{"id":24976,"date":"2018-02-09T16:05:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T16:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=24976"},"modified":"2018-02-09T16:05:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T16:05:56","slug":"morgan-champions-unity-deputy-leader-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/09\/morgan-champions-unity-deputy-leader-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Morgan champions unity in deputy leader contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF North AM Julie Morgan has today launched her Welsh Labour deputy leadership bid, telling <em>The Cardiffian<\/em> she will champion gender equality and party unity.<br \/>\nIt is the first time Welsh Labour will have an official deputy leader.<br \/>\nParty election rules, agreed in November 2017, say that if its leader is male, its deputy should be a woman.<br \/>\n\u201cIt means having a woman in the top team and on top of that, it\u2019s a real opportunity to promote women within the party,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nAlthough more than half of Welsh Labour\u2019s Senedd group are women, men hold the economy, finance, and health ministerial briefs.<br \/>\nThe most senior female cabinet minister \u2013 Kirsty Williams \u2013 is a Liberal Democrat.<br \/>\nMorgan\u2019s challengers for deputy are Swansea East MP Carolyn Harris, and Newport council leader Debbie Wilcox.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24991\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24991\" style=\"width: 761px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24991 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Welsh-Labour-deputy-candidates.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"761\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Welsh-Labour-deputy-candidates.png 761w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Welsh-Labour-deputy-candidates-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Welsh-Labour-deputy-candidates-500x221.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Welsh-Labour-deputy-candidates-293x129.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24991 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Welsh-Labour-deputy-candidates.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"761\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Welsh-Labour-deputy-candidates.png 761w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Welsh-Labour-deputy-candidates-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Welsh-Labour-deputy-candidates-500x221.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Welsh-Labour-deputy-candidates-293x129.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/noscript> Senedd insiders say Morgan is the favourite for the newly-created post<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nBut Morgan \u2013 who has been a councillor, MP, and AM \u2013 can count on the support of Welsh Labour stalwarts.<br \/>\nFinance Secretary Mark Drakeford described her as \u201cuniquely qualified\u201d for the role, while Counsel General Mick Antoniw said she was \u201cthe best, most qualified person for the job\u201d.<br \/>\nDescribing her vision for the party if elected, Morgan said: \u201cI want to reach out to the 27,000 members we have in Wales \u2013 to make membership more meaningful; to encourage them to get more involved.<br \/>\n\u201cMy aim is for our elected representatives to work together in a more coherent way to deliver Labour values for the people of Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF North AM Julie Morgan has today launched her Welsh Labour deputy leadership bid, telling The Cardiffian she will champion gender equality and party unity. 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