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I've been covering Welsh elections for BBC Wales since that narrowly-won referendum gave birth to the fledgling Welsh Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales as it was then known, 26 years ago.

Cardiff Bay has seen six elections since, along with six Labour first ministers (I know the first one, Alun Michael, was called first secretary), five Conservative group leaders, five Plaid Cymru leaders and three Liberal Democrat leaders.

A gender balance, with 30 men and 30 women in the chamber, was achieved in 2003 but lost at subsequent elections.

We saw the Lib Dems effectively replaced as a group by UKIP in the 2016 poll, seven weeks before the UK voted for Brexit, and the implosion of that new right-wing group with its seats going to Labour and the Conservatives in 2021.

The Liberal Democrats found themselves with just one Senedd politician for the past nine years, but that hasn't stopped the party wielding considerable influence.

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