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Could tactical voting block Reform in future elections? Lessons from the Caerphilly byelection

Plaid Cymru’s overwhelming victory in the recent Caerphilly Senedd byelection shattered over a century of political tradition. Lindsay Whittle took the seat with 15,691 votes. Labour, which had held the seat since it was created, came away with just 3,713 votes.

The Conversation

Shocking Spray-Paint Slur: How 'F* Off Home' Message Rocked Reform UK After By-Election Loss?

Spray-paint slur hits Reform UK's Caerphilly office after by-election defeat. Powell condemns 'dark tricks' as Plaid Cymru claims victory.

International Business Times UK

Local election wipeout would see off Starmer, MPs say after Caerphilly rout

Crushing defeat in Welsh byelection triggers renewed outpouring of anger and concern within Labour

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‘Disappointed’ Starmer in firing line over historic by-election defeat for Labour in Caerphilly

‘We clearly need to do much more’ admits prime minister

The Independent UK

Plaid Cymru’s staggeringly large victory in Caerphilly is a warning to both Labour and Reform

If any seat has a claim to be part of Labour’s electoral heartland, it is Caerphilly. Labour’s electoral dominance there reaches all the way back to the creation of the constituency in the 1918 UK general election, when Alfred Onions became the the first of many Caerphilly Labour MPs. This…

The Conversation

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

Welsh nationalists secured a hefty 47% of votes in what had been framed as a close two-horse race against Reform

The Guardian - UK

‘The world is watching Wales’ after by-election result, says Plaid’s new MS

Lindsay Whittle won the Caerphilly Senedd seat with a majority of 3,848 votes and a swing of almost 27% from Labour.

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Plaid Cymru’s Caerphilly by-election win leaves Labour with ‘very tough fight’

Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the result pointed to a ‘fractured political landscape’.

Evening Standard

John Curtice says Labour in ‘severe trouble’ in Wales after humiliating by-election defeat

Plaid Cymru ‘now well placed to provide Wales with its next first minister’, says top pollster

The Independent UK

Caerphilly result is blow to Labour and Reform – and shows parties who cannot adapt will be crushed

Plaid Cymru’s byelection victory signals a seismic shift in Welsh politics that will rattle Westminster

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: How Plaid beat Reform (and left Labour in Senedd byelection dust)

In today’s newsletter: Labour has been the largest party in Wales at every general election since 1922. Last night, that history came to an abrupt and painful end – but it was also a disappointing evening for Nigel Farage

The Guardian - UK

Farage blames Labour collapse for Reform defeat in Caerphilly by-election: Latest

Labour comes third with just 11% of the vote in a seat that has long been one of its strongholds

The Independent UK

Labour suffers crushing defeat in Caerphilly by-election with record vote collapse as Plaid Cymru holds off Reform

Labour came a distant third with only 11.02% of the vote - as swing of almost 27% from the party

Evening Standard

Plaid Cymru ousts Labour in Caerphilly byelection

Rhun ap Iorwerth’s party seizes Senedd seat, beating Reform UK into second place

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No 10 accepts people are ‘disappointed with the pace of change’ as Plaid Cymru celebrates Caerphilly byelection win – as it happpened

Lindsay Whittle seized the Senedd constituency from Labour and resisted a fierce challenge from Reform UK

Evening Standard

Voters go to the polls in crucial Welsh Parliament by-election

The Caerphilly constituency has been the focus of fierce campaigning by Labour, Plaid Cymru and Reform.

The Guardian - UK

Caerphilly byelection could signal ‘fundamental realignment’ of Welsh politics

If Labour loses the Senedd seat, it will be a huge blow for party that has dominated politics in Wales for a century

The Independent UK

‘I don’t know anyone who is voting Labour’: How Reform is turning a red heartland light blue

This south Wales constituency has been deemed a safe Labour seat for over a century, but voters on streets of Caerphilly tell Holly Evans they are fed up – and think Nigel Farage’s Reform might be the answer

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The Guardian - UK

Reform UK accused of sowing division in Wales in rowdy TV byelection debate

Party leading latest opinion poll comes under fire for ‘weaponising’ immigration as candidates in Caerphilly clash

The Guardian - UK

Watching Caerphilly: Welsh byelection may be bellwether for political transformation in UK

Plaid Cymru and Reform are polling above Welsh Labour in race for Senedd seat experts say may be ‘canary in the coalmine’

Evening Standard

Plaid leader accuses Reform of trying to silence Wales

Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru, said voters need to understand what is at stake ahead of the Welsh Parliament elections next May.

The National (Scotland)

Pro-indy politician sparks row with gun-toting 'making sure there's no English' post

A PRO-INDEPENDENCE councillor in Wales has apologised for a photo on social media which showed him holding a gun to stop "English people trying…

Wales Online

New leader of Caerphilly council announced

'Now more than ever we need strong and decisive leadership'

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