• Mark Drakeford advocated for major reforms to the Westminster electoral system.
• Calling for Sir Keir Starmer to abandon first-past-the-post voting.
• In favor of proportional representation.

First Minister Mark Drakeford stated in a moving speech to his party that his grief over losing his wife would not prevent him from working for Labor.

He thanked individuals who were kind to him when his wife Clare passed away in January while fighting back tears.

Additionally, he demanded that Sir Keir Starmer abandon first-past-the-post voting in favor of proportional representation.

However, the UK Labor leader claimed that a new Labor administration would not make it a top priority.

Earlier, Sir Keir declared that if he became prime minister, he would give Welsh ministers back oversight of economic aid.

On Saturday in Llandudno, Mr. Drakeford addressed at the Welsh Labor convention.

He said in recent weeks he had been given “words of kindness and sympathy, from people within our party, and also from people I’ve never met”.

“That has been a strength to me, personally – a heartfelt thanks to you all.”

Later he added: “Even when our hearts are weighed down with the intolerable burden of grief, we know our duty, our moral obligation… that this party has to run towards the dangers that blight so many lives, and never ever run away from them.”

He advocated for significant changes to the Westminster electoral system in his address with the most vigour yet.

The first past the post voting system, which elects MPs depending on whose candidate receives the most votes in a constituency, was asked for to be abolished.

Sir Keir Starmer was urged to implement this change.

In his speech he gave his strongest support yet for major reforms to the Westminster electoral system.

He called for Sir Keir Starmer to bring an end to the first past the post voting system, which sees MPs elected based on which candidate wins the most votes in a constituency.

In what appeared to be a response to his own party’s opponents of proportional representation, Mr. Drakeford said: “To those who continue to fear an electoral system reform.

“I say simply look at what we have done here in Wales – 25 years of winning and working within a proportional electoral system.”

He accused the Conservatives of hollowing out democracy with a “dreadful brand of selfish, self-enriching politics, where even a football commentator is expected to toe the Tory line or to find their job at risk”.

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