Opinion polling for the 2021 Scottish Parliament election

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In the run-up to the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, various organisations conducted opinion polls to gauge voting intentions. Results of such polls are displayed in this list. Most of the pollsters listed were members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abided by its disclosure rules.

Contents

The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous Scottish Parliament election, held on 5 May 2016, to the 2021 election, held on 6 May 2021. [1]

Graphical summary

This graph shows opinion poll results with trendlines for the 30-day moving averages. The SNP led in all polls, with the Conservatives and Labour coming second or third behind them.

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Key

  SNP – Scottish National Party
  Conservative – Scottish Conservatives
  Labour – Scottish Labour
  Lib Dem – Scottish Liberal Democrats
  Green – Scottish Greens
  UKIP – UK Independence Party
  Reform – Reform UK
  SSP – Scottish Socialist Party
  Alba – Alba Party
  AFU – All for Unity

Constituency vote

The opinion polls below are gauge voting intentions for the 73 single member constituency seats elected through the plurality voting system.

Graphical summary

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Poll results

PollsterClientDate(s)
conducted		Sample
size		 SNP Con Lab Lib Dem Green UKIP Ref UK OtherLead
2021 Scottish Parliament election 6 May 2021–47.7%21.9%21.6%6.9%1.3%0.0%–0.6%25.8%
4 May 2021 BBC Scotland leaders' debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Harvie [2]
YouGov The Times2–4 May 20211,14452%20%19%6%2%––1%32%
Survation The Courier30 Apr – 4 May 20211,00849%21%21%8%1%––1%28%
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman30 Apr – 4 May 20211,00142%25%22%8%–––3%17%
Ipsos MORI STV News30 Apr – 3 May 20211,50250%20%22%6%2%––1%28%
Opinium Sky News28 Apr – 3 May 20211,01551%23%19%7%––––28%
Panelbase The Sunday Times28–30 Apr 20211,09648%21%20%7%3%––1%27%
BMG The Herald27–30 Apr 20211,02349%19%21%9%––––28%
27 Apr 2021 Channel 4 News leaders' debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Harvie [3]
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman23–27 Apr 20211,00145%23%23%7%–––1%22%
Survation GMB23–26 Apr 20211,00847%21%21%8%–––2%26%
Panelbase Scot Goes Pop21–26 Apr 20211,07545%20%22%8%4%–––23%
Survation The Sunday Post20–22 Apr 20211,03750%21%21%7%1%––1%29%
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman16–20 Apr 20211,00146%25%20%6%–––3%21%
YouGov The Times16–20 Apr 20211,20449%21%21%6%1%––2%28%
13 Apr 2021 STV leaders' debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Harvie [4]
Panelbase Believe in Scotland9–12 Apr 20211,00247%23%20%6%4%–––24%
Lord Ashcroft N/A7–19 Apr 20212,01749%22%15%8%5%–––27%
