Plaid Cymru wins in Wales and the SNP claims Scotland

Voters across Britain elected local and devolved representatives. In England they chose six mayors and 5,066 council seats across 136 councils. In Scotland they elected 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament. In Wales they elected 96 seats in the Senedd.

The Labour Party conceded defeat in Wales. Plaid Cymru and Reform UK made significant gains there. Plaid Cymru claimed victory in Wales. Welsh Labour leader and first minister Eluned Morgan resigned after losing her own seat in the Senedd.

In Scotland, the Scottish National Party claimed victory. The SNP is the party that campaigns for Scottish independence and has led the devolved government. A claim of victory means the party says it won the election, ahead of a final allocation of every office. The report does not print the seat totals for each Scottish party.

Reform UK took full control of Havering London Borough Council. That makes Havering the first Reform-run council in Greater London. Full control means the party holds a majority of the council's seats, not only a share of them. The report presents this as a breakthrough inside the capital.

England's vote covered a large block of local government: six mayoralties and 5,066 seats on 136 councils. The report of the results spends its detail on Wales, Scotland, and Havering rather than on a national English seat tally by party. Devolved elections in Scotland and Wales choose parliaments with power over health, education, and other domestic fields. Losing the first minister's seat, as Morgan did, is a personal defeat on top of the party defeat.

Plaid Cymru claimed the win in Wales and Eluned Morgan resigned after losing her seat. The Scottish National Party claimed victory in Scotland. Reform UK took Havering, its first council in Greater London. The elections were held on May 7 and the results followed on May 8.