NEW POLL SHOWS SNP SURGE AS LONDON PARTIES SLUMP

NEW POLL SHOWS SNP SURGE AS LONDON PARTIES SLUMP

MOMENTUM WITH LOCAL AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONS IN COUNTDOWN TO POLLING DAY

The final poll of the campaign, showing voting intention data from PoliticsHome and YouGov across the nations and regions of the UK, shows a strong surge in SNP support as all the other parties lose ground going into polling day.

The poll, with a Scottish sample size of 1,141 over the last week, shows the SNP pulling away in clear second place in Scotland on 25 per cent - up seven points on the party's 2005 Westminster result and the SNP's highest YouGov rating since early March. Labour are on 37 per cent, the LibDems on 22 and the Tories 14.

If the findings were repeated at the polls it would make the SNP the only party to increase its support on the last election, putting the party on track for its largest share of the vote in a Westminster contest in 36 years.

Welcoming the findings, SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson said:

"This is a hugely encouraging final day's poll for the SNP as we go into the last full day of campaigning.

"We are the only party with our ratings going up while all the London parties are seeing their support slump as people across Scotland turn against the cosy Westminster consensus they represent.

"Labour are finished, the Tories are flat-lining in Scotland and the Lib Dems are going into reverse.

"We will be campaigning hard across Scotland in the countdown to the polls opening as we look to turn this surge into votes and seats for SNP local and national champions."