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman2–7 Apr 20211,00749%23%18%6%–––3%26%
Opinium Sky News1–6 Apr 20211,02353%21%18%6%–––1%32%
Ipsos MORI STV News30 Mar – 4 Apr 20211,03853%20%18%6%2%––1%33%
Panelbase The Sunday Times30 Mar – 1 Apr 20211,00949%22%20%6%2%–––27%
30 Mar 2021 BBC Scotland leaders' debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Slater [5]
Survation The Courier29–30 Mar 20211,00049%21%20%9%1%–––28%
26 Mar 2021Former first minister Alex Salmond launches the Alba Party [6]
Find Out Now Daily Express23–26 Mar 20211,02250%21%17%5%4%–1%1%29%
YouGov The Times19–22 Mar 2021N/A50%24%17%5%2%––2%26%
BMG The Herald16–19 Mar 20211,02148%21%20%8%1%––1%27%
Survation The Courier11–18 Mar 20211,51550%21%20%8%1%–––29%
Opinium Sky News11–16 Mar 20211,09646%24%20%6%4%––1%22%
Survation Scotland in Union9–12 Mar 20211,01146%21%23%8%1%––1%23%
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman5–10 Mar 20211,00948%23%20%8%–––2%25%
YouGov The Times4–8 Mar 20211,10052%22%17%6%2%––1%30%
Panelbase The Sunday Times3–5 Mar 20211,01347%23%20%7%2%––1%24%
27 Feb 2021 Anas Sarwar is elected leader of Scottish Labour [7]
Survation Daily Record24–25 Feb 20211,01150%21%20%7%3%––2%29%
Ipsos MORI STV News15–21 Feb 20211,03152%23%15%5%3%––2%29%
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman4–9 Feb 20211,00250%23%19%6%–––2%27%
Panelbase The Sunday Times19–22 Jan 20211,05952%20%17%6%3%–––32%
Survation Scot Goes Pop11–13 Jan 20211,02051%19%19%9%––––32%
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman8–13 Jan 20211,01649%20%20%8%–––4%29%
06 Jan 2021The Brexit Party is re-registered as Reform UK [8]
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman11–15 Dec 20201,01352%19%19%7%–––3%33%
Survation N/A4–9 Dec 20201,01053%20%20%6%1%–––33%
Ipsos MORI STV News20–26 Nov 20201,00655%22%14%6%1%––1%33%
Panelbase Scot Goes Pop5–11 Nov 20201,02053%21%18%5%3%––<1%32%
YouGov N/A6–10 Nov 20201,08956%19%15%6%2%–––37%
Survation N/A28 Oct – 3 Nov 20201,07154%19%18%8%–––2%35%
Ipsos MORI STV News2–9 Oct 20201,04558%19%13%8%1%––2%39%
Savanta ComRes N/A9 Oct 20201,00350%23%18%6%–––2%27%
JL Partners Politico17–21 Sep 20201,01658%19%13%8%2%––<1%39%
Survation N/A2–7 Sep 20201,01853%20%18%7%–––2%33%
Savanta ComRes N/A6–13 Aug 20201,00851%24%17%6%–––2%27%
YouGov The Times6–10 Aug 20201,14257%20%14%8%1%––1%37%
5 Aug 2020 Douglas Ross becomes leader of the Scottish Conservatives [9]
Panelbase The Sunday Times30 Jun – 3 Jul 20201,02655%20%15%6%3%––<1%35%
Panelbase Scot Goes Pop1–5 Jun 20201,02253%21%16%6%3%––<1%32%
Panelbase Wings Over Scotland1–5 May 20201,08653%23%15%5%3%––1%30%
YouGov N/A24–27 Apr 20201,09554%23%12%8%2%––1%31%
Panelbase The Sunday Times24–26 Mar 20201,02351%26%14%6%3%––<1%25%
14 Feb 2020 Jackson Carlaw is elected leader of the Scottish Conservatives [10]
Panelbase Scot Goes Pop28–31 Jan 20201,01650%26%14%7%3%––<1%24%
