MARTIN Compston has urged Scots to give “both votes SNP” in the upcoming Holyrood election.
In a campaign video for the party, the Line Of Duty star (below) said: “Scotland! This is it. This is your chance. Vote to lock out Reform. Vote for independence. Both votes SNP on Thursday 7th May. Let’s do this.”
It comes after Compston also backed John Swinney as First Minister last week and called for people to “unite behind” the SNP.
🏴 Martin Compston: “C’mon Scotland! This is it. Vote to lock out Reform. Vote for independence. Both votes SNP on Thursday 7th May.” pic.twitter.com/H0F3g7uMWt
— The SNP (@theSNP) April 26, 2026
The pair campaigned in Inverclyde on Friday, the home of both Compston and Malcolm Offord, the leader of Reform UK Scotland.
Speaking ahead of his visit, Compston accused Nigel Farage of seeking to shrink Scotland’s budget and its Parliament, and claimed the Reform leader would privatise the NHS “if he got half the chance”.
A vocal pro-independence supporter, he said: “Nigel Farage isn’t interested in Scotland – he wants to cut our budget, shrink our Parliament and would privatise our NHS if he got half the chance. We should have none of it.
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“The fact that Labour are willing to work with him shows just how far they have fallen.
“On May 7, the way to keep Farage’s toxic politics out of Scotland is for people to unite behind the SNP – and the way to lock Farage out of Scotland for good is by becoming an independent country.”
Scottish Labour, meanwhile, previously said it is disappointed in Sweet Sixteen actor Compston.
A spokesperson for the party said: “The fact that the SNP are peddling the lies of Reform demonstrates just how far they have fallen.
“While he has made a career out of reading other people’s lines, it is certainty disappointing to see Martin Compston parroting the SNP’s absolute nonsense.
“Perhaps if he takes a closer look at their dismal campaign of misinformation and smears, he will see how utterly desperate they have become and distance himself from the SNP.”
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