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1999 Welsh Labour leadership election
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20 February
2000 →
Candidate
Alun Michael
Rhodri Morgan
Overall Result
52.7%
47.3%
Affiliated unions
64.0%
36.0%
Party members
35.7%
64.3%
Elected officials
58.4%
41.6%
Leader before election
Ron Davies
Elected Leader
Alun Michael
The 1999 Welsh Labour leadership election was held on 20 February 1999. Alun Michael was elected as Labour's nominee for First Secretary.[1] Michael would go on to become First Secretary in a minority Labour government following the 1999 Assembly election. Runner up Rhodri Morgan went on to serve in Michael's first cabinet and then succeeded him as First Secretary in February 2000.
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