Opinion polling in Scotland for the next United Kingdom general election

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Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election is carried out continually by various organisations to gauge voting intention. Politics and polling in Scotland often have a different dynamic to the rest of the UK, [1] and polling companies undertake separate polling in Scotland: results of such polls are displayed in this article. The polling companies listed are all members of the British Polling Council [2] at the time of polling and abide by its disclosure rules. [3] The dates of these opinion polls range from the previous general election on 4 July 2024 to the present.

Contents

The next UK general election must be held no later than 15 August 2029 under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022. The act mandates that any Parliament automatically dissolves five years after it first met – unless it is dissolved earlier at the request of the prime minister – and polling day occurs no more than 25 working days later. [4]

Graphical Summary

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Polls

Date(s)
conducted
PollsterClientSample
size
Lab SNP Con LD Ref Grn Alba OthersLead
13–19 Jun 2025YouGov [5] Scottish Election Study1,17819%29%10%11%22%7%1%7
12–18 Jun 2025 Ipsos [6] STV1,06622%31%10%9%16%10%1%1%9
27–30 May 2025 Norstat [7] The Sunday Times1,00720%31%12%8%21%7%1%1%10
2–5 May 2025Survation [8] True North1,02019%32%11%11%21%5%11
16–22 Apr 2025 Survation [9] Diffley Partnership1,00524%33%14%9%15%5%9
15–20 Jan 2025 Find Out Now [10] Sunday Herald1,33418%32%12%9%17%6%5%14
11–14 Jan 2025 Norstat [11] The Sunday Times1,33418%32%13%11%17%6%2%14
7–13 Jan 2025 Survation [12] Holyrood Sources1,02424%33%14%9%15%4%1%9
17–24 Dec 2024 Find Out Now [13] The National1,77420%34%13%9%15%6%2%14
4–6 Dec 2024 Norstat [14] The Sunday Times1,01320%31%14%9%15%6%3%1%11
1–15 Nov 2024 Survation [15] Progress Scotland3,01628%31%15%6%13%5%2%1%3
30 Oct1 Nov 2024 Norstat [16] The Sunday Times1,01323%30%15%10%14%6%1%1%7
27 Sep 2024 Russell Findlay is elected leader of the Scottish Conservatives
10–13 Sep 2024 Survation [17] Progress Scotland2,05931%31%14%9%11%3%1%Tie
5–11 Sep 2024 Opinium [18] The Sunday Times1,02825%32%14%8%11%7%2%7
20–22 Aug 2024 Norstat [19] The Sunday Times1,01132%29%12%8%12%5%2%1%3
4 Jul 2024 2024 General Election Result 35.3%30.0%12.7%9.7%7.0%3.8%0.5%1.6%5.3

UK polls with Scottish Subset

This section captures data from UK wide polls that have a Scottish sub set, these produce very small sample sizes and should be viewed with caution as the statistical margin of error will be in the region of ±10%. [20] The statistical margin of error for full poll with sample of 1000 is typically ±3%. Additional uncertainty arises from the fact that sub-samples may not be correctly weighted to account for demographic variations (age, gender, previous voting intention etc.).

