The Scottish National Party ( SNP ) has won its fifth consecutive Scottish parliament election, but failed to reach a majority in Holyrood . John Swinney’s party took 58 seats, falling short of the 65 needed to win an overall majority, but are by far the largest party in Scottish parliament . Labour and Reform UK both emerged with 17 seats, while the Scottish Greens won 15. It was a poor night for the Conservatives, who lost their position as the parliament's largest opposition party, suffering their worst-ever Holyrood election result to finish with 12 seats. The Scottish Lib Dems finished the night with ten seats. Speaking on Friday night, Mr Swinney declared the SNP had “emphatically” won the election He also put pressure on Sir Keir Starmer , saying the prime minister has a “lot of listening to do”, and called for respect between the two governments. “I hope that lesson is learned in Downing Street that there’s now got to be respect for the Scottish government exercised by the UK government,” he said.…