Overview

• Recent polls and betting odds position Reform UK as likely to finish second, posing the greatest threat to Labour in Clyde Valley.
• Farage’s campaign in Scotland has been disrupted by protests and accusations of racism following a cancelled Hamilton walkabout and rowdy Aberdeen press conference.
• Two local councillors have defected to Reform UK—one each from Labour and the Conservatives—bolstering its ground operation.
• Farage’s call to review the Barnett formula has united the SNP, Labour and the Tories in denouncing his approach to Scotland’s funding.
• SNP leader John Swinney and Scottish Labour’s Anas Sarwar have campaigned heavily to prevent a Reform breakthrough that could reshape the 2026 Holyrood electoral landscape.