Plaid wins by-election as Labour loses 100-year grip on Caerphilly

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Getty Images Lindsay Whittle was elected as a Member of the Senedd after working as a councillor for almost 50 years

Labour suffered its first parliamentary defeat in Caerphilly for 100 years as Plaid Cymru claimed victory in the Welsh Parliament by-election. Nigel Farage's Reform pledged to "throw everything" at the campaign but could only finish second to Plaid's Lindsay Whittle, who took 47% of

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