Sir Keir Starmer's Labor Party is rapidly gaining ground in the SNP. SNP dominance is over» in Scotland after a poll showed that Sir Keir Starmer's party was rapidly gaining strength from the Nationalists.
The findings showed that the chances of the party poised to win 22 seats north of the border, compared with one currently.
Labour's best result in Scotland since the 2014 independence referendum is 32 points, four more than in April, according to a YouGov poll for The Times. SNP is in 36th place, one down, the worst result in the YouGov poll in five years.
Dame Jackie Bailey, Deputy Scottish Labor Leader, said: «Polls are becoming more clear — the age of SNP dominance is over and the people of Scotland are increasingly turning to Scottish workers.
«From plans to create thousands of Greens» jobs by leveraging Scotland's energy potential before breaking the class ceiling, it is clear that only Labor has the vision and drive for change that the Scots share.”
“Scottish Labor take nothing for granted but we will fight day in and day out to take on the SNP and the Tories and give Scotland the fresh start it needs.”
Labor are favorites to win Rutherglen and Hamilton West in a by-election to be held after Margaret Ferrier, who won a seat in the SNP in 2019, was removed by voters after she was removed from the Commons for violating Covid rules.
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The party could once count on dozens of Scottish seats in the general election, but that trend changed radically in 2015 when the SNP won an unprecedented victory. The same year, Labor won only one seat from Scotland, rising to seven in 2017 and back to one in 2019.
Sir John Curtis, a polling expert, said that within the current boundaries, the polls would see Labor gain 22 seats in Scotland and the SNP 26. The results showed Labor competitive in many of its former centres, head to head in Glasgow and ahead in central Scotland. and in and around Edinburgh.
«Labour is clearly breathing down the back of the SNP's head in the battle for Scottish seats in the next UK general election,» said Sir John. “But at the heart of Labour’s success is the party’s success in advancing at the expense of the beleaguered Conservatives, and not just in defeating the Yes supporters of the SNP.
“Unfortunately for [Humza] Yusuf, this is a competition that it has relatively little influence.»
Mr. Yusuf, the first minister, recently acknowledged that the police investigation into the SNP's finances has become a threshold issue for his party. He said the image of a forensic-themed tent on Nicola Sturgeon's front lawn «stuck» into the minds of voters.
A poll showed that 21% of Scots who voted Conservative in the 2019 general election will switch to Labor in the 2019 general election. next UK general election.
According to Sir John, the Tories will retain the six current Scottish seats. analysis, despite a two-point decline to 15 percent. The Liberal Democrats, whose support stood at six percent, will win five seats, up one more.
One crumb of consolation for the SNP boosted Mr. Yusaf's approval ratings. He scored minus 16 points, up 11 points from the previous poll in June. It still lags far behind the ratings enjoyed by Ms Sturgeon when she was First Minister, almost always recording net positive popularity.
Mhairi Black, SNP MP, said: “The latest poll continues to show that people in Scotland support the SNP and the positive vision we have laid out for Scotland, but as always, we will not take anything for granted.
“In addition, the growing support for Humza Yousaf due to his focusing on supporting households through the cost of living crisis and countering Westminster's toxic austerity policies highlights why SNP support remains strong.»
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