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Conservatives to reveal new Welsh assembly group leader Andrew RT Davies elected Tory Welsh assembly leader
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The Conservatives are to announce their new leader in the Welsh assembly later on Thursday. The Conservatives have chosen Andrew RT Davies as their leader in the Welsh assembly.
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. Mr Davies beat rival Nick Ramsay with 53.1% of the votes in a party election which had a 49% turnout.
Some 5,000 party members were eligible to vote in the contest between AMs Andrew RT Davies and Nick Ramsay. He will head the Tories' 14-strong group and lead the opposition to the Labour Welsh Government.
The contest comes after former leader Nick Bourne lost his seat in the assembly at May's election. The contest was called after former Tory group leader Nick Bourne lost his seat in May's assembly election.
Whoever wins will head the 14-strong Tory group and become leader of the opposition. Mr Ramsay won 46.7% of the vote.
Mr Davies, a farmer from the Vale of Glamorgan, has been an AM for south Wales Central since 2007. Mr Davies paid tribute to both Mr Ramsay and Mr Bourne in his acceptance speech.
'Free school breakfasts' Welsh Secreatry Cheryl Gillan congratulated how both Andrew Davies and Nick Ramsay conducted their campaign.
During the campaign he has stressed his experience outside politics as a family man and businessman. 'Weight of responsibility'
Mr Davies had said that "Wales runs through my DNA", but called himself a "passionate unionist" who believed Wales was stronger in the UK. "This result marks the start of a new chapter for the Welsh Conservatives in the assembly and I look forward to working with Andrew in the years ahead," she 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. "I know he realises the weight of responsibility he carries in holding the Labour-led Welsh Government to account, and in ensuring it pursues the right course towards building a stronger economy, providing better services, and offering greater opportunities for everyone in Wales.
He added: "It's only by standing on that centre ground that you win elections." "There is much to be done. And by working with colleagues at Westminster, in Europe and in local government we can all ensure further success for our party in Wales."
Mr Ramsay, previously a researcher for the Conservatives' assembly group, was re-elected as the AM for Monmouth for a second term in May. The assembly's Liberal Democrat leader, Kirsty Williams, said: "I'd like to congratulate Andrew on his success on being elected leader of the Conservative group in the National Assembly.
He has said the party should reconsider its opposition to Labour's free primary school breakfasts. "I look forward to working with him and other party leaders on furthering devolution for the people of Wales."
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.
"I think that's an area where over the last decade we have not made such an inroad as we could have."