SNP slumps in new general election poll as Scottish Labour on course for historic victory
dailyrecord.co.ukA new poll has revealed Labour is in line for a crushing general election victory over the SNP in Scotland.The survey shows the Nationalists losing over 30 constituencies and Anas Sarwar’s party soaring to 28 seats.
Sarwar and UK Labour leader Keir Starmer also have a better approval rating than First Minister John Swinney.The SNP have dominated elections in Scotland for over a decade and they cleaned up at the 2019 Westminster election.
They won 48 seats while Labour returned Ian Murray as their solitary MP.A new Survation poll, commissioned by advisory firm True North, shows Scotland is headed for an electoral earthquake.According to the findings, 36 per cent of Scots will vote Labour at the election, with 32 per cent plumping for the SNP.The survey shows the Conservatives and Lib Dems on 17 per cent and nine per cent respectively.
On these figures the SNP would be reduced to 16 MPs while Labour would return 28 - their biggest total since 2010.The Survation poll backs up other snapshots which show Labour on course to come first in Scotland.Although the Holyrood election is two years away, the poll also shows Labour could replace the SNP as the largest party in Edinburgh.
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