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Scottish Labour
Labour's Scottish devolved branch; won 17 Holyrood seats in 2026, tying Reform UK as joint second-largest party.
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#18 22 Sept
Voted with all 17 MSPs for the right-to-decide motion
UK Local Elections 2026: Marra's MSPs vote for right to decide#16 17 Aug
Closed leadership nominations under its three-MSP, three-MP, three-affiliate threshold
UK Local Elections 2026: Lennon is off the Scottish Labour ballot#14 3 Aug
Opened nominations to replace Anas Sarwar
UK Local Elections 2026: Scottish Labour opens a contest Sarwar left early#15 2 Aug
Ran the leadership contest the three candidates entered
UK Local Elections 2026: Three run for Scottish Labour leader#15 2 Aug
Ran the nomination process Lennon accused of misogyny
UK Local Elections 2026: Lennon accuses her party of misogyny#11 7 Jul
Mentioned in: Burnham rules out a Scottish vote
UK Local Elections 2026#9 14 May
Became official Holyrood opposition on 17 seats, tying Reform UK
UK Local Elections 2026: Findlay co-opts his Scottish Tory rivals#8 14 May
Mentioned in: Findlay refuses to quit Tory leadership
UK Local Elections 2026#8 9 May
Mentioned in: Welsh Labour: fourth leader in 26 months
UK Local Elections 2026#7 7 May
tied with Reform on 17 Holyrood seats
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform enters Holyrood on 17 MSPs#6 5 May
Second-placed Holyrood opposition party
UK Local Elections 2026: Mentioned in: SNP at 62, three short of 65#6 28 Apr
Mentioned in: Welsh Labour at 12%, lowest since 1906
UK Local Elections 2026#5 24 Apr
Launched tactical voting push claiming best choice to stop SNP in two-thirds of Scottish seats
UK Local Elections 2026: Sarwar wins NHS round; Compston backs SNP#5 24 Apr
Mentioned in: More in Common puts SNP short of majority
UK Local Elections 2026#5 21 Apr
Mentioned in: IFS rejects SNP, sweep hits six-of-six
UK Local Elections 2026#5 16 Apr
Mentioned in: Swinney bids for 2028 vote; Streeting refuses
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
Published manifesto that became the fifth consecutive IFS dismissal in the 2026 cycle
UK Local Elections 2026: IFS sweep: five of five Holyrood parties#4 14 Apr
Mentioned in: Harvie calls funded manifesto idea misleading
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
Mentioned in: Welsh Lib Dems leave Reform door open
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
Published Holyrood manifesto on 13 April 2026 found by IFS to exceed available funding
UK Local Elections 2026: IFS rejects Scottish Labour plan same day#3 13 Apr
Mentioned in: SNP manifesto launch set for 16 April
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
#3 11 Apr
IFS rejects every Scottish party's fiscal plan
UK Local Elections 2026#3 11 Apr
“dismissed scottish labour fiscal plan as incredible”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#1 7 Apr
Mentioned in: Electoral Calculus projects first SNP majority since 2011
UK Local Elections 2026#2 7 Apr
Tories Projected to Hold Zero Scottish Constituency Seats
UK Local Elections 2026#2 7 Apr
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 1 Apr
Mentioned in: Wales Hardening Into Two Blocs, Researchers Find
UK Local Elections 2026#3 30 Mar