New polling on behalf of Scotland in Union, published yesterday, contained updates to Westminster and Holyrood voting intention.

The fieldwork , conducted at the end of September, a week after the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s mini-budget announcement, shows progress for Labour in both Westminster and Scottish Parliament voting intention.

Behind Scottish Labour’s rise, 18% of Scottish voters who backed the Conservatives in 2019 say they will now vote Labour as well as 6% those that voted SNP. Although numbers are too small to accurately report on, we’re also seeing a consequential amount of 2019 Lib Dem voters currently turning to Labour.  Looking to former Conservative voters, just 55% of those that voted for the party in 2019 currently say they will cast a vote for the party in a General Election tomorrow.

With regard to Scottish Parliament voting intention, taking the constituency vote, a similar story is seen. The SNP hold a similar level of lead the party enjoyed in March this year, while Scottish Labour sees a 5 point increase and the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party off by 6 points.

Over a longer term view, we can again see the Scottish Labour Party’s +50%  gain in vote share since this time last year, and the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party’s descent.

We’re interested to see how these trends will play out in the next few months as both governments navigate the cost of living and energy crisis, intimately affecting the lives of the public and impacting on their voting intention.

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Data tables for this research can be found here. Survation conducted online polling of 1,011 people aged 16+ in Scotland between the 28th and the 29th September 2022.

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