THE SNP have posted a commanding 17-point lead over Scottish Labour in the second Holyrood poll in two days.
A Survation poll run, for the Unionist campaign group Scotland in Union, further found that Reform UK would come third in both the constituency and list votes at the 2026 Holyrood elections next May.
For the Scottish Parliament constituency vote, the poll put the SNP on 37%, Labour on 20%, Reform UK on 18%, the Conservatives on 11%, the Liberal Democrats on 7%, the Greens on 5%, and Alba on 1%.
In the regional list vote, the poll put the SNP on 31%, Labour on 18%, Reform UK on 16%, the Conservatives on 13%, the Liberal Democrats on 11%, the Greens on 8% and Alba on 2%.
The poll also asked Scots how they would vote in an independence referendum. However, the Unionist lobby group skewed the results by using the non-standard phrasing of “leave/remain”.
The survey found that 60% of Scots backed remaining in the UK, while 40% backed leaving in, once “don’t knows” were removed.
A Find Out Now survey run for The National last week and using the standardised question found a four-point lead for independence.
Elsewhere, the Survation survey of just over 2000 Scots, which was carried out between September 4 and 16, also asked how they perceived the Scottish Government as performing across key areas.
On education, some 50% said the Government is doing “not well” against 43% who said it is doing “well”.
On the NHS, 56% said the performance is “not well” against 39% who thought the opposite.
Asked about the economy and jobs, 58% said the Government is doing “not well” against 35% who said it is doing “well”.
The Government only recorded a net positive score when it came to trains, with 48% saying it does “well” and 41% “not well”. On Tuesday, BBC analysis found that not one of Scotland’s busiest train stations had a cancellation rate equal to the UK average of 3.3%, with the nation as a whole averaging 2%.
Elsewhere in the polling, Scots were asked about the most important issues facing the country today. The NHS emerged as by far the highest priority at 57%. This was followed by immigration and energy bills, both on 29%, while Scottish independence was at 14%.
