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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jamie Grierson in Caerphilly

‘Reform didn’t have any idea about south Wales’: Plaid Cymru supporters celebrate byelection win

Men holding Plaid Cymru signs celebrate at rally.
Plaid Cymru's Lindsay Whittle celebrates his victory in Caerphilly with his party leader, Rhun ap Iorwerth. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

The skies above Caerphilly may have matched the turquoise of Reform UK but it was the green and yellow of Plaid Cymru that dominated the valleys town on Friday morning.

The Welsh nationalists trounced their opponents with a hefty 47% of the vote in a Senedd byelection that was framed by many as a potential “canary in the coalmine” moment for Welsh politics.

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