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Scottish election 2026: Who should I vote for? Compare party policies

Scottish election 2026: Who should I vote for? Compare party policies All 129 seats in the Scottish

Swinney will call vote on referendum powers after Scottish elections

elections John Swinney will call a vote seeking independence powers on the first day of the next Scottish parliament even if he fails to win an overall majority, his aides have said. The Scottish National

Labour expected to lose Senedd after century of winning elections in Wales

policies on health, education, transport and local government, among others. If the defeat is confirmed, then the party in Wales is likely to undergo a period of soul-searching, lesson-learning and an attempt

Keir Starmer's party lost big in U.K. local elections. Here's what comes next.

2026. **Richard Pelham/AP** Richard Pelham/AP ### **Reform and Green wins** Meanwhile, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage celebrated his party's victories, [writing in a newspaper column](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/09/reform-uk-shattered-world-view-westminster-bubble/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_tw_post_shattered-world-view-westminster-bubble/) that they signalled

If Plaid win in Wales, that won't mean independence - at least not yet

2026 there is that caveat: not yet. Back in February, Plaid's finance spokesperson Heledd Fychan denied that the party was trying to avoid a debate about independence and said that journalists needed

The city caught in the middle of the big energy shift debate

election result up until that point: 11 seats at Westminster on 30% of the Scottish vote. And today many Scottish nationalists point to Norway's handling of its sector of the North Sea as evidence

Welsh Labour faces ‘existential’ change as party braces for May election defeat

policy at Cardiff University. Welsh Labour – and [Wales](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/wales) itself – is at a crossroads, she added. “I’m not sure people have computed yet how existential both those things simultaneously are going