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results mean Reform’s Scottish leader, Malcolm Offord, now has the right to ask the opening questions at first minister’s questions, while Reform could get committee convenership posts. The SNP is seven seats short
results at the ballot box. They took control of Norwich, Hastings and the London borough of Waltham Forest, as well as winning the mayoral contests in Hackney and Lewisham. The party saw its first
Scottish and Welsh parliaments for the first time. Prof Tony Travers, a local government expert at the London School of Economics, said that the Greens’ failure to make more of an imprint in London reflected
Scottish Parliament. However, the party's gains were more modest than those of Reform UK and the Green Party of England and Wales, with the Lib Dems primarily benefitting from a slump in support
Scottish parliament and Welsh Senedd still to be counted, further nuance will be added to this picture, if not in terms of the Labour losses, then in terms of who has benefited. Some caution
election Guardian graphic. Source: 2026 results via Press Association. Historic results via Open Council. Record drops were calculated based on biggest year-to-year falls in Labour's seat share on whole council back
Scottish Parliament election. Recent [polling suggests](https://www.whatscotlandthinks.org/questions/how-would-you-be-likely-to-use-your-regional-vote-in-a-scottish-parliament-election-asked-since-2024-general-election-incl-reform-alba/) that the party is on track to retain its status as Holyrood's largest party, having been in power for almost 20 years. In an interview
Scottish parliament](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/09/starmers-unpopularity-was-insurmountable-for-scottish-labour-and-a-boon-for-reform). Adding to the panic in Labour, the party lost to a series of challengers, including the righting populist Reform UK party, the leftwing Greens, and pro-independence nationalists in Wales
results, the SNP gained the Shetland Islands from the Lib Dems. The islands had long been a traditional stronghold, with the Liberal party and later the Lib Dems chosen to represent Shetland since
election, after the surge in support for Reform UK, was thought to be the least predictable since the advent of devolution in 1999. The SNP was expected to win comfortably, but on the lowest share
elected mayor of Hackney in London. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Reuters The idea that Labour will lose the Welsh Senedd to Plaid Cymru, and even potentially come third behind the Scottish National party and Reform
Parliament election. Three Scottish party leaders hurriedly altered their campaign plans on Friday to reflect the significance of the deal. Both the SNP's John Swinney and Labour's Anas Sarwar managed to get access
elections to the Scottish and Welsh parliaments and councils across England, with losses well above 1,000 council seats seen as potentially triggering a challenge. Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, has [been widely linked
results started coming in. Labour has lost more than 1,400 seats in English council elections, with Reform UK making huge gains in former Labour heartlands in northern England and the Midlands. Meanwhile, the Greens
result of the Middle East conflict. Reeves is due to announce measures to help households with the cost of living on Thursday and it had been hoped she would announce the policy then. People close
Scottish parliament elections, it represents a commitment I’ve made: if I see someone being hassled or harassed, I’ll do my best to make them comfortable, or a wee bit safer. After crowds
result was eventually declared in Inverness in the wee small hours, in a counting centre littered with empty pizza boxes, there was not even a crumb of comfort for the party. Scottish Labour leader. Anas
election results, with some backbenchers adding their voices to calls for the prime minister to go. But matters began moving at speed, with West, a north London MP who was sacked by Starmer
results and, in theory, more stable government. The new political backdrop of multi-party politics which has emerged in recent years, with smaller parties challenging Labour and the Conservatives, has reignited calls for electoral reform
Scottish Parliament and the Senedd in Wales use systems of proportional representation. First-past-the-post has long been regarded as a friend of the Conservative and Labour parties. It makes it difficult for small