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Labour lost the Caerphilly seat to Plaid Cymru, finishing third behind Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

Plaid Cymru won 47% of the vote, Reform UK 36%, and Labour 11%.

Britain’s ruling Labour Party suffered a crushing electoral setback on Friday in Wales, a long-standing stronghold, underscoring the growing threat from the Reform UK party as the government grapples with reviving the economy and addressing public concerns over immigration.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer ’s Labour lost a by-election for the Caerphilly seat in the Welsh parliament to the centre-left nationalist party Plaid Cymru, finishing a distant third 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. “We trea

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