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It's been a very busy day with a lot of changes to keep up with.

Before we sign off, let's briefly look back at the highlights from the last 24 hours from Wales and the rest of the UK.

Wales:

• Labour take 27 Welsh seats, up nine from 2019, but their vote share slips
• The Tories go from 14 Welsh MPs in 2019, their best for almost 30 years, to none
• David TC Davies becomes the first Welsh secretary to lose their seat as four other former Welsh ministers lose seats
• Plaid Cymru won four seats and Lib Dem take one in Wales
• Jo Stevens, MP for Cardiff East, was appointed Welsh secretary

UK:

• Keir Starmer is now the UK's prime minister after Labour win a landslide in the general election
• Rachel Reeves became the UK's first female chancellor
• Angela Rayner was the made deputy prime minister with Yvette Cooper becoming home secretary and David Lammy the new foreign secretary
• Starmer vowed to restore trust in politics and build a "government of service", in his first speech as prime minister
• Rishi Sunak said he would resign as Conservative Party leader and apologised to the country after the Tories' worst electoral performance in modern times

Rosie Mercer
BBC News

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There are 13 new MPs in Wales, representing Labour, Plaid Cymru and the Lib Dems.

Among the most interesting is Torsten Bell, the new Labour MP for Swansea West, who has been touted as the rising star of the party despite claims that he was "parachuted" into the constituency.

There's also Kanishka Narayan, the new Labour MP for Vale of Glamorgan, who has become the first ethnic minority MP in Wales after ousting the former Conservative Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns.

You can read more about all of Wales' new MPs here.

This was the night a dominant Labour party rebuilt the red wall in the north.

And in taking 27 Welsh seats - up from nine in 2019 - they've also patched up their wall in the south too.

In 2019, the Conservatives took 14 Welsh seats, their most for almost 30 years and many of them off Labour.

Five years on the sea of blue has now been washed away in Wales - the first time since 2001 Wales has no Tory MP.

The Lib Dems are back on the map here too while Plaid Cymru have doubled their seat count to four.

Key is how UK Labour landslide will benefit Walespublished at 19:11 British Summer Time 5 July

19:11 BST 5 July

Gareth Lewis
BBC Wales political editor

The Conservatives have been wiped out here in Wales as Labour won big last night.

One of the Labour campaign mantras has been that Wales will benefit from two Labour governments working together. Voters will want to see that in action. Quickly.

Wales' former First Minister Mark Drakeford also says the drop in vote share means Labour need to "look under the bonnet".

The Conservatives had a shocker. They are now looking to rebuild, although there are already suggestions that there will be a very Welsh theme to how that's done here as opposed Westminster.

The dynamics in Wales have always been different because we have not one but two governments - both now Labour.

Once their celebrations die down, we'll see how that story will play out, and how its outcome will affect you.

Despite the big win, with a low share and turnout in general low, voters look like they still need some convincing.

Returning four MPs to Westminster is a "stunning" result for Plaid Cymru, according to leader Rhun ap Iorwerth.

He says it's a "testament to the real warmth and enthusiasm we have been feeling on the doorstep for the last six weeks".

"Despite the tough context of an unprecedented Labour wave, this is the party's best result in a general election," he says.

"People were consistently telling us that they were desperate to see the back of the Tories but that Labour weren't offering real change either."

The party won both its target seats of Ynys Môn and Caerfyrddin.

And it held Ceredigion Preseli - where the boundaries were changed - with a hugely increased majority, with Ben Lake returned to Parliament, and Liz Saville Roberts also retained Dwyfor Meirionnydd.

Wales has seen the biggest fall in voter turnout in Britain - compared with Scotland and all the English regions.

Only Yorkshire and Humber (55.7%) had a lower turnout.

The average turnout in Wales was 56.2% - which was more than 10% down on the last general election in December 2019.

After Tory leader Rishi Sunak announced he's to step down, let's have a look at some of the major casualties his party have suffered here in Wales:

• Wales' most senior Tory David TC Davies loses his seat after 19 years, becoming the first sitting Welsh secretary to be ousted since the post was created in 1964
• Chief Whip Simon Hart is who has lost their seat
• Former Welsh Secretaries Stephen Crabb and Alun Cairns lose their seats too
• Another former Welsh Secretary Robert Buckland also lost in Swindon South
• Former aide to Rishi Sunak, Craig Williams, who lost the party's backing after being embroiled in the betting scandal lost Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

The Reform Party have set their sights on the Senedd elections after receiving the third largest share of the votes in Wales.

Candidate Oliver Lewis predicted the party could get 20 to 25 seats.

Mr Lewis lost out after coming second to Labour in Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr in the general election.

He said he was "ecstatic" at the result, but added the first past the post system was "desperately unfair".

Jo Stevens has been shadow Welsh secretary since 2021 and MP for Cardiff Central since 2015.

