United Kingdom

Historic victory of the independence movement in Wales in a Labor fiefdom

Lindsay Whittle, in a 2011 file photo.
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Labour lost Caerphilly, one of its Welsh strongholds, in a by-election to the Senedd (the national assembly) for the first time in over a century, marking a historic shift in the country's politics. Plaid Cymru's Lindsay Whittle won with 15,961 votes.

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