There were two By-elections on Caerphilly Council on Thursday a council where Plaid must have hopes are intent on gaining a fir number of seats next May
Plaid Cymru 150 [34.2%; +20.0%]
UKIP 6.4% [+6.4%; +6.4%]
Green 1.6% [+1.6; +1.6%]
Majority: 104
Turnout: 28.8%
Labour hold
Percentage change since 2012
Previous Result 2012
Labour 553 (85.87%)
Plaid 91 (14.13)
Caerphilly UA, Risca East – 6th October 2016
Labour 400 [58.9%; +1.6%]
Plaid Cymru 120 [17.7%; -1.1%]
UKIP 117 [17.2%; +17.2%]
LD Matthew John Kidner 42 [6.2%; +6.2%]
[Independent [0.0%; -24.0%]]
Majority: 283
Turnout: 14.5%
Labour hold
Percentage change since 2012
Previous Result
Labour 953, 789,769
Plaid,312,275,186
Independent 399
Neither seat are probably on Labour hit list for next May the Gilfach (Bargoed)result willbe encouraging whilst they need better results than Risca East'
The divergence in tjhe Labour vote between the Two wards may well reflect the impact of Labours Local Plan which has had a mixed reaction among the electorate.
Plaid obviously would like the sort of swing they received in Gilfach replicated next year . They may well be hoping that there will be straight fights between them and Labour in a number of seats , where voters ho do not want a Labour council do not support another Party.
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Obviously difficult to read very much into election results on such low turn outs but depressing to see the kippers still pulling in votes in caerphilly. Not sure what's going in places like caerphilly that's resulting in large numbers of working class people voting for a party with an economic programme even further to the right than the tories. Do they for example know what the kippers would do the nhs and education?
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