Labour were just TWO points behind the SNP in Scotland

February 18, 2023

Labour were just TWO points behind the SNP in Scotland before Nicola Sturgeon’s shock resignation as incumbent party continues to hemorrhage support, new poll shows

The SNP now commanding just 29 per cent of support amongst Scottish voters
Labour’s rating has now shot up to 27 per cent

Labour were just two points behind the SNP in Scotland even before Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation, a poll has found.

Backing for the incumbents has plummeted, with the SNP now commanding just 29 per cent of support amongst Scottish voters – down from 45 per cent at the last General Election in 2019.

Meanwhile Labour’s rating has shot up to 27 per cent, according to a YouGov poll conducted in the days leading up to the First Minister’s surprise resignation.

Tory support has more than halved to 12 per cent.

With support for independence also falling to just 40 per cent, the ratings could indicate a comeback for Labour north of the border, easing Sir Keir Starmer’s path to No10.

Labour were just two points behind the SNP in Scotland even before Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation

Professor Ailsa Henderson, head of the Scottish Election Study which commissioned the survey, said ‘Scottish voters perceive the next UK election as a way to remove the Conservatives from office’.

Almost a fifth of those who voted for Ms Sturgeon in 2019 may now opt for Labour.

Polling guru Sir John Curtice told Times Radio: ‘None of the potential [SNP] contenders have the public recognition that Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond have and none of them at the moment have [their] proven persuasive power.’

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