{"id":524285,"date":"2025-10-24T08:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T08:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/524285\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T08:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T08:37:14","slug":"uk-labour-party-suffers-landmark-defeat-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/524285\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Labour Party suffers landmark defeat in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1x1_spacer.png\" alt=\"Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s Labour lost a by-election for the Caerphilly seat in the Welsh parliament to centre-left nationalist party Plaid Cymru, falling into a distant third place behind Nigel Farage\u2019s Reform U.K. File\" title=\"Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s Labour lost a by-election for the Caerphilly seat in the Welsh parliament to centre-left nationalist party Plaid Cymru, falling into a distant third place behind Nigel Farage\u2019s Reform U.K. File\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1x1_spacer.png\" class=\"lead-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n                    Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s Labour lost a by-election for the Caerphilly seat in the Welsh parliament to centre-left nationalist party Plaid Cymru, falling into a distant third place behind Nigel Farage\u2019s Reform U.K. File<br \/>\n                                          | Photo Credit: Reuters\n                                      <\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s ruling Labour Party suffered a heavy electoral defeat on Friday (October 24, 2025) in Wales, a traditional stronghold, in a result that highlights the threat posed by the Reform United Kingdom party, as the government struggles to revive the economy and ease fears about immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s Labour lost a by-election for the Caerphilly seat in the Welsh Parliament to centre-left nationalist party Plaid Cymru, falling into a distant third place behind Nigel Farage\u2019s Reform U.K.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not shying away from how disappointing the result is,\u201d Labour Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds told Sky News. \u201cWe treat the result with humility; we are listening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plaid Cymru won 47% of the vote, with Reform taking 36% and Labour 11%.<\/p>\n<p>The seat was being contested following the death of the incumbent Labour lawmaker and comes ahead of full elections for the Welsh parliament in May, which will show the extent of Labour\u2019s decline in Wales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLabour are in severe trouble in Wales, and it just confirms the broader UK story,\u201d polling expert John Curtice told the BBC. Polls focused on elections for the British parliament show Labour has slipped far behind the Reform Party since winning a landslide majority in July 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReform will be disappointed in coming second with 36%, but I don\u2019t think we should run away with the idea that this, in any way, suggests that Nigel Farage\u2019s bubble is burst,\u201d Mr. Curtice added.<\/p>\n<p>Elections for the British Parliament are not due until 2029.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published &#8211; October 24, 2025 01:34 pm IST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s Labour lost a by-election for the Caerphilly seat in the Welsh parliament to centre-left&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-524285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115428238708798647","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}