until after

yesterday, compared to last year, we had a million people wedding

yesterday that last you the general election in Wales, 1.5 million

people turning up to vote, 20 percentage point difference there

between those voting in assembly elections and Westminster elections

and that I guess will be a cause for concern for everybody involved with

elections to this place. I Welsh affairs reporter has been covering

election since the beginning. It is patchy, isn't it? It is. It varies

from the mid-30s to the mid-50s and as you would expect, turnout is

highest where you have the most competitive races. There were some

exceptions to that, particularly where parties made an effort to get

people out to vote even where there wasn't a company -- compared of

race. Ukip is the big headlines dealer of this election. Yes, but we

were expecting it. We have seen the polls for a long time suggesting

this would happen. There was a bit of a question about whether those

people would turn out to vote. In the end, in terms of Ukip, the polls

got it more or less right. It will alter the dynamic to have to parties

of the centre-right and two parties of the centre-left, rather than

three at the centre left and one of the centre-right. Who would have

thought that Labour would come back with 29 seats but the same 29 seats

that they held before, with one exception and the one exception was

the Rhondda. No one would have predicted that. For Plaid, after

years of flat lining in assembly elections, this, at last for them,

is summer meant in the right direction. Good results in

Caerphilly, Cardiff West. If he were a fly on the wall in Conservative of

Lib Dem HQ tonight, I wonder what is being said. Great disappointment. I

think there will be great sympathy for Kirsty Williams for her

decision. She put everything on the field in very difficult

circumstances. In the conservative camp, I think people will attach

blame to Andrew RT Davies and I think his leadership will be under

an awful lot of pressure in the days to come.

Throughout the Assembly election campaign, we've been asking

you what you would do if you were First Minister,

And we have been overwhelmed by your response.

Thank you to everyone who's got in touch.

In fact, one book wasn't enough to fit in all your ideas -

We travelled right across the country to hear your views,

and here's a reminder of what some of you said you want

Over the past five weeks, we have been asking you to tell us what you

would do if you were First Minister. You have let us know in your

hundreds. I would build in north to South motorway. I would give schools

more money for resources. I would reorganise the NHS. We have put all

your ideas into my manifesto 2016, a book full of the issues that matter

to you. Lots of you shared your own stories. Might daughter is disabled.

We have been come full-time carers. I would like to see the First

Minister put in place 20 of support for carers as well as the people

that we care for. A lot of jobs starring Cardiff, Swansea, Newport,

a bit in Bristol as well. There is nothing local. And the issue most of

you got in touch about was how. When you have a terminal bike gnosis, you

don't want to be going up and down to another place to access your

treatment. It would have reduced the most terrible trauma in my life.

Health was closely followed by cuts to council services and education.

If I were First Minister, I would provide more council farms. I would

support Welsh students for their masters degrees. Was the First

Minister has appointed his Cabinet, we will hand over the book and press

him on the issues that matter to you. Within hours of the People's he

saw there in that round-up. Steve Evans, and a Holland, and Mr Lewis.

Let me start with you. Just remind us of what was important to you in

this election and why. I wanted to make sure that people with

disillusioned had fair play. I have a four-year-old daughter who is

disabled and I want her to have fair play as she grows up into adult

hood. Why is that important to you? Because she is my daughter! Do you

feel that you have been looked after? At the moment, yes, but my

fear is when she reaches to adult hood, what is her future? I voted

Plaid Comrie. I want our AMs to focus on Wales are not have their

heads turned towards London. Are you happy with the way things have

panned out? I would have liked to have seen more Plaid Cymru seats in

the valleys, we need to work harder for the votes. Steve, we met in

Porth up in the Rhondda, you were telling me about how would you want

jobs closer to home and better transport links, won't you? Tell me

why that is important to you. As we have seen in the report, I have

struggled to find work. I think it is because of the commute. It would

be nicer to have jobs closer to home, to bring back communities and

there are plenty of empty buildings that can be used. You have tried to

find work where you are. Yes, I graduated and have struggled

massively, there are very few jobs up here. They are mainly in Cardiff,

Newport, Swansea, Bristol, and even more in London. You think the new

Welsh government will deliver for you? How do you Tube boat? I voted

for Leanne Wood because I hope she will start to speaking up for the

Rhondda because I feel we have lost a vote -- voice and did the

government will speak up for us, we will see. Annie, let me turn to you.

You told me about what you believe is an NHS postcode lottery. Tell us

about your story. I've got cancer, terminal cancer, and I discovered

three and a half years ago that I couldn't have a drug but if I lived

in carefully I could have had it, and I didn't think that was fair. So

I have been campaigning for three and a half years to try and change

this. You feel about the results in this election? Do you feel hopeful?

Well, we've got the same government and I wasn't happen with them last

time. I do hope they will take a bit more notice of patient and what the

people are asking of them. I think they have sometimes turned their

ease away from us. We will be passing on this book. Let us hope it

is listened to. Let's find out more about those issues that have swayed

peoples vote in this election. Let's start. What is going to be the

top of the trade for the next health minister. They will be tried crack

on and deliver some of its key health issues, for example a new

fund for health treatment, shifting the balance into community services

but these are big challenges, not least waiting times, and the party

itself admits that they are too long, not good enough for

treatments. It was seriously difficult for the NHS in Wales.

Overwhelmed with elderly and very sick patients turning up to a a even

though -- a and a -- accident and emergency. With a health Minister

state? -- will be health minister a? Many of them have had a short shelf

life because of the job. The health minister has said he is privileged

to do it, but Carwyn Jones Jones has said enough. Leighton Andrews was

fancying that job, but he's lost his seat. That won't be happening now.

