Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Pro-independence parties on course to win an astonishing 62% of seats in the next Scottish Parliament, says sumptuous Ipsos poll

Scottish Parliament constituency ballot (Ipsos, 26th-31st March 2026):

SNP 39%
Reform UK 15%
Labour 15%
Conservatives 11%
Liberal Democrats 10%
Greens 7%

Scottish Parliament regional list ballot:

SNP 29%
Greens 16%
Reform UK 16%
Labour 15%
Conservatives 13%
Liberal Democrats 9%

Seats projection:

SNP 63
Greens 17
Reform UK 15
Labour 14
Conservatives 12
Liberal Democrats 8

I'll update this post with full commentary when I have more time later this afternoon or this evening, but while I'm thinking of it, just one point - does anyone know whether STV are still commissioning these Ipsos polls?  At some point a few months ago they stopped using the words "exclusive poll commissioned by STV", so I'm starting to wonder if Ipsos are now self-funding them, but are continuing an informal relationship with STV as a convenient way of promoting the results.

1 comment:

  1. Definitely near enough to run as a minority government. Budgets should be passed with negligible horse trading. Swinney is unencumbered by the ideologically intransigence, and malignant narcissism of his immediate predecessor but one.

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