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.
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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.
Behind the numbers: What the Caerphilly by-election poll reveals
A new opinion poll for the upcoming Caerphilly Senedd by-election, being held on October 23, suggests a two-horse race between Reform UK and Plaid Cymru.
Caerphilly’s Senedd by-election candidates face off in feisty BBC Wales TV debate
At a packed Bedwas Workmen’s Hall the hopefuls fielded questions on voters’ pressing issues, from public services to immigration.
‘The men that were killed must never be forgotten’: Senghenydd remembers 112 years on
On October 14, 1913, an explosion tore through Universal Colliery, killing 439 miners and leading to the death of one rescuer. This was, and remains, the worst mining disaster in British history.