Survation Progress Scotland20–22 Jan 20201,01951%23%17%7%–––1%28%
12 Dec 2019 2019 United Kingdom general election [11]
Panelbase The Sunday Times3–6 Dec 20191,02043%26%19%8%2%–2%<1%17%
YouGov The Times29 Nov – 3 Dec 20191,00246%26%14%11%1%–0%0% [nb 1] 20%
Panelbase The Sunday Times20–22 Nov 20191,00943%26%17%9%2%–3%<1%17%
Panelbase The Sunday Times9–11 Oct 20191,00342%21%19%10%3%<1%4%<1%21%
YouGov The Times29 Aug – 3 Sep 20191,05945%23%13%12%2%–3%1% [nb 1] 22%
29 Aug 2019 Shetland by-election [12]
1 Aug 2019 Lorna Slater is elected co-leader of the Scottish Greens alongside Patrick Harvie [13]
Panelbase The Sunday Times18–20 Jun 20191,02442%20%16%11%3%<1%7%<1% [nb 2] 22%
23 May 2019 2019 European Parliament election [14]
Panelbase The Sunday Times14–17 May 20191,02141%20%18%8%3%1%7%1% [nb 3] 21%
YouGov The Times24–26 Apr 20191,02946%22%16%7%3%–4%1% [nb 3] 24%
Panelbase The Sunday Times18–24 Apr 20191,01840%22%20%6%3%1%5%2% [nb 4] 18%
Panelbase Wings Over Scotland28 Feb – 6 Mar 20191,00241%27%19%8%3%2%–<1%14%
Survation Scottish Daily Mail1–4 Mar 20191,01143%24%22%9%–––2%19%
Panelbase The Sunday Times30 Nov – 5 Dec 20181,02841%25%23%6%3%1%–<1%16%
Panelbase Constitutional Commission2–7 Nov 20181,05039%27%24%6%3%1%–<1%12%
Survation Daily Record18–21 Oct 20181,01738%26%25%9%1%––0%12%
Survation/SNP N/A3–5 Oct 20181,01344%24%23%8%–––1%20%
Panelbase The Sunday Times28 Sep – 4 Oct 20181,02441%26%21%6%3%2%–<1%15%
Survation The Sunday Post28 Sep – 2 Oct 20181,03643%24%23%9%–––2%19%
Survation Daily Record5–10 Jul 20181,00444%24%21%9%–––3%20%
Panelbase Wings Over Scotland21–27 Jun 20181,01841%27%22%6%2%1%–<1%14%
Panelbase The Sunday Times8–13 Jun 20181,02140%28%24%6%2%<1%–<1%12%
YouGov The Times1–5 Jun 20181,07541%27%22%6%2%1%–1%14%
Panelbase The Sunday Times23–28 Mar 20181,03740%28%22%6%3%<1%–<1%12%
Survation Daily Record24–28 Jan 20181,02942%25%25%6%–––2%17%
YouGov The Times12–16 Jan 20181,00238%26%23%7%3%2%–0%12%
Panelbase Wings Over Scotland15–20 Dec 20171,02239%26%25%6%2%<1%–<1%13%
Survation The Sunday Post1–5 Dec 20171,00639%24%28%7%–––2%11%
Survation Daily Record27–30 Nov 20171,01739%24%25%8%–––3%14%
18 Nov 2017 Richard Leonard is elected leader of Scottish Labour [15]
YouGov The Times2–5 Oct 20171,13542%25%25%5%2%1%–0%17%
Survation Scottish Daily Mail8–12 Sep 20171,01642%26%25%7%–––2%16%
Panelbase The Sunday Times31 Aug – 7 Sep 20171,02142%28%22%6%2%<1%–<1%14%
8 Jun 2017 2017 United Kingdom general election [16]
4 May 2017 2017 Scottish local elections [17]
YouGov The Times9–14 Mar 20171,02851%24%14%6%4%1%–1%27%
YouGov The Times24–29 Nov 20161,13448%25%15%6%3%1%–0%23%
BMG N/A28 Sep – 4 Oct 20161,01051%21%18%7%–––3%30%
YouGov The Times29–31 Aug 20161,03952%21%16%5%3%2%–0%31%
Survation Scottish Daily Mail24–28 Jun 20161,05550%21%18%8%–––4%29%
2016 Scottish Parliament election 5 May 2016–46.5%22.0%22.6%7.8%0.6%––0.5%23.9%

