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Form Time | Politics | Citizenship

Election defeat ‘humiliation for Labour’

Patient Plaid: Election winner Whittle (above) first joined Plaid Cymru aged 15 in 1968, but has waited until his 70s to get his taste of victory.

Did teenagers have the final say? A by-election in a sleepy Welsh town became a test of the changing political tide in Wales and across the UK. But did young voters tip the balance?