A guide to how the 2026 Holyrood election panned out.

John Swinney's party finished comfortably ahead of its rivals, but short of an overall majority.

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

Devolution means the transfer of power away from central government. For many years, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were run by the UK parliament, based in Westmins ...

With the Highlands list still to declare, Holyrood emerges fragmented: SNP largest party, Greens surging, Reform breaking through and ...

Nearly every seat across the West of Scotland has stayed yellow as the SNP swept to victory throughout the likes of Glasgow, ...

Previously incorporating nine constituencies, it now has 10, gaining two seats from the old Central Scotland region while losing East Lothian. Built almost entirely around Scotland’s first post‑war ...

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the bold move may be the only way for Scottish Labour to win another ...

Keir Starmer faces calls to resign after disastrous local elections. Over 60 Labour MPs doubt his leadership amid public ...

The two-party system that has been operating there since 1721 has effectively turned into a five-party free-for-all. Reform U.K., the anti-immigrant right-wing party led by Nigel Farage, won 1,453 ...

Senedd Cymru, or the Welsh Parliament, is the devolved, democratically-elected, law-making body for Wales responsible for ...

Britons ushered more than 1,300 Reform UK candidates into municipal office, cementing the populist anti-immigration party of ...