Regional vote

The opinion polls below are gauge voting intentions for the 56 regional list seats elected through the additional member system.

Graphical summary

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Poll results

PollsterClientDate(s)
conducted		Sample
size		 SNP Con Lab Green Lib Dem Alba UKIP Ref UK SSP OtherLead
2021 Scottish Parliament election 6 May 2021–40.3%23.5%17.9%8.1%5.1%1.7%0.1%0.2%–3.0% [nb 5] 16.8%
4 May 2021 BBC Scotland leaders' debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Harvie [18]
YouGov The Times2–4 May 20211,14438%22%16%13%5%3%0%0%–3% [nb 6] 16%
Survation The Courier30 Apr – 4 May 20211,00836%21%19%10%7%3%––––15%
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman30 Apr – 4 May 20211,00134%23%19%9%6%2%––––11%
Ipsos MORI STV News30 Apr – 3 May 20211,50239%23%18%12%4%2%0%0%–2% [nb 6] 16%
Opinium Sky News28 Apr – 3 May 20211,01541%23%17%8%6%3%––––18%
Panelbase The Sunday Times28–30 Apr 20211,09639%22%16%8%7%4%–––4% [nb 7] 17%
BMG The Herald27–30 Apr 20211,02337%22%17%9%8%4%–––– [nb 7] 15%
27 Apr 2021 Channel 4 News leaders' debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Harvie [3]
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman23–27 Apr 20211,00136%22%19%10%5%2%–––8%14%
Survation GMB23–26 Apr 20211,00837%22%18%10%7%2%–1%–1%15%
Panelbase Scot Goes Pop21–26 Apr 20211,07536%21%18%10%6%6%–––– [nb 7] 15%
Survation The Sunday Post20–22 Apr 20211,03735%20%22%10%7%3%1%1%–2%13%
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman16–20 Apr 20211,00138%23%17%7%5%1%–––7%15%
YouGov The Times16–20 Apr 20211,20439%22%17%10%5%2%–1%–2%17%
13 Apr 2021 STV leaders debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Harvie [18]
Panelbase Believe in Scotland9–12 Apr 20211,00236%22%17%9%6%6%–––4% [nb 7] 14%
Lord Ashcroft N/A7–19 Apr 20212,01742%22%16%9%7%2%–2%––20%
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman2–7 Apr 20211,00740%21%18%9%7%3%–––3%19%
Opinium Sky News1–6 Apr 20211,02344%22%17%7%5%2%–––3%22%
Ipsos MORI STV News30 Mar – 4 Apr 20211,03838%21%18%12%6%3%–––2%17%
Panelbase The Sunday Times30 Mar – 1 Apr 20211,00939%21%17%8%5%6%–––4% [nb 8] 18%
30 Mar 2021 BBC Scotland leaders debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Slater [5]
Survation The Courier29–30 Mar 20211,00038%18%19%11%8%3%1%1%–1%19%
26 Mar 2021Former first minister Alex Salmond launches the Alba Party [6]
Find Out Now Daily Express23–26 Mar 20211,02242%21%16%11%5%––2%–2%21%
YouGov The Times19–22 Mar 2021N/A46%24%15%8%5%––––3%22%
BMG The Herald16–19 Mar 20211,02142%22%17%8%8%––1%–2%20%
Survation The Courier11–18 Mar 20211,51539%19%20%11%7%––1%–2%19%
Opinium Sky News11–16 Mar 20211,09642%22%19%7%5%––––4%20%
Survation Scotland in Union9–12 Mar 20211,01139%21%20%10%8%––––2%18%
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman5–10 Mar 20211,00940%24%18%10%6%––––2%16%
YouGov The Times4–8 Mar 20211,10045%21%16%6%5%–––3%4%24%
Panelbase The Sunday Times3–5 Mar 20211,01342%22%19%6%7%––––4%20%
27 Feb 2021 Anas Sarwar is elected leader of Scottish Labour [7]
Survation Daily Record24–25 Feb 20211,01138%21%20%11%7%––––3%17%
Ipsos MORI STV News15–21 Feb 20211,03147%22%14%8%6%––––3% [nb 9] 25%
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman4–9 Feb 20211,00239%21%21%10%9%––––3%18%
Panelbase The Sunday Times19–22 Jan 20211,05946%20%16%8%6%––––3%26%
Survation Scot Goes Pop11–13 Jan 20211,02040%17%19%11%9%–––––19%
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman8–13 Jan 20211,01640%18%20%10%9%––––3%20%
06 Jan 2021The Brexit Party is re-registered as Reform UK [8]
Savanta ComRes The Scotsman11–15 Dec 20201,01339%20%20%11%7%––––3%19%
Survation N/A4–9 Dec 20201,01041%18%20%10%7%––1%––21%
Ipsos MORI STV News20–26 Nov 20201,00647%22%16%7%6%–––––25%
Panelbase Scot Goes Pop5–11 Nov 20201,02046%20%18%8%6%––––3%26%
