The presiding officer from the previous session, Alison Johnstone, in her last act in the role, will preside over the ...

The Scottish Greens have won its second ever constituency seat in the Scottish Parliament, securing Nicola Sturgeon’s ...

The SNP is on course to become the largest party in Holyrood once again – but without a parliamentary majority. John Swinney had aimed for 65 seats or more and pinned his independence hopes on that.

Scotland’s new MSPs are being elected – but many of them are no strangers to parliamentary politics. A raft of those now set to enter Holyrood do so after time at Westminster, and most have come in on ...

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said his “party is hurting” as he effectively conceded defeat in the Holyrood election. Sarwar’s comments came with more than 120 seats still to declare. In the ...

Former Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater has toppled the SNP’s Angus Robertson in the race for Edinburgh Central. The ...

The SNP’s first win has been announced in Dundee City West, where turnout was 46.4 per cent. Councillor Heather Anderson, who ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he takes responsibility for a “very tough” set of English council results.

Polling in the last two weeks has suggested that half of the constituencies in the Scottish Parliament election are on ...

A poll out today, on the final day of the campaign, predicts the SNP will return 57 MSPs – but with a significantly reduced ...

The winners and losers of the 2026 Scottish Parliament election are expected to be clear by Friday afternoon. But the question of who will be the next first minister will remain live until the MSPs ...

One by Ipsos predicts a 57-seat total for the SNP, which would push majority government far from touching distance, with ...