‘Reform didn’t have any idea about south Wales’: Plaid Cyrmu supporters celebrate byelection win

<p>Welsh nationalists secured a hefty 47% of votes in what had been framed as a close two-horse race against Reform</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/oct/24/caerphilly-byelection-result-live-reform-plaid-cymru-labour-wales-welsh-government-senedd-latest-voting-news">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The skies above Caerphilly may have matched the turquoise of Reform UK but it was the green and yellow of Plaid Cymru that dominated the valleys town on Friday morning.</p><p>The Welsh nationalists trounced their opponents with a hefty 47% of the vote in a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/24/plaid-cymru-wins-caerphilly-byelection-result">Senedd byelection</a> that was framed by many as a potential “canary in the coalmine” moment for Welsh politics.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/24/plaid-cyrmu-celebrate-byelection-win-reform-wales">Continue reading...</a>