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Poll results: Scotland

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

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

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

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

Is your view closer to Statement A: “The Scottish Government is mainly responsible for the current state of the NHS in Scotland.” or Statement B: “The UK Government is mainly responsible for the current state of the NHS in Scotland”?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

Is your view closer to Statement A: “I would be willing to pay higher income tax to fund more spending on the NHS.” or Statement B: “I would not be willing to pay higher income tax to fund more spending on the NHS”?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

Do you think the Scottish Conservative Party have the right or wrong policies for the NHS?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

Do you think the Scottish Labour Party have the right or wrong policies for the NHS?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

Do you think the Scottish National Party have the right or wrong policies for the NHS?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

Is your view closer to Statement A: “The UK should maintain at least the same level of rules as in the EU to protect such things as food safety, the environment and worker rights” or Statement B: “Now that we are out of the EU, we should try to outcompete with the EU and lower regulatory protections in these areas”?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland How Scotland should be governed Policy issues

Is your view closer to Statement A: “The UK should allow EU workers to enter the UK more easily in order to address labour shortages in the NHS, restaurants, hotels, construction and other sectors of the economy” or Statement B: “The UK should NOT allow EU workers to enter the UK more easily, as it is more important to control our borders and limit immigration than to tackle labour shortages”?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland How Scotland should be governed Policy issues

Is your view closer to Statement A: “The UK should agree voluntarily to follow some EU rules and regulations in order to reduce trade barriers with the EU” or Statement B: “The UK should keep the freedom to decide its own rules and not accept those decided by the EU, even of that means higher trade barriers with the EU”?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland How Scotland should be governed Policy issues

Is you view closer to Statement A: “There are some cases where it should be legal to provide services and spaces that are only for women who were female at birth, even if that means excluding transgender women” or Statement B: “All women’s services and spaces should be open to transgender women, and it should never be legal to exclude someone because they are transgender”?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues What Britain thinks about the Union

Is you view closer to Statement A: “Whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth” or Statement B: “Someone can choose to be a man or a woman even if that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth”?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues What Britain thinks about the Union

Is you view closer to Statement A: “Scottish and English people have a lot in common” or Statement B: “Scottish and English people have nothing in common”?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues What Britain thinks about the Union

Is you view closer to Statement A: “Scotland should have its own currency” or Statement B: “Scotland should have the same currency as the rest of the the United Kingdom”?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues What Britain thinks about the Union

Is you view closer to Statement A: “My MP will get a better deal for my local area if they work with the UK government” or Statement B: “An MP will get a better deal for my local area if they fight against the UK government”?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues What Britain thinks about the Union

Is you view closer to Statement A: “Britain’s past is something to be proud of” or Statement B: “Britain’s past is something to be ashamed of”?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues What Britain thinks about the Union

How well do you think the Scottish government has handled reducing poverty (5 answer categories)?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Perceptions of government & the Union Policy issues

How well do you think the Scottish government has handled improving housing (5 answer categories)?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Perceptions of government & the Union Policy issues

How well do you think the Scottish government has handled tackling drug abuse (5 answer categories)?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Perceptions of government & the Union Policy issues

How well do you think the Scottish government has handled running Scotland’s railways (5 answer categories)?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Perceptions of government & the Union Policy issues

How well do you think the Scottish government has handled fighting crime (5 answer categories)?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Perceptions of government & the Union Policy issues

How well do you think the Scottish government has handled running Scotland’s schools (5 answer categories)?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Perceptions of government & the Union Policy issues

How well do you think the Scottish government has handled running the NHS in Scotland (5 answer categories)?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Perceptions of government & the Union Policy issues

Do you trust more a Conservative government led by Rishi Sunak or a Labour government led by Keir Starmer to handle the UK’s future relatiosnhip with the EU?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 5 September 2023 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

Should Britain rejoin the EU, remain outside but negotiate a closer relationship, remain outside with the same relationship as now, or remain outside and negotiate a more distant relationship?

Results from 3 polls, conducted from 11 March 2021 to 14 September 2023

Data from Scotland How Scotland should be governed Policy issues

Do you have a positive or negative opinion of the monarchy in general?

Results from 2 polls, conducted from 17 April 2023 to 13 September 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

Do you approve or disapprove of the Scottish Government’s handling of housing?

Results from 2 polls, conducted from 8 February 2023 to 6 August 2023

Data from Scotland Perceptions of government & the Union Policy issues

Do you approve or disapprove of the Scottish Government’s handling of crime and policing?

Results from 2 polls, conducted from 8 February 2023 to 6 August 2023

Data from Scotland Perceptions of government & the Union Policy issues

How likely or unlikely do you think it would be that the EU would accept an application to join from an independent Scotland?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 1 July 2023 to 2 July 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

How well or badly do you think Humza Yousef is handling Scottish independence?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 26 June 2023 to 29 June 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

How well or badly do you think Humza Yousef is handling climate change?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 26 June 2023 to 29 June 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

How well or badly do you think Humza Yousef is handling healthcare?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 26 June 2023 to 29 June 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

How well or badly do you think Humza Yousef is handling the economy?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 26 June 2023 to 29 June 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

How well or badly do you think Humza Yousef is handling the ongoing investigation into irregularities in the SNP’s finances?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 26 June 2023 to 29 June 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

How well or badly do you think Humza Yousef is handling the Cost of living crisis?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 26 June 2023 to 29 June 2023

Data from Scotland Policy issues

Thinking about the balance of power between the Westminster Parliament and the Scottish Parliament, which parliament should have power over cost-of-living policies?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 23 June 2023 to 28 June 2023

Data from Scotland How Scotland should be governed Policy issues

Thinking about the balance of power between the Westminster Parliament and the Scottish Parliament, which parliament should have power over energy security?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 23 June 2023 to 28 June 2023

Data from Scotland How Scotland should be governed Policy issues

Thinking about the balance of power between the Westminster Parliament and the Scottish Parliament, which parliament should have power over employment law?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 23 June 2023 to 28 June 2023

Data from Scotland How Scotland should be governed Policy issues

How good or bad a job do you think Nicola Sturgeon, SNP Leader, is doing?

Results from 8 polls, conducted from 18 June 2019 to 15 June 2023

Data from Scotland Elections, parties & leaders Policy issues

Do you think devolution is or is not in danger?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 9 June 2023 to 14 June 2023

Data from Scotland Expectations of constitutional change Policy issues

Do you think the SNP have been treated fairly or unfairly by the police during the investigation into the party’s finances?

Results from 1 poll, conducted from 9 June 2023 to 14 June 2023

Data from Scotland Elections, parties & leaders Policy issues

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