Eluned Morgan The woman likely to be crowned as the new first minister of Wales

This summer, a party was held at a church hall in Ely, a housing estate a few miles west of Cardiff city centre, to mark the 30 years Eluned Morgan has spent in frontline politics.

- Steven Morris

It was a chance to celebrate how Morgan went from an idealistic youngster picking coffee in Nicaragua alongside the Sandinistas in the 1980s to seats in the European parliament, the House of Lords and the Welsh parliament, the Senedd.

A couple of months on, Baroness Morgan of Ely looks set to become the first female first minister of Wales, after Vaughan Gething's brief and troubled tenure.

It looks likely that she will be the only candidate to replace Gething as leader of Welsh Labour when the deadline for potential successors to come forward is reached at lunchtime today.

Morgan is firmly rooted in Ely, which hit the headlines last year when a riot took place after two teenagers who were being followed by the police died, and in the Labour movement. She is a passionate champion of the Welsh language and an avid internationalist.