Following boundary changes and after yesterday's election, she is now MP for Cardiff East.

Before her parliamentary career, she was a lawyer at Thompsons Solicitors, a firm with longstanding links to the trade union movement.

She has opposed the devolution of justice powers which has sometimes put her at odds with the Welsh Labour administration in the past.

She has suggested problems with crime are too urgent for the Westminster government to embark on an overhaul of the structures in place.

Click here for keep up to date with the latest cabinet appointments

Jo Stevens has been appointed Welsh secretary.

She smiled at reporters as she walked into No 10 Downing Street earlier on Friday.

Click here to keep up with the latest cabinet appointments

Image source, Reuters

The Conservatives had a total wipe out in Wales for the first time since 2001, and for just the third time since World War Two.

They won 14 seats at the 2019 election, but lost them all.

Their share of the overall vote dropped to 18.2%, with Reform UK not far behind on 16.9%.

Afternoon all - it's been a busy one politically here in Wales.

So here's a quick briefing of the main headlines:

• Conservatives wiped out in Wales - going from 14 MPs in 2019 to none
• Labour resurgent as they win nine seats, including the old red wall in the north, but their vote share slips
• Cardiff East MP Jo Stevens in with new prime minister Kier Starmer amid suggestions she could become Welsh secretary
• Plaid Cymru return four MPs, with two gains
• From no MPs last time, the Liberal Democrats now have one
• Reform come second in 13 of Wales' 32 seats
• Overall Labour wins a landslide UK general election

Steve Duffy
BBC Wales

Here's a slightly different way of looking at the political map of Wales.

The hex map shows how Labour is dominating the south - from Monmouthshire to Llanelli - as well as taking previously Conservative seats in the north east.

Plaid Cymru have added two seats and the Lib Dems have Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe.

'While Labour celebrate, there are questions to answer'published at 16:36 British Summer Time 5 July

16:36 BST 5 July

There's been a change overnight with the Conservatives being wiped out as resurgent Labour take control in Wales as part of their UK general election landslide.

After 14 years of the Welsh Government being a different party in charge compared to Westminster, Vaughan Gething hopes the two governments can work closer now both are run by Labour.

"This is an exciting opportunity to reset the relationship with the UK Government and to deliver a new partnership with an ambitious vision for Wales' future," Wales' first minister has said.

"Together, we’ll build a fairer, greener Wales.”

Going back to Plaid Cymru for a moment, Ynys Mon was one of the four seats they took overnight, regaining the island after 23 years.

Plaid's Llinos Medi edged out Tory Virginia Crosby with a narrow 637 majority and people in Holyhead have mixed reactions.

"Very good, very pleased," said Billy Williams, who said he and his family regularly vote Plaid.

Gwilym Owen backed Plaid but gave credit to Virginia Crosby, saying: "She's done a lot of good work, big shoes to fill."

Chris Jenkins added: "I was a bit surprised. I didn't think they'd get in. I don't think they've got much influence anyway.”

Others weren't happy with the result and Dave Shaw believes Plaid will be “useless” compared to Virginia Crosbie.

“She got the freeport, she's got Wylfa... what are they going to do?" he said.

So... the new Prime Minister Keir Starmer has started naming his first cabinet after Labour's landslide election win.

Rachel Reeves has been appointed Chancellor and Angela Raynor deputy PM.

We've just seen the new Cardiff East MP Jo Stevens go into speak to Keir Starmer amid suggestions the shadow Welsh Secretary is going to be named the.... Welsh Secretary.

Watch this space....

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said winning for seats in Wales was a “historic result” for his party.

“This is Wales, not just Plaid Cymru, saying to the new Labour government ‘you cannot ignore us or cast us aside’,” he said.

Plaid won seats in its heartlands - Ceredigion Preseli, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Ynys Mon and Ann Davies winning in Caerfyrddin.

"I am delighted beyond words that we’ve won this," said Jones, who took the seat from Conservative chief whip Simon Hart, who finished third.

"Every party has a lot of work to do but this is a fantastic platform on which to build."

Rowenna Hoskin
BBC News

History has been made as Labour's Kanishka Narayan becomes the first ethnic minority MP, external in Wales, according to the House of Commons.

The former civil servant ousted former Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns from the Vale of Glamorgan.

"It was optimism that first brought a middle-aged couple and their two young sons to south Wales, and gave them the sense that they could go from factories and petrol stations in south Wales to bringing up Wales' first MP of colour," he said.

To read more click here.

This was the night a dominant Labour party rebuilt the red wall in the north.

And in taking 27 Welsh seats - up from nine in 2019 - they've also patched up their wall in the south too.

In 2019, the Conservatives took 14 Welsh seats, their most for almost 30 years and many of them off Labour.

Five years on the sea of blue has now been washed away in Wales - the first time since 2001 Wales has no Tory MP.

The Lib Dems are back on the map here too while Plaid Cymru have doubled their seat count to four.