Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

New poll shows majority backing for Scottish independence

Post Thumbnail

A majority of Scots would vote to leave the UK if a second referendum on Scottish independence was held tomorrow, a new poll suggests.

The Ipsos Mori survey of 1,002 people for STV found that 53% of respondents would back Yes in another vote, compared to 44% who would support the union and 3% who were undecided.

The survey carried out last week comes almost a year after Scotland rejected independence by a margin of 55% to 45% on September 18.

It is thought to be the first poll to show a majority for Yes among all those questioned.

Previous polls in the run-up to the vote that showed a majority for independence excluded those who were undecided.

Half of those questioned for STV said they would like to see another referendum within five years while 58% said they would be in favour of having one in the next 10 years.

Support for the SNP continues to be high in the wake of the party’s landslide general election victory north of the border, winning 56 of Scotland’s 59 seats.

The poll found that 55% of those who gave a voting intention would back the Nationalists in the Scottish Parliament constituency vote if the elections set for next year were held tomorrow.

About a fifth (21%) would vote Labour, with support for the Tories at 12%, Liberal Democrats at 7% and Greens at 3%.

In the list vote, SNP support fell to 50% and backing for the Greens rose to 8%, with the preferences for the other parties remaining the same.

Opinion on the recent election of Kezia Dugdale as Scottish Labour leader was split, with 20% saying it made them more likely to back her party, compared to 23% who said it would put them off.

Almost a quarter (23%) said that the election of UK leadership contest frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn would make them more likely to vote Labour, but 34% said such an outcome would make them less likely to vote for the party.

The contrast in satisfaction with the performances of Nicola Surgeon and David Cameron was stark.

Almost three-quarters (71%) said they approve of the way the First Minister is doing her job, compared to only 28% for the Prime Minister.