Scottish Parliament Polling

On this page are the latest Scottish Parliament election polls for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election together with uniform swing calculations of the polling averages. The seat calculations are from the 2026 Scottish Parliament swingometer.

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Here are the polling averages of the polls below together with the seat changes on uniform swings. Information on how the 2026 Scottish Parliament election polling average is calculated is available here.

Summary

		Seats		Seat Changes
Party		Then	Now	Gains	Losses	Net
	SNP	64	62	0	-2	-2
	Labour	22	34	+12	0	+12
	Conservative	31	15	0	-16	-16
	Green	8	10	+2	0	+2
	Liberal Democrat	4	8	+4	0	+4

Constituency

		Votes			Seats		Seat Changes
Party		Then	Now	Change	Then	Now	Gains	Losses	Net
	SNP	47.70%	41.00%	-6.70%	62	60	0	-2	-2
	Labour	21.59%	27.00%	+5.41%	2	3	+1	0	+1
	Conservative	21.89%	15.00%	-6.89%	5	5	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrat	6.94%	8.00%	+1.06%	4	5	+1	0	+1

Region

		Votes			Seats		Seat Changes
Party		Then	Now	Change	Then	Now	Gains	Losses	Net
	SNP	40.30%	35.00%	-5.30%	2	2	0	0	0
	Labour	18.00%	29.00%	+11.00%	20	31	+11	0	+11
	Conservative	23.46%	14.00%	-9.46%	26	10	0	-16	-16
	Green	8.11%	10.00%	+1.89%	8	10	+2	0	+2
	Liberal Democrat	5.05%	8.00%	+2.95%	0	3	+3	0	+3
	ALBA	1.65%	1.65%	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0
	AFU	0.86%	0.86%	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0

Seat Gains and Losses

See which seats have changed hands using our Scottish Parliament seat calculator.

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At the bottom of this page are the most recent 2026 Scottish Parliament election polls for the next Scottish Parliament election ordered from newest to oldest. These polls should be used in conjunction with the Scottish Parliament swingometer.

Constituency Polls

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Conservative

Labour

Liberal Democrat

Green

Last Day of Field Work	Pollster / Client	Sample Size	Weight	SNP	CON	LAB	LD	GRN	Lead
26 Nov 2023	Ipsos	1,004	1.00	41	15	27	8	4	14
30 Oct 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,092	-	34	22	30	8	2	4
11 Oct 2023	Savanta / The Scotsman	1,002	-	37	18	33	6	-	4
6 Oct 2023	YouGov / Fabians	1,028	-	37	20	29	9	3	8
5 Oct 2023	Panelbase / The Sunday Times	1,022	-	35	16	31	7	7	4
5 Oct 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,094	-	35	20	29	10	3	6
14 Sep 2023	Opinium / Tony Blair Institute	1,004	-	42	20	26	10	3	16
13 Sep 2023	YouGov / The Times	1,103	-	41	16	29	8	3	12
4 Sep 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,100	-	39	16	30	8	3	9
18 Aug 2023	Survation / True North	1,022	-	39	16	34	8	-	5
8 Aug 2023	YouGov	1,086	-	41	14	31	7	3	10
6 Aug 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,050	-	36	19	32	8	2	4
2 Jul 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,030	-	33	21	30	10	2	3
28 Jun 2023	Survation	1,891	-	38	17	33	10	-	5
15 Jun 2023	Panelbase / The Sunday Times	1,007	-	36	13	32	9	7	4
14 Jun 2023	Savanta / The Scotsman	1,018	-	40	16	33	8	-	7
6 Jun 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,395	-	36	21	29	8	2	7
21 May 2023	Ipsos / STV News	1,090	-	42	17	28	7	4	14
3 May 2023	Survation / True North	1,009	-	39	19	30	9	-	9
2 May 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,295	-	36	18	32	8	2	4
20 Apr 2023	YouGov / The Times	1,032	-	38	16	30	10	2	8
3 Apr 2023	Survation	1,001	-	38	16	27	7	-	11
1 Apr 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,000	-	38	18	28	10	3	10
31 Mar 2023	Savanta / The Scotsman	1,009	-	39	19	32	7	-	7
30 Mar 2023	Panelbase / The Sunday Times	1,089	-	37	17	30	8	5	7
13 Mar 2023	YouGov / Sky News	1,002	-	42	18	28	8	2	14
10 Mar 2023	Panelbase / Scot Goes Pop	1,013	-	39	14	31	8	6	8
5 Mar 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,050	-	40	20	29	7	2	11
20 Feb 2023	YouGov / The Times	1,017	-	42	18	28	8	2	14
17 Feb 2023	Survation	1,034	-	43	17	29	8	-	14
17 Feb 2023	Savanta / The Scotsman	1,008	-	43	17	30	8	-	13
15 Feb 2023	YouGov / Scottish Election Study	1,239	-	39	17	28	8	5	11
7 Feb 2023	Survation	1,070	-	43	17	29	7	-	14
26 Jan 2023	YouGov / The Sunday Times	1,088	-	44	17	26	7	2	18
12 Jan 2023	Survation / True North	1,002	-	46	17	27	8	-	19
31 Dec 2022	Survation / Scotland in Union	1,025	-	44	16	29	8	0	15
21 Dec 2022	Savanta / The Scotsman	1,048	-	44	18	28	8	-	16
9 Dec 2022	YouGov / The Times	1,090	-	50	13	25	7	-	25
5 Dec 2022	Ipsos / STV News	1,045	-	50	14	24	7	3	26
11 Oct 2022	Panelbase / Alba Party	1,018	-	45	15	28	6	3	17
4 Oct 2022	YouGov / The Times	1,067	-	49	13	26	8	-	23
4 Oct 2022	Savanta ComRes / The Scotsman	1,029	-	47	17	25	8	-	22
29 Sep 2022	Survation / Scotland in Union	1,011	-	45	14	30	6	-	15
19 Aug 2022	Panelbase / The Sunday Times	1,133	-	47	17	22	9	3	25
1 Jul 2022	Panelbase / The Sunday Times	1,010	-	47	17	22	9	3	25
28 Jun 2022	Savanta ComRes / The Scotsman	1,029	-	46	18	25	8	-	21
23 May 2022	YouGov / The Times	1,115	-	47	18	23	7	2	24
3 May 2022	Savanta ComRes / The Scotsman	1,010	-	46	18	25	7	-	21
29 Apr 2022	Panelbase / The Sunday Times	1,009	-	42	19	24	7	4	18
31 Mar 2022	BMG / The Herald	1,012	-	44	21	22	8	-	22

