Weeks after making history, the first Black leader of Wales faces a no-confidence vote

By JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — The leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government is facing a no-confidence vote in the Welsh parliament. The opposition Conservatives called the vote over Labour First Minister Vaughan Gething after weeks of criticism of his leadership. Gething’s Labour Party holds 30 of the 60 seats in Wales’ parliament, but two of its lawmakers were off sick on Wednesday. Gething said he would continue “to serve and lead my country.” Gething, the son of a Welsh father and a Zambian mother, is the first Black leader of a government in the U.K. He has faced criticism for accepting donations from a recycling company whose owner had been found guilty of environmental offenses.