Wales's first minister loses confidence vote
Wales's first minister has lost a confidence vote.
Twenty-nine members of the Senedd voted in favour of the motion of no confidence in Vaughan Gething, while 27 voted against.
Mr Gething has only been first minister since March, but in that time he has faced questions over a controversial £200k donation to his leadership campaign from a man convicted of environmental offences.
He said the donations had been made in line with party protocols and has refused calls to return the money.
Introducing the motion tabled by his party, Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said it was "not a gimmick".
"This was talked of prior to the general election," he said.
"It is about judgement, honesty and transparency."
Leader of Plaid Cymru, the pro-independence party, denied the motion was "tribal party politics".
"We must be different to Westminster, not only in words but in deeds too," he said.
"Today, we, these benches, are acting in what we firmly believe in the interests of the people of Wales."
But chair of the Welsh Labour group in the Senedd, Vikki Howells, said the motion was "politics at its worst" and was a "cynical Tory gimmick".
"With the Tory party tanking in the polls...it's no wonder that they will do anything, anything at all to try and shift the spotlight from their own record of abject failure," she said.
One Labour member, Joyce Watson, said the decision to hold the confidence vote on the eve of the D-Day anniversary was "disrespectful" to veterans.
Mr Gething has also faced accusations he misled the COVID Inquiry over deleted messages and sacked one of his ministers for allegedly leaking information to the media.
That former minister was one of two Labour members who were absent for the confidence vote.
Neither Hannah Blythyn nor former transport minister Lee Waters voted.
Plaid Cymru then withdrew from a cooperation deal they had with the Labour government in which the party lent its support on dozens of key policy areas.
The motion of no confidence had been put forward by the Conservatives, the largest opposition group in the Senedd (Welsh parliament).
Despite losing, Mr Gething would not have to step down as the vote is not binding, but it would put further pressure on the embattled leader.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has given his backing to the party's leader in Wales, telling reporters on the campaign trail Mr Gething was doing a "good job".
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