• Source: Shadow Cabinet of Darren Millar

      • Darren Millar became Leader of the Opposition in Wales on 5 December 2024, after being elected unopposed in the 2024 Welsh Conservative leadership election, following the resignation of Andrew RT Davies. He announced his Shadow Cabinet on 12 December 2024.


      Background


      On 28 November 2024, it was reported by Nation.Cymru that Andrew RT Davies had been asked to step down by members of the Welsh Conservative group. On Tuesday 3 December 2024, Davies faced a no-confidence vote in the Welsh Conservative group meeting, in which he received 9 votes out of 16 members, including his own. Shortly after the vote, Davies resigned as leader of the Welsh Conservatives, stating he viewed his position as untenable, after a number of members of the Conservative Shadow Cabinet privately threatened to resign if he remained in post.
      Following Davies' resignation a leadership election process was triggered. Over the course of 4 and 5 December 2024, Millar received endorsements from all of his Welsh Conservative Senedd colleagues, and was therefore elected unanimously within the Welsh Conservative group.
      This represented the formal return of Laura Anne Jones to the Shadow Cabinet, after she had been cleared for the second time by the South Wales Police for breaches of expenses rules. She remains under investigation by the Senedd Standards Commissioner.


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