Next Welsh First Minister Betting Odds: Jeremy Miles now moves into favourite to be the next Welsh First Minister with ballot opening TOMORROW!

Jeremy Miles now moves into favourite to become the next Welsh First Minister

Betting remains available on the Welsh First Minister following Mark Drakeford's resignation back in December and the voting opens for the position on Friday 16 February.

The race for the Welsh Labour leader, who will then become the Welsh First Minister, is now down to two contenders with Vaughan Gething and Jeremy Miles running for the position.

Miles now moves into favourite with Smarkets to become Welsh First Minister with the current betting odds putting him at 6/4 in the race.

Gething has drifted out to 9/1 in the market after originally being favourite when the race was first announced with the Welsh economy minister given a 10% chance of winning.

Mark Drakeford resigned from the role back in December

Mark Drakeford regularly said that he would leave his role as Welsh First Minister midway through his term and has also said in the past that he would go in 2024.

Drakeford officially announced his resignation as the Welsh Labour Leader back in December 2023 and the replacement voting will take place from tomorrow.

The current Labour leader had received a criticism from voters for the expansion of 20mph zones as a default in residential areas in Wales.

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Voting opens for the Welsh Leadership Election tomorrow, Friday 16 February

Voting officially opens for the Welsh Leadership Election on Friday 16 February and will run all the way up until 14 March.

By that date, we will know who will become the leader of the Welsh government and become the next First Minister.

Anyone who is a Labour member or part of an organisation affiliated to the Labour Part can take part in the voting.

This means that there will be around 100,000 people voting on the position with the public unable to vote on who will lead their country.

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