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Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scotland's governing nationalist party; won 58 Holyrood seats in May 2026, governing as a minority.
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#18 22 Sept
Lost two Edinburgh seats and gained one in South Lanarkshire
UK Local Elections 2026: Marra's MSPs vote for right to decide#14 3 Aug
Scottish Labour opens a contest Sarwar left early
UK Local Elections 2026#11 7 Jul
Burnham rules out a Scottish vote
UK Local Elections 2026#10 26 May
Led the pro-independence bloc that passed the 72-55 motion
UK Local Elections 2026: Holyrood demands a vote it cannot force#9 14 May
Filed Section 30 request from 58-seat minority position
UK Local Elections 2026: Swinney's Section 30 ask, trigger missed#9 14 May
Mentioned in: Findlay co-opts his Scottish Tory rivals
UK Local Elections 2026#8 14 May
Mentioned in: Findlay refuses to quit Tory leadership
UK Local Elections 2026#8 14 May
Mentioned in: Bute House, No 10 split on phone call
UK Local Elections 2026#8 14 May
Swinney pushes Section 30, seven short
UK Local Elections 2026#8 12 May
Mentioned in: Plaid takes Cardiff after 27 years
UK Local Elections 2026#8 9 May
Mentioned in: Welsh Labour: fourth leader in 26 months
UK Local Elections 2026#7 7 May
Mentioned in: Slater takes Edinburgh Central from SNP
UK Local Elections 2026#7 7 May
SNP wins 58, below 65-seat trigger
UK Local Elections 2026#6 5 May
Projected at 62 seats, three short of Swinney's own 65-seat independence referendum trigger
UK Local Elections 2026: 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
Projected at 56 seats in More in Common model, nine short of 65-seat majority
UK Local Elections 2026: More in Common puts SNP short of majority#5 24 Apr
Mentioned in: Sarwar wins NHS round; Compston backs SNP
UK Local Elections 2026#5 21 Apr
IFS rejects SNP, sweep hits six-of-six
UK Local Elections 2026#5 16 Apr
Published manifesto titled 'Always on Scotland's Side' with independence referendum conditional on 65-seat majority
UK Local Elections 2026: Swinney bids for 2028 vote; Streeting refuses#3 16 Apr
“benefited from ifs clearing fiscal credibility field”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#4 14 Apr
Mentioned in: IFS rejects Scottish Labour plan same day
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
Mentioned in: IFS sweep: five of five Holyrood parties
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
Mentioned in: Harvie calls funded manifesto idea misleading
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
Mentioned in: Scottish Greens launch manifesto with wealth tax
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
Mentioned in: Welsh Lib Dems leave Reform door open
UK Local Elections 2026#3 13 Apr
scheduled manifesto launch for 16 April with independence as lead commitment
UK Local Elections 2026: SNP manifesto launch set for 16 April#4 14 Apr
#3 13 Apr
“entered launch with two mrps projecting majority”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#3 11 Apr
IFS rejects every Scottish party's fiscal plan
UK Local Elections 2026#3 11 Apr
Mentioned in: Wales Greens projected as Senedd kingmakers
UK Local Elections 2026#3 11 Apr
projected to win 67 seats and a majority in 89% of YouGov MRP simulations
UK Local Elections 2026: Second MRP confirms SNP majority path#3 11 Apr
“dismissed snp nhs consequentials as overstated”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#4 9 Apr
Mentioned in: Reform Kent group falls from 57 to 47
UK Local Elections 2026#2 9 Apr
Holyrood Dissolves as 39 Serving MSPs Walk Out the Door
UK Local Elections 2026#2 8 Apr
Mentioned in: IFS Demolishes Both Scottish Opposition Manifestos
UK Local Elections 2026#3 7 Apr
Mentioned in: Labour and Greens draw level at 16%
UK Local Elections 2026#2 7 Apr
Tories Projected to Hold Zero Scottish Constituency Seats
UK Local Elections 2026#1 7 Apr
Projected to win first outright majority since 2011
UK Local Elections 2026: Electoral Calculus projects first SNP majority since 2011#3 8 Apr
#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
Mentioned in: Welsh Labour pitches £4bn NHS pledge
UK Local Elections 2026#2 28 Feb