{"id":289862,"date":"2025-10-24T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-trounced-as-plaid-cymru-beat-reform-uk-in-welsh-by-election-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:00:23","slug":"labour-trounced-as-plaid-cymru-beat-reform-uk-in-welsh-by-election-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-trounced-as-plaid-cymru-beat-reform-uk-in-welsh-by-election-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour trounced as Plaid Cymru beat Reform UK in Welsh by-election | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jUZCwhXSId4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Labour trounced as Plaid Cymru beat Reform UK in Welsh by-election | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jUZCwhXSId4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Plaid Cymru\u2019s victory in the Welsh Parliament by-election leaves Labour with a \u201cvery tough fight\u201d on its hands ahead of the Senedd elections in May, a minister has conceded.<\/p>\n<p>Labour trailed Reform UK in third after Nigel Farage\u2019s party had pledged to \u201cthrow everything\u201d at its campaign for the Caerphilly seat, which Labour had held since the Senedd was established in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said Labour\u2019s loss was \u201cdisappointing\u201d and pointed to a \u201cfractured political landscape\u201d in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Reform candidate Llyr Powell got 12,113 votes \u2013 the party had only 495 four years ago \u2013 with Labour\u2019s Richard Tunnicliffe trailing on 3,713, down from 13,289 in 2021, when there was a lower turnout.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative candidate Gareth Potter received just 690 votes, with the Greens and Liberal Democrats getting 516 and 497 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, polling expert Sir John Curtice said the result showed Labour was in \u201csevere trouble\u201d in Wales, after Plaid emerged victorious with a majority of 3,848 votes, and a swing of almost 27% from Labour, on a high turnout of more than 50%.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plaid Cymru\u2019s victory in the Welsh Parliament by-election leaves Labour with a \u201cvery tough fight\u201d on its hands ahead of the Senedd elections in May, a minister has conceded. 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