YOUGOV POLL SAMPLE SHOWS CONSISTENT SNP WESTMINSTER LEAD.

YOUGOV POLL SAMPLE SHOWS CONSISTENT SNP WESTMINSTER LEAD.

ELECTION A CLEAR TWO HORSE RACE BETWEEN SNP AND LABOUR.

The Scottish sample of the latest YouGov opinion poll from the Daily Telegraph shows that the SNP is maintaining a consistent lead over Labour in voting intentions for the Westminster Parliament with a 4% lead over Labour.

The poll – which has a Scottish sample of 221 people – puts the SNP on 32% to 28% for Labour. This is consistent with the recent YouGov poll by the Sunday Times which had the SNP leading Labour by 31% to 28%.

Commenting on the figures, SNP MSP and Minister for Parliament Bruce Crawford said:

“These results are a very positive indication for the SNP with a lead in Westminster voting intentions. They may be small but they are significant. They clearly indicate what we all know – that the coming Westminster election is a two-horse race between the SNP and Labour.

“This poll shows people like what they get from the SNP – in local communities and across Scotland – and they like what the SNP Government is doing by freezing council tax and investing more to help the construction sector.

“In these tough times that is what people want, and they are repaying the SNP with ever growing levels of support both locally and nationally.”

1. YouGov poll for The Telegraph conducted on 23rd - 25th June 2009 sampled 221 people in Scotland.

Questioned on voting intentions for the Westminster Election respondents expressed the following preferences (change from 2005);

SNP 32% (+14%)
Labour 28% (-12%)
Tory 15% (-1%)
LibDem 16% (-7%)

2. The latest Scotland-only poll by Sunday Times Scotland by Yougov resulted in the following:

Sample Size: 1048
Fieldwork: 2nd - 4th June 2009

SNP 31% (up from 18% in 2005)
Labour 28% (down from 40% in 2005)
Tory 17% (up from 16% in 2005)
LibDem 16% (down from 23% in 2005)