Eluned Morgan

The Right Honourable

The Baroness Morgan of Ely

PC
Official portrait, 2024
First Minister of Wales
In office
6 August 2024 – 12 May 2026
MonarchCharles III
DeputyHuw Irranca-Davies
Preceded byVaughan Gething
Succeeded byRhun ap Iorwerth
Leader of Welsh Labour
In office
24 July 2024 – 8 May 2026
DeputyCarolyn Harris
Preceded byVaughan Gething
Succeeded byKen Skates (interim)
Ministerial offices
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care[a]
In office
13 May 2021 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byVaughan Gething
Succeeded byMark Drakeford
Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
In office
8 October 2020 – 13 May 2021
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLynne Neagle
Minister for the Welsh Language[b]
In office
3 November 2017 – 13 May 2021
Preceded byAlun Davies
Succeeded byJeremy Miles
Member of the Senedd
for Mid and West Wales
In office
5 May 2016 – 7 April 2026
Preceded byRebecca Evans
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
26 January 2011
Member of the European Parliament
In office
9 June 1994 – 4 June 2009
Preceded byDavid Morris
Succeeded byJohn Bufton
ConstituencyMid and West Wales
(1994–1999)
Wales (1999–2009)
Personal details
Born
Mair Eluned Morgan

(1967-02-16) 16 February 1967
Cardiff, Wales
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)
Rhys Jenkins
​
(m. 1996)​
Children2
FatherBob Morgan
EducationYsgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf
UWC Atlantic
Alma materUniversity of Hull (BA)
Websitewww.elunedmorgan.wales

Mair Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely (born 16 February 1967) is a Welsh Labour politician who was the First Minister of Wales and the Leader of Welsh Labour from 2024 until 2026.[1] She previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care in the Welsh Government from 2021 to 2024.[a][2][3]

As leader of Welsh Labour and First Minister, she moved the Welsh Labour back to the political left and distancing it from the centrist UK Labour leadership of Keir Starmer.[4][5][6][7]

Having led the party into the 2026 Senedd elections, Morgan lost her seat in the Ceredigion Penfro constituency, becoming the first leader of a government in the UK to be unseated while still in office.[8] She later announced that she would resign as leader of Welsh Labour.[9]

Notes

  1. 1 2 As Minister for Health and Social Services from 2021 to 2024
  2. ↑ Deputy Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language from 3 November 2017 to 13 December 2018; Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language from 13 December 2018 to 8 October 2020; Welsh Language from 8 October 2020.

References

  1. ↑ "Eluned Morgan: Wales' new first minister confirmed". BBC News.
  2. ↑ "Wales election: New health and education ministers in reshuffle". BBC News. 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  3. ↑ "First Minister Vaughan Gething announces new Welsh Government Cabinet | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  4. ↑ Carter, Chris (2024-09-06). "'Renewing while in office: Welsh Labour begins the search for fresh Clear Red Water'". LabourList. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  5. ↑ Green, Daniel (2025-05-07). "MS warns of 'simmering discontent' with Westminster as Labour sees poll slump one year out from Senedd election". LabourList. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  6. ↑ Morris, Steven (2025-05-06). "Welsh Labour First Minister says she is 'losing patience' with Starmer's policies". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  7. ↑ Davies, Nye (2025-05-13). "'The red Welsh way': Welsh Labour attempts to distance itself from the UK party". The Conversation. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  8. ↑ "Eluned Morgan: The first minister who couldn't defy gravity". BBC News. 2026-05-08. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
  9. ↑ Hancock, Sam; Lee, Dulcie; Smith, Alex (2026-05-08). "Election results 2026 live: Follow the vote counts and reaction". BBC News. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
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