{"id":289886,"date":"2025-10-24T18:04:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/caerphilly-labour-stunned-in-historic-by-election-defeat-to-plaid-cymru\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T18:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:04:51","slug":"caerphilly-labour-stunned-in-historic-by-election-defeat-to-plaid-cymru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/caerphilly-labour-stunned-in-historic-by-election-defeat-to-plaid-cymru\/","title":{"rendered":"Caerphilly: Labour stunned in historic by-election defeat to Plaid Cymru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jB0pjRzVzDw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Caerphilly: Labour stunned in historic by-election defeat to Plaid Cymru\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jB0pjRzVzDw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Plaid Cymru have won the by-election for the seat of Caerphilly in the Senedd, the Welsh parliament. The left leaning nationalist party has been present for decades in Welsh politics but has had limited electoral impact. Its candidate, Lindsay Whittle was finally successful after 14 attempts in various polls over the last 42 years.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>It was a close run contest as to who would be victorious. The Reform Party, who many predicted would win in fact came second &#8211; perhaps because of tactical voting in favour of Plaid by those who wanted to stem the influence of Nigel Farage on Welsh politics.<br \/>\nReform however know they\u2019ve upset the traditional alignment and claim the result as a building block for next May\u2019s Senedd elections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plaid Cymru have won the by-election for the seat of Caerphilly in the Senedd, the Welsh parliament. The left leaning nationalist party has been present for decades in Welsh politics but has had limited electoral impact. Its candidate, Lindsay Whittle was finally successful after 14 attempts in various polls over the last 42 years. 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