Scots more likely to back Greens than Labour, poll finds

More people in Scotland would consider voting for the Greens than Labour, a new poll has found.

The SNP are the party that Scots are most likely to consider backing at the next election, followed by the Greens, Lib Dems, then Labour.

Yet a majority of people (56 per cent) disapprove of the SNP government’s record to date, compared to 25 per cent who approve.

The same poll also found people remain split on the question of independence, with 51 per cent saying they support being part of the UK and 49 per cent backing separation.

The YouGov poll asked voters how likely they are to consider voting for each party on a scale of zero (would never consider voting for them) to 10 (would definitely consider voting for them).

It found 37 per cent of people gave the SNP a score of six or higher. The vast majority (87 per cent) of SNP voters in 2024 said they would consider backing the party again, while 28 per cent of Labour voters last year said they would think about voting for the Nationalists.

Greens came second with 27 per of people saying they would consider voting for them, followed closely by the Lib Dems on 26 per cent.

Just 23 per cent of people said they were likely to consider voting for Labour and 21 per cent said the same of Reform.

Nearly half (45 per cent) of last year’s SNP supporters said they would consider voting for the Greens, while 23 per cent of people who backed Labour last year said they would.

Under half (48 per cent) of last year’s Labour voters said they would consider sticking with the party, while over a third (35 per cent) say they would consider moving to the Lib Dems.

Roughly one in six voters (15 per cent) said they might back the Conservatives or a left-wing party led by Jeremy Corbyn, while only eight per cent would consider voting for Alba.

The pollster has not released voting intention figures for the election in May.

No Scottish party leader received a net positive favourability score. New Greens co-leader Gillian Mackay scored least bad with a rating of -13, though the majority of respondents (71 per cent) had no opinion. Her fellow co-leader Ross Greer scored -16.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar received the worst net favourability score of all Scottish leaders at -34.

First Minister John Swinney scored net -19, Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton -14 and Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay -18.