John Swinney

Rule Changes

Seeking a fifth consecutive SNP term and a mandate for an independence referendum

Polling stations across England, Scotland, and Wales opened on May 7, 2026, in the largest day of voting Britain has held since Keir Starmer's Labour Party won a landslide general election ten months ago. English voters chose more than 5,000 councillors across 136 authorities, including every seat in all 32 London boroughs. Scotland elected all 129 members of its parliament at Holyrood. Wales, for the first time, elected an expanded 96-member Senedd under a new closed-list proportional system, voting for parties rather than individual candidates.

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