ONE of Scotland's leading churchmen has said he feels a "sense of unease" at the Referendum result in Glasgow, claiming depair and deprivation were key factors in the vote.

Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow Philip Tartaglia said the result, which saw 53 per cent of the Labour-dominated city opt to break the link with the UK, pointed to the bleak life chances of too many of his fellow citizens.

The prominent cleric also claimed the trouble in the city's George Square was not "the real face of Glasgow".

His comments come as polling by Tory peer Lord Ashcroft, which surveyed the actual voting in the referendum of 2,047 Scottish residents, found 57 per cent of those who consider themselves Catholics voted Yes.

The same poll found nearly 70 per cent of people described as 'non-Catholic Christians' voted No.

Yes was successful in all eight Scottish Parliamentary constituencies in Glasgow, whose MPs are all Labour and which is also run by the party at local government level.

In some of the more deprived areas of the city Yes was out-polling No by two to one.

Labour has again vowed to reconnect with its support, pledging to visit 10 of the highest-voting Yes areas.

But Archbishop Tartaglia said: "As a Glasgow man and as the Archbishop, I confess to a sense of unease for my city and for my fellow citizens, a clear majority of whose voters had a markedly different view of the future from much of the rest of Scotland.

"Sadly, too many of our fellow citizens of this great city appear to feel disenfranchised by the political process, and feel threatened and disheartened by poor life chances."