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Scottish elections: why did Labour see its worst result in the history of devolution?
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An analysis of Scottish Labour's historically poor performance in the 2026 devolved election, examining how UK political context and perceptions of party competence have contributed to its long-term electoral decline.
Scottish elections: why did Labour see its worst result in the history of devolution?
Scottish Labour’s result in the 2026 election was its worst in devolution history, but it also sits forlornly in a pattern of serial decline for a party that I dedicated much of my adult life to and once led.
The backdrop of the UK political context has been unhelpful to Scottish Labour in each of the devolved elections for at least two decades. Academic analyses of both the 2007 and 2011 elections foregrounded valence issues and perceptions of the relative competence and performance as explanat
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