Author: John Curtice

John Curtice is Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University, Senior Research Fellow at ScotCen and at 'UK in a Changing Europe', and Chief Commentator on the What Scotland Thinks website.

Poll of Polls: Westminster Vote Intentions: 20 April

21st April 2015 Comment Elections, parties & leaders

The graph below shows the latest What Scotland Thinks/ScotCen Poll of Polls of voting intentions in Scotland for the 2015 UK general election and how it has evolved over time. The latest Poll of Polls is based on two polls by YouGov,  one poll by Panelbase, and one by TNS BMRB.  Between them the four […]

Ashcroft Adds to Labour – and Liberal Democrat – Woes

20th April 2015 Comment Elections, parties & leaders

Lord Ashcroft published another set of his now famous constituency polls – in this case of eight seats in Scotland – on Friday evening. Three of them are Labour held seats that Ashcroft previously polled in January or February this year – East Renrewshire, Glasgow South West and Paisley & Renfrew South. Four are Liberal […]

TNS BMRB Put SNP On Equal Record High

13th April 2015 Comment Elections, parties & leaders

This morning TNS BMRB released the results of their latest poll of voting intentions. It provides further dismal reading for Labour. Labour’s support is put at just 24%, down six points on the company’s previous poll conducted during the first three weeks of February.  The SNP, in contrast, are estimated to be on 52%, up […]

Could Tactical Voting Scupper the SNP?

10th April 2015 Comment Elections, parties & leaders

This morning’s Times carried the result of the latest YouGov poll of voting intentions in Scotland, while this evening Channel 4 News released further results from the same poll. Conducted after the first Scottish leaders’ debate on STV on Tuesday, but with much of the interviewing completed before the second instalment on BBC on Wednesday, […]

Poll of Polls: Westminster Vote Intentions: 9 April

10th April 2015 Comment Elections, parties & leaders

The graph below shows the latest What Scotland Thinks/ScotCen Poll of Polls of voting intentions in Scotland for the 2015 UK general election and how it has evolved over time. The latest Poll of Polls is based on two polls by YouGov,  one poll by Panelbase, and one by ICM.  Between them the four polls […]

YouGov Put Labour Up Just A Little – And Some Polling Catch Up.

6th April 2015 Comment How England should be governed

Today’s Sun contains another poll of voting intentions for the general election in Scotland. Conducted by YouGov before last Thursday’s leaders’ debate (and the row about what Nicola Sturgeon supposedly said to the French Ambassador), it puts the SNP on 46%, unchanged from the company’s previous full sized Scottish poll undertaken in the middle of […]

Panelbase (and more) from The Sunday Times

5th April 2015 Comment Elections, parties & leaders

Despite the fact that the outcome of the election in Scotland could well prove pivotal in determining who forms the next government, it is a fortnight since an up to date Scotland-wide poll of voting intentions for May 7th was published. However, the drought is broken today with a poll conducted by Panelbase for The […]

Poll of Polls: Westminster Vote Intentions: 2 April

5th April 2015 Comment Elections, parties & leaders

The graph below shows the latest What Scotland Thinks/ScotCen Poll of Polls of voting intentions in Scotland for the 2015 UK general election and how it has evolved over time. The latest Poll of Polls is based on one poll by Panelbase, one by ICM, one by Survation, and one by the British Election Study.  […]