Like Mr Simpson, Lord Offord joined Reform from the Conservatives, with his defection announced in December 2025. At the time, Mr Farage declared that the former Tory UK government minister would take ...

Undeterred, Mr Sarwar insisted the election was not about the Prime Minister, with the Scottish Labour leader stressing the contest was instead about his bid to replace the SNP and First Minister John ...

When all the results were declared – after more than 16 hours of counting – the SNP had 58 MSPs – seven short of a majority.

Counting for the remaining two seats was halted with no overall control amid a five-party split on Friday night.

The Prime Minister said responding to ‘tough’ results would mean ‘being assertive in our values’ and ‘unifying rather than dividing’.