Plaid Cymru's Lindsay Whittle celebrates after being declared winner for the Caerphilly Senedd by-election. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire
Keir Starmer’s Labour party has suffered a seismic by-election defeat in a traditional Welsh stronghold, losing Caerphilly for the first time in a century to the nationalist party Plaid Cymru.
The 3,848-vote majority secured by Plaid Cymru’s Lindsay Whittle in the Welsh Senedd assembly seat deals a blow to Starmer’s leadership, and comes ahead of broader elections in Wales in May.
“We want a better deal for every corner of Wales,” Whittle said in his victory speech early on Friday.
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