Plaid Cymru beats Labour for the first time growing 50,000 votes

Jill Evans defended her seat in the European Parliament, where she has represented Plaid Cymru since 1999. She is a former chairwoman and president of the party. Plaid Cymru backs a further referendum on Europe and also advocates a vote on Welsh independence. Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price was delighted his party had beaten Labour in a national election in Wales for the first time in Plaid's 94-year history. He told the BBC's election programme it was "truly an historic occasion", with voters "breaking the habit of Labour party domination".

Mr Price also claimed Wales was "now again a Remain nation", if the total votes of pro-Brexit and anti-Brexit parties were compared. He called for another referendum, a "final say" for the people, warning "trust in democracy is going to collapse" otherwise.