Almost half of Scottish voters will support the SNP in next month’s General Election as Labour’s share collapses, according to a new poll.
It is the largest lead given to the SNP in any Scottish survey since the campaign proper began.
The SNP’s share of the vote would increase from the 36.9 per cent it secured in 2017, when it won 35 of the 59 Scottish seats up for grabs, to 44 per cent.
READ MORE: New poll puts support for Scottish independence at 50 per cent
Support for Labour has slumped in Scotland to just 16 per cent of the vote.
While the party secured 27.1 per cent of the ballots cast in the 2017 election, when it won seven Scottish constituencies, research by Ipsos MORI for STV will raise fears the party will suffer losses in two weeks’ time.
Just over a quarter of Scots are backing Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party next month, according to the poll, with this down slightly from the 28.6 per cent support his predecessor Theresa May won in 2017.
READ MORE: The Scottish seats predicted to change hands at the general election
The 13 Tories MPs that were returned then were crucial to keeping her in Downing Street.
Meanwhile, support for the Liberal Democrats, led by Jo Swinson, has increased from 6.8 per cent in 2017 to 11 per cent in the poll – which also put support for the Greens at two per cent, while the Brexit Party polled less than one per cent.
– Ipsos MORI questioned a total of 1,046 Scots between November 19 and November 25 for the poll.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel