Elections 2026 live: counting under way after votes in England, Scotland and Wales

The first results in England are expected between midnight and 2am BST; Scottish and Welsh parliament results are due from midday2026 election results: latest from local, Scottish and Welsh votesIn case you missed it earlier today, my colleague Andrew Sparrow wrote this excellent guide to why these elections could be so transformative for British politics:Earlier I said that today’s elections are likely to be seismic. (See 8.14am.) We don’t have any results yet, but unless all the opinion polls, and all the council byelections that have taken place over the past 12 months, and all the parliamentary byelections that have taken place since the general election, turn out to be completely unreliable guides to how people vote today, then we already have a rough idea of what the outcome will look like. It will be enough to transform the political landscape of Britain – in at least seven ways. Continue reading…

The first results in England are expected between midnight and 2am BST; Scottish and Welsh parliament results are due from midday2026 election results: latest from local, Scottish and Welsh votesIn case you missed it earlier today, my colleague Andrew Sparrow wrote this excellent guide to why these elections could be so transformative for British politics:Earlier…

The first results in England are expected between midnight and 2am BST; Scottish and Welsh parliament results are due from midday2026 election results: latest from local, Scottish and Welsh votesIn case you missed it earlier today, my colleague Andrew Sparrow wrote this excellent guide to why these elections could be so transformative for British politics:Earlier I said that today’s elections are likely to be seismic. (See 8.14am.) We don’t have any results yet, but unless all the opinion polls, and all the council byelections that…