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2026 United Kingdom local elections 2026 Scottish Parliament election , 2026 Senedd election Voters in England elect six mayors and 5,066 council seats across 136 councils .
Confirmed
We're pausing our live coverage there, but there's further reading on the election results across BBC News: The Labour Mayor of West Yorkshire has said her party is "facing oblivion" if Thursday's local election performance is repeated - calling it a "catastrophic set of results" for the party.
A sea of yellow crossed the country as John Swinney's SNP took the most seats, but it also fell short of a majority. Less than two hours later, it had picked up 43 of the 96 seats available - six short of a majority.
The 96 seats are allocated by share of the votes and a party needs 49 for a majority. She has said if other candidates don’t put their names forward, she will attempt to get the 81 signatories required to challenge Sir Keir Starmer.
But hours later, a surprise ultimatum was issued as Labour MP Catherine West told the PM's cabinet: challenge Starmer by Monday, or I will.
What's confirmed
- We're pausing our live coverage there, but there's further reading on the election results across BBC News: The Labour Mayor of West Yorkshire has said her party is "facing oblivion" if Thursday's local election performa
- A sea of yellow crossed the country as John Swinney's SNP took the most seats, but it also fell short of a majority.
- The 96 seats are allocated by share of the votes and a party needs 49 for a majority.
- But hours later, a surprise ultimatum was issued as Labour MP Catherine West told the PM's cabinet: challenge Starmer by Monday, or I will.
What's still developing
- The 96 seats are allocated by share of the votes and a party needs 49 for a majority.
- Less than two hours later, it had picked up 43 of the 96 seats available - six short of a majority.
- A sea of yellow crossed the country as John Swinney's SNP took the most seats, but it also fell short of a majority.
- But hours later, a surprise ultimatum was issued as Labour MP Catherine West told the PM's cabinet: challenge Starmer by Monday, or I will.
- We're pausing our live coverage there, but there's further reading on the election results across BBC News: The Labour Mayor of West Yorkshire has said her party is "facing oblivion" if Thursday's local election…
- She has said if other candidates don’t put their names forward, she will attempt to get the 81 signatories required to challenge Sir Keir Starmer.