25-04-2024, 06:47 PM
(25-04-2024, 06:45 PM)RhysJR Wrote: Have the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments' elections have always been on the same day as votes in England up until today? So, BBC/ITV have never had to do bespoke coverage for those elections yet?
Will be interesting to see if the networks just simulcast the BBC Scotland/STV coverage if the day arrives, or will they do something more.
(These questions likely purely academic as a 2/3 must vote for an election, or no-one can be elected First Minister inside 28 days to trigger an early election.)
Yes Scottish and Welsh parliament elections happen on the same day in 1st Thursday May when English council elections are taking place. I think this is where the 1st Thursday in May being election day has come from.