Labour has lost control of the Senedd for the first time in a humiliating defeat for the party , with the first minister also losing her seat in Welsh parliament. Labour has only retained nine seats in the Senedd , with Plaid Cymru leading with 43 seats while Reform UK trails them in second place with 34 seats. The Welsh Conservatives hold seven seats, Greens two and one Liberal Democrat. No party has achieved the 49 seats needed to form a majority government, which means Plaid Cymru will have to form an alliance with another party. Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru, told a press conference that his party “stands ready to take the necessary steps to form the next Government of Wales”, having won the most seats. In a speech following the defeat, Baroness Morgan said she was proud to have been the first woman to have held the job of Welsh first minister.…