Latest Opinion Polls

'Alex Salmond is still enjoying a honeymoon period as first minister after a new opinion poll showed the SNP had increased its lead over Labour since their victory at May's Holyrood election. The YouGov snapshot, the first survey to be taken since May's poll, puts the Nationalists 7% ahead of Labour on the constituency vote and five points in front on regional preferences.' Paul Hutcheon in the Sunday Herald, 1 st June 2007.

Opinion polls published since the 2007 Holyrood election

Party		Scottish National Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Scottish Green Party	Scottish Socialist Party	Solidarity	Others
Date	Vote
3 rd May 2007 election	Constituency	32.93 %	32.15 %	16.60 %	16.17 %	2.15 %
	Regional	31.02 %	29.16 %	13.91 %	11.30 %	4.04 %	0.62 %	1.52 %	8.43 %
1 st June 2007	Constituency	38 %	31 %	14 %	12 %	5 %
	Regional	33 %	28 %	14 %	10 %	7 %	5 %	1 %	3 %
	YouGov Poll for the SNP. ? Scottish adults were surveyed between ? and ? 2007. Published 1 st July 2007.
10 th August 2007	"First choice"	48 %	32 %	8 %	8 %	2 %	2 %	0 %	0 %
	Progressive Scottish Opinion poll for the Scottish Daily Mail. 1,012 Scottish adults were surveyed between 31 st July and 7 th August 2007. Published 10 th August 2007.
6 th December 2007	Constituency	40 %	29 %	12 %	13 %	6 %
	Regional	34 %	26 %	13 %	15 %	9 %	3 %	1 %	2 %
	YouGov Poll for the SNP. 1,111 Scottish adults were surveyed between 28 th and 30 th November 2007. Published 6 th December 2007.
16 th March 2008	Constituency	39 %	31 %	15 %	12 %	3 %
	Regional	40 %	30 %	13 %	11 %	6 %
	MRUK Cello Poll for the Sunday Times (Scotland). 1,028 Scottish adults were surveyed between 29 th February and 9 th March 2008. Published 16 th March 2008.
5 th April 2008	Constituency	40 %	32 %	12 %	13 %	4 %
	Regional	33 %	30 %	13 %	12 %	13 %
	YouGov Poll for the Sunday Times (Scotland). 1,070 Scottish adults were surveyed between 2 nd and 4 th April 2008. Published 5 th April 2008.