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.  […]



Should Scotland Have a EU Referendum Veto?

24th March 2015 Comment How Scotland should be governed

Last Tuesday the Scottish Parliament held a debate on ‘Scotland’s Place in Europe’. Humza Yousaf, the Scottish Government’s Minister for Europe and International Development, reiterated a call made months earlier by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that any UK exit of the EU (increasingly referred to as ‘Brexit’) should be subject to vetoes by each of […]


ICM Show How Labour Is Failing To Reach Its Target Voters

23rd March 2015 Comment Elections, parties & leaders

Another poll, another set of numbers to strike fear into the heart of the Labour party. Today’s come from an ICM (online) poll for The Guardian, which is a follow-up to an initial poll the newspaper commissioned from ICM last December, shortly after Jim Murphy was elected as Labour’s Scottish leader. The poll puts the […]


Poll of Polls: Westminster Vote Intentions: 19 March

23rd March 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 Survation, one poll by ICM, and one by YouGov.  Between them the four polls […]



Poll of Polls: Westminster Vote Intentions: 17 March

20th March 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 Survation, one by YouGov, and  one by TNS BMRB.  Between them the four polls […]