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 ...

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 ...

ALMOST a third of Conservative candidates have lost their deposits after receiving less than 5 per cent of the vote.

He was voted into the Scottish Parliament in the first ever devolved elections back in 1999 – and had retained his seat since ...

And so two Reform MSPs, two Green MSPs, a Tory, a LibDem and an SNP MSP are elected to the Scottish Parliament for the Highlands and Islands region.

A four-under 67 moved McIlroy into a share of eighth on five under at the Truist Championship, four shots adrift of leader Sungjae Im.

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

There were 3,784,094 registered voters in the 2026 Scottish elections. The overall turnout was 53.2%. This is down 10.1% from the 2021 elections.

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

In South Scotland, where Beresford was elected, Jamie Langan and David Kirkwood also became Reform MSPs. Elsewhere on that list, Labour returned two MSPs, Carol Mochan and Joe Fagan, the Greens ...

WELSH Labour leader Eluned Morgan has announced she will resign after losing her seat in the Senedd elections. Eluned Morgan, who had been first minister of Wales since 2024, lost the election in ...

Scotland has elected its first two transgender MSPs to the Holyrood parliament. Dr Q Manivannan and Iris Duane both secured regional list seats for the Scottish Green Party.