SENEDD members elected former Plaid Cymru MP Elfyn Llwyd as Wales’s new consul general today subject to formal appointment by Charles Windsor.

Consul general is the Welsh Parliament’s equivalent to the House of Common’s attorney general and, crucially for a nationalist government, will provide legal advice on strengthening devolution and constitutional change.

Mr Llwyd is a Welsh barrister and former politician who served as the member of Parliament for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, north Wales, until he stood down in 2015.

First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth said six years ago Mr Llwyd had said his one political ambition was to become consul general.

Former Welsh Labour consul general Mick Antoniw said he hopes Mr Llwyd will push Welsh Labour’s agenda for further devolution, including justice.

“One difficulty for Mr Llwyd will be that he is not an elected Senedd member which means that he will not have a political mandate,” Mr Antoniw said.

Mr Llwyd pledged to maintain the standards of the ministerial code.