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Anas Sarwar, leader of Scottish Labor, called the new election a turning point for his party. Photo: STEPHAN RUSSO/PA WIRE

Labour has moved ahead of the SNP in their intentions to vote in Westminster for the first time in a decade, a poll has found.

The YouGov poll found a third of Scots, 33 per cent, planned to support the next Sir Keir Starmer's party led the SNP by two points in the general election.

For the first time since June 2014, three months before the independence referendum, Labor recorded an advantage over the SNP. SNP in YouGov poll.

The SNP vote has fallen from a high of 54 percent recorded in August 2020, when Labor had just 16 percent.

Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labor leader, said on Wednesday the poll was a «huge moment» for his party but insisted he «doesn't take anything for granted.»

He said: «Under my Scottish Labor leadership is fighting for every vote to bring about the change Scotland needs.”

The Conservatives received just 14 votes, according to the poll. in Scotland, down six points from the last YouGov survey in October.

This follows YouGov's recent MRP poll, a seat-by-seat analysis, which predicted Labor would win 28 Scottish seats, well ahead of the Scottish National Party (SNP) by 19 seats. The poll predicts that the Lib Dems and Tories will each win five Scottish constituencies.

At the last general election in 2019, Labor won just one seat, while Nicola Sturgeon's Scottish National Party won 48 seats.< /p >

Meanwhile, opinion on Scottish independence remained the same: 47 percent of decided voters were in favor and 53 percent were against.

There are concerns within the Scottish National Party that the Scottish Greens' promise to win a record number of seats could split the pro-independence vote.

Tensions in the Holyrood coalition

This may be a sign of tensions with his coalition partners at Holyrood. Humza Yousaf, the First Minister, warned this week that backing the Greens would be a «vote in vain».

Tommy Sheppard, SNP MP, said: «The Tories will rightly be sent packing at the next general election — and they deserve no less.

» However, as both Sir Keir Starmer's Labor Party and the Tories have united in all major financial policies, including Brexit, it is clear that only the Scottish National Party offers this independence alternative.»

«At the next election

YouGov has spoken to 1,100 people in Scotland aged 16 years and over. April 25 and 2.