SNP pull further ahead in 6th sub-poll not changed to suit 2014 result, to leave troubled Cons and Labour seriously weakened by Reform and Lib Dems

From Find Out Now on January 8th 2025, with 2 076:

  • Con – 20%
  • Lab – 25%
  • Lib Dem – 11%
  • Reform – 25%
  • Greens – 11%

The Scottish subset of 176 has

  • Con – 10%
  • Lab 18%
  • Lib Dem – 13%
  • Reform – 15%
  • Greens – 7%
  • SNP – 36%

This is the 6th sub-poll, with a small but unweighted by the 2014 referendum result sample, with a cumulative total of around 1 000 saying something similar. In Scotland, the SNP looks secure at around 35%, around 20% clear of the opposition, and may take nearly all of the constituencies, other than a few Lib Dem refuges. The Cons look in dire trouble and with their vote and Labour’s, split with Reform and the Lib Dems, their Borders and North-East strongholds could fall to the SNP, with quite a small share of the vote.

Source: https://cms.findoutnow.co.uk/app/uploads/2025/01/8th-Jan-VI-Find-Out-Now.xlsx

The previous 5 sub-polls, are described below:

On January 6th 2025, from Deltapoll, based on data collected from 1 532, on 30th December 2024 to 3rd January, we see:

  • Con – 23%
  • Lab – 30%
  • Lib Dem -12%
  • Reform – 22%
  • Green – 9%

The Scottish subset of 133 has:

  • Con 12%
  • Lab – 17%
  • Lib Dem – 14%
  • Reform – 17%
  • Green – 8%
  • SNP – 32%

A sub poll of only 133 has clear limitations in terms of reliability but this is the latest of 5 [c800 subjects in total] all telling the same story, of Cons, Lab and Reform all doing less well in Scotland than elsewhere in the UK and way behind the SNP.

Source: https://deltapoll.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Deltapoll-MoS_250106.pdf

On December 23rd 2024, from Opinium, based on data collected from 1 537, on 18-12 December 2024, we see:

  • Con – 23%
  • Lab – 29%
  • Lib Dem -11%
  • Reform – 22%
  • Green – 10%

The Scottish subset of 110 has:

  • Con 15%
  • Lab – 19%
  • Lib Dem – 11%
  • Reform – 14%
  • Green – 5%
  • SNP – 35%

A sub poll of only 110 has clear limitations in terms of reliability but this is the latest of 4 [c600 subjects in total] all telling the same story, of Cons, Lab and Reform all doing less well in Scotland than elsewhere in the UK and way behind the SNP.

Source: https://www.opinium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/VI-2024-12-18-Observer-Data-Tables-211224.xlsx

In the December 12th Find Out NowWestminster poll of 2 659, we saw:

  • Con – 23%
  • Lab – 26%
  • Lib Dem – 11%
  • Reform – 25%
  • Green – 9%

The Scottish subset of 223, has:

  • Con – 12%
  • Lab – 23%
  • LD – 5%
  • Reform – 16%
  • Green – 8%
  • SNP – 34%

Source: https://findoutnow.co.uk/blog/voting-intention-11th-dec-2024/

Only on December 8th,  I noted:

From Find Out Now on 4 December 2024, the UK figures put Labour in third place with 23%, behind Reform at 24% and the Cons at 26%. The Scottish sub-set of only 118, has SNP 39%, Labour 21%, Cons 13%, Reform, Greens and Lib Dems at 8%. https://findoutnow.co.uk/blog/voting-intention-4th-dec-2024/

The above 15% lead is larger than previous sub-polls and, more so, than in several ‘full’ Scottish polls other than the most recent Norstat poll for the Sunday Times on 7 December. https://www.thetimes.com/article/49b721e9-6777-478a-99a6-b196fd736573?shareToken=4cd918a5746334e1e87dc80c9c19c3ac

The More in Common poll on 29 November to 2 December, with 102 Scots, which also has a much bigger SNP lead than in earlier polls, at 15% over Labour – Con 17%, Labour 19%, Lib Dems 12%, Reform 13%, SNP 34% and Greens on only 4%:  

Source: https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/media/fnshtp12/december-2-voting-intention.xlsx

Full polls while having more reliable sample sizes of 1-2k as opposed to 1-2 hundred, have been criticised for their samples being weighted to reflect the 2014 referendum result. This may be biasing their results in favour of Unionist parties.

These sub polls are individually too small but, collectively, are now approaching the preferred sample size of 1 000, are not subject to distortion by 2014 vote sample weighting, as all or most full polls are and, notably all saying that the SNP, though well below the 2021 vote share, seem likely to be consistently so far ahead of the opposition that, in a first-past-the-post system they could take almost all of the constituencies.

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