Region Polls

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Labour

Green

Liberal Democrat

Last Day of Field Work	Pollster / Client	Sample Size	Weight	SNP	CON	LAB	GRN	LD	Lead
26 Nov 2023	Ipsos	1,004	1.00	35	14	29	10	8	6
30 Oct 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,092	-	28	21	27	9	8	1
11 Oct 2023	Savanta / The Scotsman	1,002	-	28	20	29	13	8	1
6 Oct 2023	YouGov / Fabians	1,028	-	28	19	28	11	7	Tie
5 Oct 2023	Panelbase / The Sunday Times	1,022	-	29	18	30	12	8	1
5 Oct 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,094	-	26	19	25	12	12	1
14 Sep 2023	Opinium / Tony Blair Institution	1,004	-	35	18	25	8	8	10
13 Sep 2023	YouGov / The Times	1,103	-	33	16	25	11	8	8
4 Sep 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,100	-	25	15	30	14	9	5
18 Aug 2023	Survation / True North	1,022	-	30	15	30	9	9	Tie
8 Aug 2023	YouGov	1,086	-	32	14	28	11	8	4
6 Aug 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,050	-	29	18	30	9	9	1
2 Jul 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,030	-	29	19	26	8	12	3
28 Jun 2023	Survation	1,891	-	30	18	29	10	9	1
15 Jun 2023	Panelbase / The Sunday Times	1,007	-	30	17	28	12	8	2
14 Jun 2023	Savanta / The Scotsman	1,018	-	28	18	28	13	11	Tie
5 Jun 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,395	-	25	18	25	13	10	Tie
21 May 2023	Ipsos / STV News	1,090	-	35	17	27	12	5	8
3 May 2023	Survation / True North	1,009	-	32	19	26	10	7	6
2 May 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,295	-	25	19	27	13	10	2
20 Apr 2023	YouGov / The Times	1,032	-	30	17	26	12	9	4
3 Apr 2023	Survation	1,001	-	32	17	23	8	7	9
1 Apr 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,000	-	30	19	24	11	13	6
31 Mar 2023	Savanta / The Scotsman	1,009	-	33	18	30	10	7	3
30 Mar 2023	Panelbase / The Sunday Times	1,089	-	31	20	27	10	6	4
13 Mar 2023	YouGov / Sky News	1,002	-	35	16	25	11	8	10
10 Mar 2023	Panelbase / Scot Goes Pop	1,013	-	32	17	27	12	8	5
5 Mar 2023	Redfield & Wilton	1,050	-	29	20	26	10	11	3
20 Feb 2023	YouGov / The Times	1,017	-	35	18	27	9	7	8
17 Feb 2023	Survation	1,034	-	35	18	27	8	8	8
17 Feb 2023	Savanta / The Scotsman	1,008	-	32	16	27	14	9	5
15 Feb 2023	YouGov / Scottish Election Study	1,239	-	33	17	28	11	7	5
7 Feb 2023	Survation	1,007	-	33	17	25	12	7	8
26 Jan 2023	YouGov / The Sunday Times	1,088	-	36	17	26	9	6	10
12 Jan 2023	Survation / True North	1,002	-	33	18	25	12	8	8
31 Dec 2022	Survation / Scotland in Union	1,025	-	33	15	26	12	9	7
21 Dec 2022	Savanta / The Scotsman	1,048	-	32	18	24	13	10	8
9 Dec 2022	YouGov / The Times	1,090	-	40	13	24	11	6	16
5 Dec 2022	Ipsos MORI / STV News	1,045	-	43	14	21	13	6	22
11 Oct 2022	Panelbase / Alba Party	1,018	-	37	17	26	9	7	11
4 Oct 2022	YouGov / The Times	1,067	-	38	14	24	12	8	14
4 Oct 2022	Savanta ComRes / The Scotsman	1,029	-	32	19	26	13	8	6
29 Sep 2022	Survation / Scotland in Union	1,011	-	31	14	27	14	9	4
1 Jul 2022	Panelbase / The Sunday Times	1,010	-	41	19	22	7	8	19
28 Jun 2022	Savanta ComRes / The Scotsman	1,029	-	33	20	24	13	8	9
23 May 2022	YouGov / The Times	1,115	-	39	18	21	10	8	18
3 May 2022	Savanta ComRes / The Scotsman	1,010	-	31	18	23	14	10	8
29 Apr 2022	Panelbase / The Sunday Times	1,009	-	36	20	22	10	7	14
31 Mar 2022	BMG / The Herald	1,012	-	33	20	22	10	8	11
28 Mar 2022	Survation / Ballot Box Scotland	1,002	-	34	19	23	11	8	11

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