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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
Labour is forecast to lose considerable ground to both the Greens and [Reform UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party) ing the elections for English councils and the Scottish and Welsh parliaments. Farage’s constituency in Essex
Parliament election. With local strongholds in the balance, familiar faces fighting to hold onto their seats and the future direction of Scottish politics at stake, every party has a part to play in this story
Labour’s ruling body from running in February’s Gorton and Denton byelection](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/25/andy-burnham-blocked-from-byelection-race-by-labour-ruling-committee), has identified several seats where MPs are prepared to step aside for his leadership bid. In a sign that
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 National Party led by John Swinney. The last election was in 2021 when the SNP fell one seat short of a majority. There are 73 constituencies and each elect one MSP. This is done
Scottish parliament and English local elections. Reform could win the most seats under Wales’s new more proportional voting system but it is unlikely to be able to form a government, as other parties have
seats on 136 councils are contested, as well as six mayoral vacancies. For weeks already, people having been casting their ballot by post. The parties and the candidates are now preparing their final pitch
parliament election on a platform of maximising domestic fossil fuel production. "Shutting down North Sea oil and gas is the biggest act of self-harm," says the party's Scottish leader Malcolm Offord, who promises
Labour and wanted change. “Some are going to the extreme populist change, the sort of ‘burn it all down’ type change from Reform and the Greens,” he told the BBC. “We offer a different form
Scottish National party and Reform [in Scotland](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/may/07/local-elections-2026-may-full-results-england-scotland-wales), has already been priced in. Starmer will not be relaxing over the weekend, though, as MPs digest the results and assess what the losses will
Scottish, Welsh and local English elections on 7 May, which are expected to be disastrous for his party. All that said, Starmer is not totally isolated. Unlike some prime ministers, whose connections in parliament felt
Parliament. One MP from the centre-left of the party said: "The PLP (Parliamentary Labour Party) thinks the situation is terminal – but we have thought that since February. We don't have an option
Parliament might disappear. Don't underestimate how totemic a Labour loss would be if it happens. The party has been winning in Wales for a century. Plaid Cymru leader, Rhun ap Iorworth, and Dan Thomas
Scottish and Welsh parliaments and English councils, senior party figures have told the Guardian that activists were being repeatedly told that the prime minister was the problem, rather than the party. “They don’t hate
seats under Wales' new proportional voting system, although Reform's Welsh leader Dan Thomas said on Tuesday that he thought it was possible for his party to achieve it. After polls closed on Thursday night
parliament, with Reform as the main opposition. Meanwhile in Scotland, the SNP is expected be the largest party in Scotland but fall short of an overall majority. Labour's poor showing has fuelled further questions
Scottish National party (SNP) in Holyrood and Sinn Féin in Stormont – would mean that whoever occupies No 10 Downing Street in the near future will have a [constitutional fight](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/07/nationalist-wins-uk-celtic-nations-may-elections) on their hands
parliaments will be elected. Typically low-stakes affairs, local elections are shaped less by national politics than by everyday concerns like potholes, bin collections and council services. But this election cycle, analysts say, could
seats, the Tories 24 and Reform two. Several Westminster wards turn on tight margins and with Reform and the Greens trying to get in on the two-party act, every vote is going to count