Scotland Poll Results - What Scotland Thinks

Who do you think should be the next leader of the SNP after Humza Yousaf?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 23 January 2024 to 25 January 2024

Data from Scotland Elections, parties & leaders

Imagine the following scenario: Labour do not win an overall majority at the next Westminster General Election, but with the support of the SNP they would have a majority. In this scenario, which of the following is closest to your view?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 23 January 2024 to 25 January 2024

Data from Scotland Elections, parties & leaders

If Labour were to win an overall majority in the UK at the next Westminster General Election, which of the following outcomes do you think would ensure Scotland’s interests are best represented in the next Westminster Parliament?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 23 January 2024 to 25 January 2024

Data from Scotland Elections, parties & leaders

People who earn a salary of more than £28,850 in Scotland pay a higher rate of income tax than they would elsewhere in the UK, do you think this negatively impacts the ability of employers in Scotland to attract people from the rest of the UK to work here?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 23 January 2024 to 25 January 2024

Data from Scotland Policy issues

To what extent do you support or oppose the current Scottish Government policy against building new nuclear power stations in Scotland?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 23 January 2024 to 25 January 2024

Data from Scotland Policy issues

How much do you trust Sir Keir Starmer – Leader of the UK Labour Party?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 22 January 2024 to 25 January 2024

Data from Scotland Policy issues

How much do you trust Rishi Sunak – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 22 January 2024 to 25 January 2024

Data from Scotland Policy issues

How much do you trust Douglas Ross – Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 22 January 2024 to 25 January 2024

Data from Scotland Policy issues

How much do you trust Anas Sarwar – Leader of the Scottish Labour Party?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 22 January 2024 to 25 January 2024

Data from Scotland Policy issues

How much do you trust Nicola Sturgeon – Former First Minister of Scotland?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 22 January 2024 to 25 January 2024

Data from Scotland Policy issues

How much do you trust Humza Yousaf – First Minister of Scotland?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 22 January 2024 to 25 January 2024

Data from Scotland Policy issues

To what extent do you support or oppose the power-sharing partnership between the SNP and the Scottish Greens?

Results from 3 polls, conducted from 27 April 2023 to 25 January 2024

Data from Scotland Elections, parties & leaders

Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Humza Yousaf is doing his job as First Minister of Scotland?

Results from 2 polls, conducted from 15 May 2023 to 26 November 2023

Data from Scotland Elections, parties & leaders

Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with David Cameron as Prime Minister?

Results from 17 polls, conducted from 7 June 2012 to 26 November 2023

Data from Scotland Elections, parties & leaders

How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the way in which the NHS runs nowadays?

Results from 11 polls, conducted from 1 August 2005 to 31 October 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

Has the standard of the health service in Scotland increased or fallen in the last 12 months?

Results from 17 polls, conducted from 7 May 1999 to 31 October 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

Does the Scottish Parliament give ordinary people more or less say in how Scotland is governed?

Results from 20 polls, conducted from 7 May 1999 to 31 October 2023

Data from Scotland Perceptions of government & the Union

How much do you trust the Scottish Government to work in Scotland’s best interests?

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

Data from Scotland Perceptions of government & the Union

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