Poll predicts big boost for SNP and commanding lead over Scottish Labour

The SNP has reinvented itself yet again

Next week is a big one for John Swinney. The First Minister will both mark his first year in office and publish his Programme for Government, Holyrood’s equivalent of the King’s Speech. Swinney is entitled to look back over the past 12 months with a degree of satisfaction, and to look forward to the next 12 with some optimism. Few, probably including the man himself, would have predicted such an outcome when he took the top job on 8 May last yea…

Poll predicts big boost for SNP and commanding lead over Scottish Labour

THE SNP continue to enjoy a strong lead over Scottish Labour in both Holyrood and Westminster voting intentions, according to a new poll.

SNP open up 14 point lead on Scottish Labour in latest Holyrood election poll

The Survation poll was on behalf of Edinburgh-based research agency Diffley Partnership.

Yes support and SNP lead in latest poll may be larger as dated 2014 weighting of the sample is still being used

Professor John Robertson OBA A quick response to the latest Survation poll today giving the SNP a healthy 14% lead over Labour but still a No lead at 46% to 44% at a time when other polls have shown Yes leads, often big ones: https://diffleypartnership.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/April-2025-Voter-Intention-Poll-Diffley-Partnership-FOR-WEB-2.xlsb Why might the SNP lead be greater and the No lead false? This: The sample used in this 2025 poll…

More Scots set to vote for SNP as Reform challenge rises, poll shows

More Scots set to vote for SNP as Reform challenge rises, poll shows