US EditionUK Labour Party suffers landmark defeat in Wales
Plaid Cymru won 47% and Reform UK took 36% of the vote, with Labour falling to just 11%, highlighting Labour’s challenges in Wales amid economic and immigration concerns.
- On October 24, 2025, Plaid Cymru won the Caerphilly by-election with 47% of the vote, while Reform UK took 36% and Labour Party 11%.
- The vacancy arose after the incumbent Labour lawmaker's death and the contest came ahead of Welsh Parliament full elections in May.
- Responding to the loss, Labour added `We treat the result with humility; we are listening`, while John Curtice warned `I don’t think we should run away with the idea that Nigel Farage’s bubble is burst`.
- The result underscores a wider threat from Reform UK, highlighting the government struggling to revive the economy and ease immigration fears while Labour slips behind Reform since July 2024.
- Polling experts say Labour are in severe trouble in Wales, and British Parliament elections are not due until 2029, leaving the next national contest distant.
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Left-leaning Plaid Cymru crushes Labour Party in Welsh by-election
Plaid Cymru, a center-left party seeking independence for Wales from the United Kingdom, has unexpectedly won a "safe" Labour Party seat in the Senedd there. Lindsay Whittle took Caerphilly in a special election with 47% of the vote. The far-right Reform party won 36% and Labour sank to 11%. — Read the rest The post Left-leaning Plaid Cymru crushes Labour Party in Welsh by-election appeared first on Boing Boing.
Labour’s Defeat in Wales Spells Big Trouble for the Union
Labour has won every general election in Wales for a century – the longest winning streak for any party in any country in the western world. This didn’t just have important implications for Wales and for Labour – it was a vital part of the glue holding the union together. This relationship between Labourism and unionism isn’t just incidental – it’s part of their mutual fabric. Modern Britain – the idea of the country as a single nation on this …
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der Standard DEWales was traditionally a stronghold of Labour. In the election for a mandate in Caerphilly in the south of Wales, Labour candidate Richard Tunnicliffe received only 11 percent of the votes
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