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UK Labour Party suffers landmark defeat in Wales
LONDON: Britain’s ruling Labour Party suffered a heavy electoral defeat on Friday in Wales, a traditional stronghold, in a result that highlights the threat posed by the Reform UK party, as the government struggles to revive the economy and ease fears about immigration. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour lost a by-election for the Caerphilly seat in the Welsh parliament to center-left nationalist party Plaid Cymru, falling into a distant third place behind Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. “I’m not shying away from how disappointing the result is,” Labour minister Nick Thomas-Symonds told Sky News.
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independent.co.uk
Why the fall of this Labour political fortress could spell disaster for Starmer
Since 1918 Labour has never lost in Caerphilly, but now this Welsh constituency could be the latest scalp for Nigel Farage, says political editor David Maddox
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theguardian.com
Voters go to polls in Caerphilly byelection that could mark historic shift for Wales
Plaid Cymru and Reform UK have run fierce campaigns in Labour-run south Wales constituency
