Nicola Sturgeon, pictured at the Aye Write Book Festival in May, was arrested on June 11 and later released a statement protesting her innocence. : Robert Perry/PA
Nicola Sturgeon has received a negative public approval rating in Scotland for the first time, according to a poll released following her arrest and a police search of her home.
A Savanta poll shows the former First Minister has a clean rating favorability -7, the difference between the percentage of Scots who view her positively and negatively.
Her score has fallen 17 points from +10 since the pollster conducted a similar poll at the end of March.
Police raided her home on April 5 and conducted two days of searches.
Peter Murrell, her husband and former SNP executive, was arrested and later released without charge pending further proceedings. investigations. A luxury motorhome parked outside his elderly mother's home in Dunfermline has been confiscated by the police.
The new poll for The Scotsman also recorded an 11-point drop in the proportion of people who find her trustworthy (38%) and sincere (44%). The number of those who consider her honest decreased by 10 points (41%).
The poll was taken last weekend, both before and after Ms. Sturgeon was arrested and released without allegations on Sunday. She later released a statement protesting her innocence.
Not the most popular politician anymore
This was the first time Savantha had recorded a negative score for her, which meant that more people disapproved of her than did, and for the first time, she was not the most popular politician in Scotland.
Kate Forbes (&# 43) ;2), who nearly lost in the SNP leadership contest to Humze Yusafu, Scottish Labor leader Anas Sarwar (-1) and Sir Keir Starmer (-3) were more popular.
Mr Yousaf, the new First Minister, recorded a «modest» two-point increase in his rating, but still scored only -10.
Poll: favored by Nicola Sturgeon
SNP support in the Westminster election fell just one point since March to 38 percent, while support for independence rose one point to 46 percent. That's compared to 47% of opponents, with the remaining 7% undecided.
Chris Hopkins, Savanta's director of policy research, said: “How the powers that be have fallen. When Savanta first started doing polls for The Scotsman, Nicola Sturgeon's net favorability rating was +28; Fast forward two and a half years and she has fallen to -7, the first time she has been below zero and the first time she has not been the most popular politician in Scotland.”
He added. «The issue of independence remains carefully balanced, too close to announce if the referendum [was] held tomorrow, and therefore there is still work to be done for those who advocate independence, with or without Sturgeon as an asset.»
Boost for Labor
The survey of 1018 people was conducted between June 9 and 14. Ms Sturgeon was arrested on June 11.
It also found Labor's 34 per cent support in the Westminster election, up one point from March and just four points behind the SNP. The Nationalists' lead has shrunk markedly from the 21-point lead they enjoyed a year ago.
According to seat aggregator Electoral Calculus, this would mean the SNP would lose 21 of the 48 seats it won in 2019 . elections.
Labor will increase their numbers from one to 21, greatly improving Sir Keir's attempts to get through to 10 Downing Street, while the Scottish Tories will drop from six to five seats.
< p> Jackie Bailey, Deputy Leader of Scottish Labor, said: «Theories are changing and more Scots are turning to Labor to bring about the changes we need.»
Keith Brown, Deputy Leader of the SNP, said: “It is encouraging that the SNP remains the most popular political party in Scotland, but we take absolutely nothing for granted. The only way to get rid of Westminster governments that we don't vote [for] good is to get full independence.»
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