The steel crisis raised its head at the beginning of the campaign, and

it hasn't gone away. It certainly hasn't. It is really the issue that

could feel the harshest light of the Welsh economy, and therefore the

sale, and what happens in the future is absolutely vital to all of us,

but I think what it did do, it made us realise how much global changes

can really knock the Welsh economy off course, how much we are buffeted

by it. But voters need to think about these things. There are some

big projects on the horizon, like the M4 relief road. Where does this

leave this kind of project? We know that Newport docks has already

complained about the road not been finished last week. There has only

been Vicki Young -- 50% underwriting by the Welsh Government. We need to

look a city deals, the metro, the all Wales rail franchise. We're

still very poor and something needs to be done about it. We've forced

them to have black coffee and given them some matchsticks to keep their

eyes open. Here we have Labour's Alan Davies, and Mike German from

the Liberal Democrats. Congratulations. I think you are

9400 majority last time, five years and your majority tricked -- dropped

to 650. Labour is under each pressure in the valleys heartlands,

from Plaid Cymru. I date thing you can learn harder lessons than last

night. -- I don't think. We had local issues with the local

authority of the council, the circuit of Wales, things which

affect people in the ballets, but don't have wider resonance in other

constituencies. Mike, you are essentially a party without a leader

tonight. Why do you think your party was all but wiped out? Verster Ball,

we had their results we've ever had last year at the general election.

-- first of all. We put on in boat turns, increasing our photographs

Wales, but it wasn't enough to defend ourselves in those key seat

we intended to win, but that doesn't take anything away from the great

result which Kirsty Williams had in her own constituency, which turned

from a 5000 lost two a 9000 wind. Read tipping a leader? Will you be

standing? Now. I can guarantee that. The party will have to look

carefully at what it does. Kirsty has made a decision is for personal

reasons, I understand that because she's been doing the job for eight

years. She wants to move on in her life. It means that we have the

party had to think of the future. You can stop campaigning now.

Because it's all over. In your heart of hearts, what do you take home

from this campaign for Labour? I think we've had our mandate renewed

by the people of Wales, we come back with a far better result than anyone

would have anticipated, so I think I got -- we have the right to form the

Government. I do think there is anyone who can challenge Welsh

Labour. We need to look at that. And then we need to look at how we

govern. We need to govern with a sense of humility, if you like,

possibly. And a sense of working with other parties in the assembly.

I don't mean a coalition, but I mean working alongside people, and with

people, rather than them acting as a minority-owned administration. Let's

get the final word from Nick. Would you make of Labour's result? It was

a huge result for them. Think of the circumstances in which they are

operating, many Labour politicians believe that Jeremy Corbyn will

never be Prime Minister. It's a party that is faced wipe-out in

Scotland, and was hurt badly by the Tories in the general election a

year ago, and in all of those marginal seats where they were up

against the Conservatives, they didn't even lose one of them. No

Tory voting at all. They had bright young things in the party, to

hard-nosed local campaigners and Labour seem to soak that up and work

able to withstand the pressure they were under. Crucially, there was a

very strong narrative from the opposition parties, including Plaid

Cymru. In the right hand at the right times, the idea of getting rid

of Labour could be popular, but in terms of the Electric, it didn't

happen desired effect, and as a result, Labour Willie had the same

number of seats. The big challenges ahead? They still don't have an

overall majority. They can be confident, but in terms of policies

the people out there, there will be no big reorganisations in the end.

-- in the NHS. Labour will look at their legacy projects. Will the

relief road happen, with the 1 billion injection?

Well, it has stayed dry here in Cardiff Bay, although it's

Cloudier than yesterday but dry and bright.

Pleasant evening here and that goes for the rest of Wales.

21 degrees Celsius in Cardiff this afternoon.

Over the weekend, it's going get even warmer.

Sunday likely to be the warmest day of the year so far.

Some hazy sunshine but it's not all plain sailing with

a few heavy showers and thunderstorms in the forecast.

Tonight, most places will remain dry, although I wouldn't rule out

a shower in the south and west later in the night.

Lowest temperatures around nine degrees Celsius in Welshpool.

Tomorrow there is a Met Office yellow warning in force.

Scattered showers, heavy and thundery in places,

could cause some disruption to travel and outdoor activities.

So, tomorrow, showers will spread northwards.

Difficult to say exactly where the showers will be

but they could be heavy with hail and thunder.

Having that, you may be lucky and stay dry.

Some bright spells and hazy sunshine as well.

Top temperatures - 18 and 21 Celsius.

Warmer than today on the north and west coast with a breeze off

Now, the Carten 100 Cycle Ride is taking place tomorrow

A few showers but some dry, bright weather as well.

The temperature in Tenby around 15 degrees Celsius with a

Tomorrow night, further showers will spread up from the south

and again they could be heavy and thundery.

A warm, muggy night with temperatures staying

Thundery showers in the morning will clear leaving more in the way

Temperatures rising into the low to mid 20s with a

The heat may trigger one or two showers and

If you're heading to the seaside on Sunday,

A little cooler in Porthcawl with a breeze off the sea.

Next week, more warm weather but also showers or longer

spells of rain which maybe heavy and thundery.

Towards the end of the week, it may turn cooler.

Some fine weather and hazy sunshine but watch out for a few heavy

The headlines again: Labour has been celebrating victory

in the assembly election, defying many pre-election

predications to finish on 29 seats, down just on on their total

History was also made with UKIP returning their first AMs.

The party won seven on the regional list.

Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood defeats former Labour Minister

Her party is now the second largest in the Assembly but failed to make

The Conservatives are now down to 11 seats.

And the sole Liberal Democrat Kirsty Williams has announced her

resignation as leader of the Welsh Lib Dems.

We'll have a quick update for you at eight o'clock and again

From all of us on the programme, good evening.