World is watching Wales after result says poll winner

PLAID Cymru's newest member of the Welsh Parliament said “the world is watching Wales” after the party's historic by-election victory.

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Plaid Cymru's newly elected Senedd member Lindsay Whittle at Caerphilly Castle

Lindsay Whittle, who won the Caerphilly Senedd seat with a majority of 3,848 votes and a swing of almost 27% from Labour, said the result had “put Caerphilly on the map”.

The result will embolden Plaid in its efforts to enter government in Wales next year, and is a bitter blow for Labour, which had held the seat since the Senedd was established in 1999.