YouGov N/A6–10 Nov 20201,08947%20%13%7%6%–––3%–27%
Survation N/A28 Oct – 3 Nov 20201,07143%17%19%10%7%–1%2%–1%24%
Ipsos MORI STV News2–9 Oct 20201,04548%18%14%9%8%–––––30%
Savanta ComRes N/A9 Oct 20201,00341%21%18%11%7%––––1%20%
JL Partners Politico17–21 Sep 20201,01653%19%13%5%8%–––––34%
Survation N/A2–7 Sep 20201,01842%18%18%10%8%–2%2%–<1%24%
Savanta ComRes N/A6–13 Aug 20201,00843%21%17%10%8%––––2%22%
YouGov The Times6–10 Aug 20201,14247%21%14%6%7%––1%4%1%26%
05 Aug 2020 Douglas Ross becomes leader of the Scottish Conservatives [9]
Panelbase The Sunday Times30 Jun – 3 Jul 20201,02650%18%15%8%6%––––2%32%
Panelbase Scot Goes Pop1–5 Jun 20201,02248%19%16%7%8%––––2%29%
Panelbase Wings Over Scotland1–5 May 20201,08648%22%15%7%6%––––1%26%
YouGov N/A24–27 Apr 20201,09545%23%12%8%7%–––4%1%22%
Panelbase The Sunday Times24–26 Mar 20201,02348%26%13%6%6%––––1%22%
14 Feb 2020 Jackson Carlaw is elected leader of the Scottish Conservatives [10]
Panelbase Scot Goes Pop28–31 Jan 20201,01647%25%14%7%7%––––<1%22%
Survation Progress Scotland20–22 Jan 20201,01938%21%19%9%9%–1%2%––17%
12 Dec 2019 2019 United Kingdom general election [11]
Panelbase The Sunday Times3–6 Dec 20191,02038%26%18%6%9%––2%––12%
YouGov The Times29 Nov – 3 Dec 20191,00237%25%14%8%10%––2%3%<1% [nb 1] 12%
Panelbase The Sunday Times20–22 Nov 20191,00939%25%17%6%9%––3%––14%
Panelbase The Sunday Times9–11 Oct 20191,00338%21%18%6%11%–<1%4%–<1%17%
YouGov The Times30 Aug – 3 Sep 20191,05939%20%11%8%13%–1%5%3%<1% [nb 1] 19%
29 Aug 2019 Shetland by-election [12]
1 Aug 2019 Lorna Slater is elected co-leader of the Scottish Greens alongside Patrick Harvie [13]
Panelbase The Sunday Times18–20 Jun 20191,02439%20%16%7%10%–<1%6%–<1% [nb 2] 19%
23 May 2019 2019 European Parliament election [14]
Panelbase The Sunday Times14–17 May 20191,02137%19%18%7%8%–2%6%–2% [nb 4] 18%
YouGov The Times24–26 Apr 20191,02937%20%15%10%7%–2%5%3%2% [nb 4] 17%
Panelbase N/A18–24 Apr 20191,01837%22%19%7%7%–2%4%–2% [nb 4] 15%
Panelbase Wings Over Scotland28 Feb – 6 Mar 20191,00236%26%19%6%9%–3%––<1%10%
Survation Scottish Daily Mail1–4 Mar 20191,01132%22%19%11%11%–3%––1%10%
Panelbase The Sunday Times30 Nov – 5 Dec 20181,02838%26%22%6%7%–1%––<1%12%
Panelbase Constitutional Commission2–7 Nov 20181,05037%26%22%6%6%–2%––<1%11%
Survation Daily Record18–21 Oct 20181,01732%23%23%9%9%––––4%9%
Survation SNP3–5 Oct 20181,01340%25%22%4%8%––––2%15%
Panelbase The Sunday Times28 Sep – 4 Oct 20181,02435%26%20%7%8%–2%––1%9%
Survation The Sunday Post28 Sep – 2 Oct 20181,03632%21%23%10%8%–5%––0%9%
Survation Daily Record5–10 Jul 20181,00433%19%21%11%10%–5%––1%12%
Panelbase Wings Over Scotland21–27 Jun 20181,01836%27%23%6%7%–1%––<1%9%
Panelbase The Sunday Times8–13 Jun 20181,02136%26%23%7%6%–1%––<1%10%
YouGov The Times1–5 Jun 20181,07532%26%21%9%7%–1%–3%<1%6%
Survation Daily Record24–28 Jan 20181,02933%23%23%9%8%–3%––1%10%
YouGov The Times12–16 Jan 20181,00232%25%22%10%7%–3%–2%<1%7%
Survation The Sunday Post1–5 Dec 20171,00632%21%24%10%10%–3%––1%8%
Survation Daily Record27–30 Nov 20171,01733%22%25%8%8%–3%––<1%8%
18 Nov 2017 Richard Leonard is elected leader of Scottish Labour [15]
YouGov The Times2–5 Oct 20171,13535%23%24%6%6%–1%–3%<1%11%
Survation Scottish Daily Mail8–12 Sep 20171,01631%21%25%9%10%–3%––<1%6%
8 Jun 2017 2017 United Kingdom general election [16]
4 May 2017 2017 Scottish local elections [17]
YouGov The Times9–14 Mar 20171,02840%25%14%12%5%–2%–1% [lower-alpha 1] 1%15%
YouGov The Times24–29 Nov 20161,13439%24%14%11%6%–4%–1% [lower-alpha 1] 0%15%
BMG N/A28 Sep – 4 Oct 20161,01043%20%16%8%7%–3%––1%23%
YouGov The Times29–31 Aug 20161,03945%21%15%9%6%–2%––0%24%
Survation Scottish Daily Mail24–28 Jun 20161,05541%20%16%12%7%–4%––1%21%
2016 Scottish Parliament election 5 May 2016–41.7%22.9%19.1%6.6%5.2%–2.0%–0.5% [lower-alpha 2] 2.4%18.8%

