Labour is set to lose the Caerphilly by-election according to multiple sources within the party. It would bring to an end more than a century of Labour victories in the constituency in elections to Westminster and the Senedd. Recent polling suggests Plaid Cymru and Reform are fighting to challenge Labour's dominance in Wales.

Britain's ruling Labour Party suffered a heavy electoral defeat on Friday in Wales, a traditional stronghold, in a result that highlights the threat posed by the Reform UK party, as the government struggles to revive the economy and ease fears about immigration.

The governing party said it was “deeply concerning” that Nigel Farage’s appearance in the U.S. Congress had been brokered by an organization that helped topple Roe v. Wade.

Ms Lucy Powell’s win is a message to Mr Starmer that the wider party is increasingly disillusioned with its approach on everything. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Two Labour councillors have defected to the Green Party, following in the footsteps of a colleague days earlier. Swindon Borough Council's Tom Butcher and Repi Begum will sit as Greens until the end of their terms in May 2026. Councillor Ian Edwards made the same move last week.

Number 10’s focus on defectors to Reform exacerbates Labour’s problem. Polling by YouGov shows that more Britons think the government is trying to appeal to Reform voters than to its own. But pandering to Reform voters is no substitute for good government, and offends Labour’s most loyal supporters at a time when voters are less sticky than ever.

The governing party placed a distant third in a special election for a district of Wales it has dominated for a century. Plaid Cymru, a center-left Welsh nationalist party, won.

A former South Carolina GOP senator appears to have reclaimed the Upstate seat he lost nine years ago. Firebrand Republican Lee Bright eked out a majority win over two opponents — with just shy of 51% of the 5,008 votes cast, according to uncertified results posted by the state Election Commission — in one of […]

In an area that Labour has represented for more than a century, the party was humiliated. Its vote collapsed from 46 per cent to 11 per cent as Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party, took control.