Date(s)
conducted
PollsterClientSample
size
Lab SNP Con LD Ref Grn OthersLead
31 Aug1 Sep 2025 YouGov [21] The Times/Sky News22016%36%6%9%26%4%2%10
22–28 Aug 2025 BMG Research [22] iPaper7616%26%20%14%19%5%1%7
27 Aug 2025 Find Out Now [23] 12015%28%13%15%19%1%10%9
25–26 Aug 2025 YouGov [24] The Times/Sky News21217%32%9%11%19%8%3%13
20–22 Aug 2025 Opinium [25] The Observer13916%30%9%16%21%7%1%9
20 Aug 2025 Find Out Now [26] 12114%28%10%11%18%4%3%10
17–18 Aug 2025 YouGov [27] The Times/Sky News20816%38%10%10%19%3%3%19
13–14 Aug 2025 Find Out Now [28] 12011%30%13%13%20%6%6%10
10–11 Aug 2025 YouGov [29] The Times/Sky News21811%37%11%13%19%4%5%18
8–11 Aug 2025 More in Common [30] 12725%24%13%9%18%5%5%1
8–11 Aug 2025 Opinium [31] The Observer12414%39%10%9%24%4%1%15
6 Aug 2025 Find Out Now [32] 12413%28%16%12%22%6%5%6
3–4 Aug 2025 YouGov [33] The Times/Sky News21515%39%11%13%14%5%3%24
1–3 Aug 2025 More in Common [34] 12515%29%17%8%24%7%5
1–3 Aug 2025 Freshwater Strategies [35] City AM5714%40%20%5%18%4%0%20
29–31 Jul 2025 BMG Research [36] iPaper12315%29%17%12%18%8%5%11
30 Jul 2025 Find Out Now [37] 13017%26%11%10%21%5%5%5
27–28 Jul 2025 YouGov [38] The Times/Sky News19221%31%6%8%22%9%3%9
26–28 Jul 2025 More in Common [39] 11619%31%6%12%19%10%2%12
23–25 Jul 2025 Opinium [40] The Observer12724%33%11%4%21%4%2%9
23 Jul 2025 Find Out Now [41] 12113%28%10%11%29%5%5%1
20–21 Jul 2025 YouGov [42] The Times/Sky News19817%34%11%9%21%6%2%13
16 Jul 2025 Find Out Now [43] 11918%26%13%12%19%5%6%7
13–14 Jul 2025 YouGov [44] The Times/Sky News19218%33%7%12%22%6%3%11
11–14 Jul 2025 More in Common [45] 17720%31%10%15%20%3%1%11
9–11 Jul 2025 Opinium [46] The Observer12020%31%11%6%23%7%3%8
9 Jul 2025 Find Out Now [47] 12917%24%12%11%25%8%2%1
5–7 Jul 2025 YouGov [48] The Times/Sky News21920%40%5%12%17%4%2%20
4–7 Jul 2025 More in Common [49] 12125%28%11%9%20%4%3%3
4–6 Jul 2025 Freshwater Strategies [50] City AM5423%30%14%10%19%3%1%7
2 Jul 2025 Find Out Now [51] 12819%29%7%12%21%7%4%8
29–30 Jun 2025 YouGov [52] The Times/Sky News20822%32%12%8%13%9%2%10
27–30 Jun 2025 More in Common [53] 16517%30%12%8%20%7%6%10
25–27 Jun 2025 Opinium [54] The Observer12820%28%15%7%21%6%2%7
25 Jun 2025 Find Out Now [55] 10914%37%9%11%16%8%5%21
24–25 Jun 2025 BMG Research [56] iPaper7321%28%11%10%21%981%7
22–23 Jun 2025 YouGov [57] The Times/Sky News15617%39%6%10%19%6%2%20
20–23 Jun 2025 More in Common [58] 10723%28%8%12%14%10%5%5
18 Jun 2025 Find Out Now [59] 13124%34%7%4%20%10%1%10
15–16 Jun 2025 YouGov [60] The Times/Sky News19623%41%7%10%13%5%0%18
13–16 Jun 2025 More in Common [61] 8318%37%16%10%12%6%0%19
11–13 Jun 2025 Opinium [62] The Observer11720%31%9%6%25%4%4%6
11 Jun 2025 Find Out Now [63] 12822%32%7%11%22%4%2%10
10–11 Jun 2025 Survation [64] 14221%30%11%13%20%2%2%9
8–9 Jun 2025 YouGov [65] The Times/Sky News19117%33%7%11%28%4%5
6–9 Jun 2025 More in Common [66] 10719%33%5%13%23%6%0%10
4 Jun 2025 Find Out Now [67] 9614%31%13%6%25%8%2%6
1–2 Jun 2025 YouGov [68] The Times/Sky News14417%38%7%7%24%3%1%14
30 May2 Jun 2025 More in Common [69] 10724%25%12%12%18%9%1
30 May2 Jun 2025 Survation [70] 7623%32%9%7%20%2%9%9
28–29 May 2025 BMG Research [71] iPaper8020%32%12%8%18%9%1%12
28–30 May 2025 Opinium [72] The Observer11619%33%9%13%20%4%2%13
28 May 2025 Find Out Now [73] 11413%26%12%9%32%4%1%6
26–27 May 2025 YouGov [74] The Times/Sky News13317%23%13%12%24%7%4%1
23–26 May 2025 More in Common [75] 12316%24%16%10%24%4%4%Tie
21 May 2025 Find Out Now [76] 10813%28%6%19%20%10%4%8
19 May 2025 YouGov [77] The Times/Sky News14619%28%8%19%18%11%0%9
