Poll results: Scotland

How much do you trust the UK government to work in Scotland’s best long-term interests?

Results from 19 polls, conducted from 7 May 1999 to 31 October 2023

Data from Scotland Perceptions of government & the Union

‘Moreno’ national identity

Results from 18 polls, conducted from 7 May 1999 to 31 October 2023

Data from Scotland National identity and cultural issues

How should Scotland be governed? (five response categories collapsed to three)

Results from 21 polls, conducted from 7 May 1999 to 31 October 2023

Data from Scotland How Scotland should be governed

How should Scotland be governed? (five options)

Results from 21 polls, conducted from 7 May 1999 to 31 October 2023

Data from Scotland How Scotland should be governed

What should Britain’s long-term policy on the European Union be?

Results from 12 polls, conducted from 7 May 1999 to 31 October 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

Should the government increase taxes and spending, reduce taxes and spending, or keep them the same?

Results from 14 polls, conducted from 18 June 2000 to 31 October 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

Position on left-right scale (derived from other variables – see notes)

Results from 17 polls, conducted from 18 June 2000 to 31 October 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

Position on libertarian-authoritarian scale (see notes for details)

Results from 17 polls, conducted from 18 June 2000 to 31 October 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

Which of the following, if any, would be the most important motivation for your vote in the next UK General Election?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 20 October 2023 to 25 October 2023

Data from Scotland Elections, parties & leaders

Do you think it is likely or unlikely that Scotland will become independent within the next 25 years?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 20 October 2023 to 25 October 2023

Data from Scotland The Scottish independence referendum

If you had to choose between these outcomes for the next UK General Election, which would you choose?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 20 October 2023 to 25 October 2023

Data from Scotland Elections, parties & leaders

Overall, how good or bad a job of running the UK do you think the Conservative Government at Westminster has done since the December 2019 election?

Results from 2 polls, conducted from 22 November 2022 to 25 October 2023

Data from Scotland Elections, parties & leaders

Overall, how good or bad a job of running Scotland do you think the SNP-led Government at Holyrood has done since the May 2021 election?

Results from 2 polls, conducted from 22 November 2022 to 25 October 2023

Data from Scotland Elections, parties & leaders

In hindsight, do you think Britain was right or wrong to vote to leave the European Union?

Results from 8 polls, conducted from 15 May 2017 to 25 October 2023

Data from Scotland How Scotland should be governed Policy issues

Which of the following do you think would be the best way for pro-independence supporters to achieve Scottish independence?

Results from 2 polls, conducted from 9 June 2023 to 14 June 2023

Data from Scotland The Scottish independence referendum

Under no circumstances should another independence referendum happen? (Independence support in polls above 60%/ pro-Indy partiies win 50%/majority of seats at general election)

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 6 October 2023 to 18 October 2023

Data from Scotland The Scottish independence referendum

If there was a referendum tomorrow with the question Should Scotland remain in the United Kingdom or leave the United Kingdom?, how would you vote?

Results from 15 polls, conducted from 9 November 2018 to 29 August 2024

Data from Scotland How Scotland should be governed

Which of the following do you think would be the best way for pro-independence supporters to achieve Scottish independence?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 6 October 2023 to 11 October 2023

Data from Scotland The Scottish independence referendum

To what extent do you support or oppose the SNP winning the most seats at the next General Election in Scotland, empowering the Scottish Government to begin immediate negotiations with the UK Government to give democratic effect to Scotland becoming an independent country as a means to achieve Scottish independence?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 6 October 2023 to 11 October 2023

Data from Scotland The Scottish independence referendum

To what extent do you think the Bute House Agreement is good or bad for SNP members?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 6 October 2023 to 11 October 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

To what extent do you think the Bute House Agreement is good or bad for Opposition parties?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 6 October 2023 to 11 October 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

To what extent do you think the Bute House Agreement is good or bad for Scottish politics in general?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 6 October 2023 to 11 October 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

To what extent do you think the Bute House Agreement is good or bad for the Scottish Greens?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 6 October 2023 to 11 October 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

To what extent do you think the Bute House Agreement is good or bad for the SNP?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 6 October 2023 to 11 October 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

Would you prefere a Labour or a Conservative government at the next General Election?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 6 October 2023 to 11 October 2023

Data from Scotland Elections, parties & leaders

Do you support or oppose the following as a means to achieve Scottish independence: ‘Stand a single pro-independence candidate in each constituency during the next UK General Election, rather than multiple candidates from different pro-independence parties’?

Results from 2 polls, conducted from 9 June 2023 to 11 October 2023

Data from Scotland The Scottish independence referendum

Do you support or oppose the following as a means to achieve Scottish independence: ‘A “de facto” referendum, where if the Scottish National Party secures more than 50% of the public vote at a General or Holyrood election, it will mean Scotland will become an independent nation’?

Results from 2 polls, conducted from 9 June 2023 to 11 October 2023

Data from Scotland The Scottish independence referendum

Do you support or oppose the following as a means to achieve Scottish independence: ‘growing national support for the Yes campaign to regularly reach 60% in opinion polls’?

Results from 2 polls, conducted from 9 June 2023 to 11 October 2023

Data from Scotland The Scottish independence referendum

Should Scottish parties have formal alliances at the general election to give them the best chance of beating their constitutional opponents in individual seats in Scotland?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 2 October 2023 to 5 October 2023

Data from Scotland Elections, parties & leaders

Taking everything into account, should people earning about £28,000 pay more or less income tax in Scotland than they would elsewhere in the UK?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 2 October 2023 to 5 October 2023

Data from Scotland Economic issues