Average salience measures how strongly parties collectively focus on a topic. For each topic, each party score's distance from neutral (0) is measured and averaged across all parties. Topics with higher average salience appear higher in the table.

Party Top Focus marks the single topic where a party has its highest position score. Party Least Focus marks the lowest. Where topics tie, the one with higher overall salience is used as a tiebreaker.

Source indicators show where each position comes from: Manifesto = directly stated in the 2026 party manifesto; Website = stated on party website or campaign material but not the manifesto; Assumed = topic not directly addressed, position inferred from the party's consistent prior stance. Assumed positions should be treated with more caution.

Scores are inferred from 2026 manifesto commitments, party websites, and campaign material using the same methodology as scotvote.vercel.app. Positions run from −2 (strongly against) to +2 (strongly for).