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| Conservatives to reveal new Welsh assembly group leader | Conservatives to reveal new Welsh assembly group leader |
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| The Conservatives are to announce their new leader in the Welsh assembly later on Thursday. | The Conservatives are to announce their new leader in the Welsh assembly later on Thursday. |
| Votes will be counted and the results of a party election will be declared at the Swalec Stadium, Cardiff, which is now expected some time after 1430 BST. | |
| Some 5,000 party members were eligible to vote in the contest between AMs Andrew RT Davies and Nick Ramsay. | Some 5,000 party members were eligible to vote in the contest between AMs Andrew RT Davies and Nick Ramsay. |
| The contest comes after former leader Nick Bourne lost his seat in the assembly at May's election. | The contest comes after former leader Nick Bourne lost his seat in the assembly at May's election. |
| Whoever wins will head the 14-strong Tory group and become leader of the opposition. | Whoever wins will head the 14-strong Tory group and become leader of the opposition. |
| Mr Davies, a farmer from the Vale of Glamorgan, has been an AM for south Wales Central since 2007. | Mr Davies, a farmer from the Vale of Glamorgan, has been an AM for south Wales Central since 2007. |
| 'Free school breakfasts' | |
| During the campaign he has stressed his experience outside politics as a family man and businessman. | During the campaign he has stressed his experience outside politics as a family man and businessman. |
| Mr Davies had said that "Wales runs through my DNA", but called himself a "passionate unionist" who believed Wales was stronger in the UK. | Mr Davies had said that "Wales runs through my DNA", but called himself a "passionate unionist" who believed Wales was stronger in the UK. |
| "If I'm given the chance to lead the Welsh Conservatives in the assembly I will passionately articulate that positive message, that Conservative message of hope, aspiration and, above all, delivery," he said. | "If I'm given the chance to lead the Welsh Conservatives in the assembly I will passionately articulate that positive message, that Conservative message of hope, aspiration and, above all, delivery," he said. |
| He added: "It's only by standing on that centre ground that you win elections." | He added: "It's only by standing on that centre ground that you win elections." |
| Mr Ramsay, previously a researcher for the Conservatives' assembly group, was re-elected as the AM for Monmouth for a second term in May. | Mr Ramsay, previously a researcher for the Conservatives' assembly group, was re-elected as the AM for Monmouth for a second term in May. |
| He has said the party should reconsider its opposition to Labour's free primary school breakfasts. | He has said the party should reconsider its opposition to Labour's free primary school breakfasts. |
| The Tories should be willing to look at policies that could "reach out to a much broader range of people than we have in the past". | The Tories should be willing to look at policies that could "reach out to a much broader range of people than we have in the past". |
| He said: "I think what we need to look at over the next few years is how we are going to help some of the most disadvantaged in our society. | He said: "I think what we need to look at over the next few years is how we are going to help some of the most disadvantaged in our society. |
| "I think that's an area where over the last decade we have not made such an inroad as we could have." | "I think that's an area where over the last decade we have not made such an inroad as we could have." |