Methodology

Each polling organisation are members of the British Polling Council and uses slightly different methodology in their collection of data. All organisations remove voters who do not give a voting intention from their headline figures; this is usually ranges from 10% to 15% of respondents likely to vote. A brief description of each company's methods is as follows:

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Figure for RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance, of which the Scottish Socialist Party was a constituent in the previous election.
  2. ↑ Contested the election as part of RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Change UK on 0%.
  2. 1 2 Change UK on less than 1%.
  3. 1 2 Change UK on 1%.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Change UK on 2%.
  5. ↑ All for Unity on 0.9%, Scottish Family Party on 0.6%, Freedom Alliance on 0.2%, independents on 0.1%, others on 1.2%.
  6. 1 2 All for Unity on 1%.
  7. 1 2 3 4 All for Unity on 2%.
  8. ↑ All for Unity on 4%.
  9. ↑ Independence for Scotland Party on 1%.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 Scottish Parliament election</span> General election in Scotland

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In the run up to the general election of 2001, several polling organisations carried out opinion polling in regards to voting intention in Great Britain. Results of such polls are displayed below.

This page lists the public opinion polls that were conducted in relation to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, that was held on 18 September 2014. Overall, polls showed that support for a "No" vote was dominant until the end of August 2014, when support for a "Yes" vote gained momentum and the gap closed significantly, with at least one poll placing the "Yes" vote ahead. In the final week of the campaign, polls showed the "No" vote to be consistently but somewhat narrowly ahead. There were no exit polls although a YouGov post-election poll was published shortly after the polls closed. For the history of the campaign itself see 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Yes Scotland, and Better Together (campaign).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 United Kingdom general election</span>

The 2015 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 7 May 2015 to elect 650 Members of Parliament to the House of Commons. It was the only general election held under the rules of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. Local elections took place in most areas on the same day.

In the run-up to the general election on 8 June 2017, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intentions. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. Most of the polling companies listed are members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abide by its disclosure rules.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 United Kingdom general election</span> Election to the 58th United Kingdom House of Commons

The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 12 December 2019. The eighteenth and final general election to be held during the reign of Elizabeth II, who later died in 2022, it resulted in the incumbent Conservative Party receiving a landslide victory and majority of 80 seats. The Conservatives made a net gain of 48 seats and won 43.6% of the popular vote, which was the highest percentage for any party since the 1979 United Kingdom general election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom</span> 2019 election of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom

The 2019 European Parliament election was the United Kingdom's component of the 2019 European Parliament election, held on Thursday 23 May 2019 and the results were announced on Sunday 26 and Monday 27 May 2019, after all the other EU countries had voted. This was the United Kingdom's final participation in a European Parliament election before leaving the European Union on 31 January 2020, and was also the last election to be held under the provisions of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 before its repeal under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Proposed second Scottish independence referendum</span>

A second referendum on independence from the United Kingdom (UK) has been proposed by the Scottish Government. An independence referendum was first held on 18 September 2014, with 55% voting "No" to independence. The Scottish Government stated in its white paper for independence that voting Yes was a "once in a generation opportunity to follow a different path, and choose a new and better direction for our nation". Following the "No" vote, the cross party Smith Commission proposed areas that could be devolved to the Scottish Parliament; this led to the passing of the Scotland Act 2016, formalising new devolved policy areas in time for the 2016 Scottish Parliament election campaign.

Opinion polling on Scottish independence is continually being carried out by various organisations to gauge public attitudes to independence. The dates for these opinion polls range from the 2014 Scottish independence referendum to the present day. Polling conducted before the 2014 Scottish independence referendum can be found here.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland</span> United Kingdom general election held in Scotland

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 8 June 2017; all 59 seats in Scotland were contested under the first-past-the-post electoral system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scotland in Union</span> Pro-United Kingdom campaign group

Scotland in Union (SIU) is a pro-UK campaign group, based in Scotland, which launched in March 2015 to help keep Scotland within the United Kingdom. Its supporters include members of pro-UK political parties and people with no party affiliation. It is Scotland's largest and most active pro-UK campaign group, with 36,000 signed up supporters.

Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election is continually being carried out by various organisations to gauge voting intention. Most of the polling companies listed are members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abide by its disclosure rules. The dates for these opinion polls range from the 2019 general election on 12 December to the present day.

References

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