Voters go to polls in Senedd Election: Your Tivyside guide VOTERS are heading to the polls to elect a new Welsh Government today (Thursday, May 6) against the backdrop of coronavirus and debate about the country’s future relationship with the United Kingdom. Voting opens at 7am until 10pm, but unlike previous years counting and declarations will take place the following day due to rules designed to ensure the safety for those working to count and verify ballots. Everyone in Wales gets two votes in the Senedd election, the first is for the person to represent their constituency, and the second will decide who represents the region.
Parties have been making their final election campaign visits across Wales, with leaders saying the pandemic has continued to dominate their conversations with voters.
Voting in the 2021 Welsh Parliament election will begin at 7am on Thursday, though counting will not take place until Friday due to coronavirus restrictions.
On Wednesday, Labour First Minister Mark Drakeford visited Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as areas of his Cardiff West constituency, and said his party had felt a “real sense of momentum” in the last week.
He told the PA news agency: “We’ve had more and more people come out to help, teams and teams of Labour canvassers out on the doorstep, and the feeling on the doorstep is warm.
Ofcom dismiss new BBC bias complaint from Alex Salmond s Alba Party after broadcaster s intervention OFCOM has dismissed a new complaint about BBC bias from Alex Salmond s Alba Party over election campaign coverage despite a warning of potential court action. It comes after the BBC agreed to conduct a special interview with Mr Salmond linked to Tuesday s Leaders Debate - in which the Alba Party were not represented. It comes after the broadcast regulator dismissed previous complaints by Mr Salmond. Last month, Mr Salmond wrote to Ofcom and broadcasters to demand his party was included in televised leaders’ debates – but Alba was not invited to take part in the first two events.
But he later resigned from the party, citing a series of concerns with how it operated. Writing on his Facebook page, Mr Copner claimed the “behaviour of the national moment is getting out of control”. “I resigned from Plaid because of my serious concerns on Welsh Indy (independence) and what it means for our families,” he said. “I still remain deeply concerned about this and now with the toxic nature of some of the nationalists it’s time to calm things down. “I believe it is now in our best interests to support Abolish to help provide a brake to this movement, to provide arguments that provide different views and to enable far more effective solutions to be achieved in the Senedd.”
Parties have been making their final election campaign visits across Wales, with leaders saying the pandemic has continued to dominate their conversations with voters.
Voting in the 2021 Welsh Parliament election will begin at 7am on Thursday, though counting will not take place until Friday due to coronavirus restrictions.
On Wednesday, Labour First Minister Mark Drakeford visited Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as areas of his Cardiff West constituency, and said his party had felt a “real sense of momentum” in the last week.
He told the PA news agency: “We’ve had more and more people come out to help, teams and teams of Labour canvassers out on the doorstep, and the feeling on the doorstep is warm.