16–19 May 2025 More in Common [78] 9316%26%12%14%23%8%2%3
14–16 May 2025 Opinium [79] The Observer11321%31%12%8%16%9%3%10
14 May 2025 Find out Now [80] 11816%30%11%11%22%8%2%8
11–12 May 2025 YouGov [81] The Times/Sky News20115%36%8%14%18%6%2%18
10–12 May 2025 More in Common [82] 8918%32%16%10%17%7%1%14
7 May 2025 Find out Now [83] 979%34%10%18%21%9%0%13
6 May 2025 YouGov [84] The Times/Sky News15115%35%8%9%26%6%2%9
3–4 May 2025 More In Common [85] 11317%29%11%9%20%8%7%9
30 Apr2 May 2025 Opinium [86] The Observer12217%35%15%9%18%5%2%17
30 Apr2 May 2025 Survation [87] 9333%35%9%14%5%2%3%2
30 Apr 2025 FindoutNow [88] 9315%31%17%11%17%9%0%14
28 Apr 2025 YouGov [89] The Times/Sky News14720%35%8%12%17%8%1%15
23–25 Apr 2025 Opinium Archived 2025-04-26 at the Wayback Machine [90] The Observer13821%32%14%9%17%6%1%11
23 Apr 2025 FindoutNow [91] 9916%33%10%14%17%5%5%16
21–22 Apr 2025 YouGov [92] The Times/Sky News17514%32%9%11%23%8%4%9
17–21 Apr 2025 More in Common [93] 11119%27%17%10%18%5%4%8
16 Apr 2025 FindoutNow [94] 11822%33%13%7%13%7%5%11
13–14 Apr 2025 YouGov [95] The Times/Sky News20916%40%11%10%18%5%1%22
11–14 Apr 2025 Focaldata [96] 8026%29%25%6%7%4%3%3
9 Apr 2025 FindoutNow [97] 13618%25%14%16%13%6%5%7
6–7 Apr 2025 YouGov [98] The Times/Sky News20916%31%17%14%14%7%1%14
2–4 Apr 2025 FindoutNow [99] 12019%38%12%6%11%7%6%19
30–31 Mar 2025 YouGov [100] The Times/Sky News20817%29%12%14%20%5%3%9
28–31 Mar 2025 More in Common [101] 11619%24%22%11%17%6%0%2
26–28 Mar 2025 Opinium [102] The Observer12014%38%12%7%21%2%4%17
26–27 Mar 2025 BMG [103] iPaper10123%36%15%9%11%3%2%13
26 Mar 2025 FindoutNow [104] 12612%34%12%9%16%12%5%18
22–24 Mar 2025 More in Common [105] 10721%29%19%9%20%3%0%8
23–24 Mar 2025 YouGov [106] The Times/Sky News20315%32%11%11%13%9%6%17
19–21 Mar 2025 Opinium [107] The Observer13020%30%11%13%21%2%3%9
16–17 Mar 2025 YouGov [108] The Times/Sky News20123%30%13%11%15%7%1%7
14–17 Mar 2025 DeltaPoll [109] 17121%38%19%6%9%5%1%17
12 Mar 2025 FindoutNow [110] 14016%33%13%6%23%4%3%10
9–10 Mar 2025 YouGov The Times/Sky News19916%31%17%12%15%7%2%14
7–10 Mar 2025 More in Common 11928%26%18%7%16%%1%2
5–7 Mar 2025 Opinium The Observer12521%32%9%7%22%7%3%10
5 Mar 2025 FindoutNow 13022%31%16%10%15%6%1%9
02–3 Mar 2025 YouGov The Times19321%32%13%11%16%6%11
28 Feb2 Mar 2025 More in Common 19324%27%12%15%17%5%3
26 Feb 2025 FindoutNow 13815%31%12%11%24%7%1%7
23–24 Feb 2025 YouGov The Times21017%39%15%10%14%4%1%22
21–24 Feb 2025 More in Common 10817%29%18%11%19%7%10
19–21 Feb 2025 Opinium The Observer11917%36%11%12%16%6%2%19
19 Feb 2025 FindoutNow 10226%30%8%14%10%8%5%4
16–17 Feb 2025 YouGov 21222%34%8%7%22%6%12
14–18 Feb 2025 More in Common 19922%31%13%12%18%3%9
11–14 Feb 2025 YouGov The Times19321%32%13%11%16%6%11
9–10 Feb 2025 YouGov 10723%27%14%10%22%3%1%3
7–10 Feb 2025 More in Common 10717%38%10%12%19%3%1%19
5–7 Feb 2025 Opinium The Observer12415%36%12%6%23%5%3%13
5–6 Feb 2025 Find Out Now 11718%30%10%14%18%9%3%12
2–3 Feb 2025 YouGov Sky News21515%34%13%13%17%5%4%17
28–29 Jan 2025 BMG 10427%35%10%8%12%5%3%8
25 Jan 2025 YouGov [111] 14721%34%11%13%17%4%13
22–23 Jan 2025 Whitestone Insight 13622%32%11%12%11%9%2%10
20 Jan 2025 YouGov [112] 15916%36%14%13%16%5%20
17–20 Jan 2025 More in Common 12424%26%13%12%16%4%2
13 Jan 2025 YouGov [113] 14723%33%14%8%18%7%10
6–8 Jan 2025 More in Common [ permanent dead link ]12420%30%18%10%17%3%8
8 Jan 2025 Find Out Now 10218%35%10%12%15%7%1%17
8–10 Jan 2025 Opinium 12525%28%11%10%16%5%4%3
30 Dec3 Jan 2025 Deltapoll Mail on Sunday10417%32%12%14%17%8%15

See also

Notes

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