Plaid’s Lindsay Whittle has left the local authority after winning the Senedd by-election, while Sean Morgan quit the Labour Party and now sits as in independent.
Tag: Caerphilly Senedd by-election 2025
Plaid Cymru’s victory in Caerphilly is a warning to both Labour and Reform
Swansea University’s Matt Wall and Louis Bromfield explore Plaid Cymru’s Caerphilly by-election victory and what it means for them, Labour, and Reform.
Caerphilly’s new Senedd Member Lindsay Whittle vows to “fight like a Trojan”
Plaid Cymru’s Lindsay Whittle has said he will “fight like a Trojan” for Caerphilly in a victory speech made the day after his party’s historic Senedd by-election win.
Farage ‘not disappointed’ by Reform’s Caerphilly by-election failure
Reform leader Nigel Farage said: “I thought at the start of the day we’d get 12,000 votes – we did. I thought 12,000 votes would be enough – it wasn’t.”
Plaid Cymru’s Whittle sworn in as new Caerphilly Senedd Member
Mr Whittle saw off the challenge from Reform UK’s Llŷr Powell on a night where Labour were condemned to a distant third place.
Council ward by-election on the cards after Plaid’s Senedd win
The ballot boxes have been cleared away at Caerphilly Leisure Centre – but its result means another by-election is on the cards, due to recent rules preventing Senedd Members from also representing local authorities.
‘I will never fill his shoes’: Whittle pays tribute to predecessor Hefin David
“I will never fill his shoes but I promise you I will walk the same path that he did, and I can pay no finer tribute to an excellent man.”
Plaid Cymru claims historic victory as ‘Mr Caerphilly’ elected to Senedd
Plaid Cymru has secured a historic by-election win in Caerphilly, seeing off Reform UK to take the vacant Senedd seat.
Polls close in Caerphilly Senedd by-election
Throughout the day, people across the Caerphilly constituency have been voting to decide who will represent the community in the Welsh Parliament.
Mother who went viral after by-election debate speaks out on social media abuse
The mother who challenged Reform UK’s by-election candidate Llyr Powell over his campaign’s anti-immigration rhetoric has spoken out against the barrage of abuse she has received on social media.