Plaid promises a political reset and new dawn for Wales as Whittle toasts historic victory

Labour, which had held the seat since the Senedd was first established in 1999.

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Mr Whittle received 15,961 votes, more than 47% of the total, which is up almost 19% from the 2021 result in the constituency with a swing from Labour of almost 27%.

Reform candidate Llyr Powell got 12,113 votes - the party had only 495 four years ago - as Reform UK saw their vote increase by 34.2%.

Labour's Mr Tunnicliffe trailed on 3,713. In 2021, Labour got 13,289 votes, 46% of the vote share when there was a lower turnout. At this election, that plummeted by 34.9%.

Conservative candidate Gareth Potter received just 690 votes, with the Greens and Liberal Democrats getting 516 and 497 respectively.

Mr ap Iorwerth said: “Tonight, the people of Caerphilly have spoken loud and clear.