2026 Tactical Voting guide launched
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Today we are launching our tactical voting website ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.
After nearly 20 years of SNP government, many people across Scotland want change. However, with several parties contesting each seat there is a real risk that the SNP could remain in power.
Our tactical voting website has been created to help voters who want to stop the nationalists.
The site enables people in Scotland to enter their postcode and see SIU's recommendation for the party with the best chance of defeating the SNP in their constituency.
The recommendations are based on a range of factors, including opinion polling, past election results, demographic data, local knowledge and other insights.
Our advice does not endorse any party’s policies. It simply highlights which candidate from the established pro-UK parties we believe has the strongest chance of defeating the SNP in each constituency. The constituency ballot paper is the lilac one, with the candidates named.
In the 2024 UK General Election, our tactical voting guide correctly identified the main challenger to the SNP in all 57 constituencies in Scotland.
We haven't made recommendations for the regional lists in the Scottish election (the 'peach' ballot paper), as the system is complex and depends on the constituency results - our advice is simply not to use your regional list vote for the SNP or for the nationalists of the Scottish Green Party!
After nearly two decades of SNP government, Scotland deserves better. If you want to see change at Holyrood, this is how we can help make it happen.
You can check the tactical voting advice for your area here:
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