BREAKING: Labour lose out to Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly by-election in momentous defeat

Labour has been ousted in the Caerphilly by-election in a blowout to Plaid Cymru.

Lindsay Whittle of the Welsh nationalist party took home 15,961 votes, beating second-placed Reform UK’s 12,113.

Labour slumped to just 3,713 votes – a backslide of a staggering 34.9 per cent compared to the 2021 Senedd election.

Turnout came to 50.43 per cent, with a total of 33,736 ballot papers being included in the count – an increase on 2021’s 44.31 per cent.

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