In the run-up to the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, various organisations conducted opinion polls to gauge voting intentions. Results of such polls are displayed in this list. Most of the pollsters listed were members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abided by its disclosure rules.
The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous Scottish Parliament election, held on 5 May 2016, to the 2021 election, held on 6 May 2021.[1]
This graph shows opinion poll results with trendlines for the 30-day moving averages. The SNP led in all polls, with the Conservatives and Labour coming second or third behind them.
The opinion polls below are gauge voting intentions for the 73 single member constituency seats elected through the plurality voting system.
| Pollster | Client | Date(s) conducted | Sample size | SNP | Con | Lab | Lib Dem | Green | UKIP | Ref UK | Other | Lead | |||
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| 2021 Scottish Parliament election | – | 47.7% | 21.9% | 21.6% | 6.9% | 1.3% | 0.0% | – | 0.6% | 25.8% | |||||
| BBC Scotland leaders' debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Harvie[2] | |||||||||||||||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,144 | 52% | 20% | 19% | 6% | 2% | – | – | 1% | 32% | ||||
| Survation | The Courier | 1,008 | 49% | 21% | 21% | 8% | 1% | – | – | 1% | 28% | ||||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,001 | 42% | 25% | 22% | 8% | – | – | – | 3% | 17% | ||||
| Ipsos MORI | STV News | 1,502 | 50% | 20% | 22% | 6% | 2% | – | – | 1% | 28% | ||||
| Opinium | Sky News | 1,015 | 51% | 23% | 19% | 7% | – | – | – | – | 28% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,096 | 48% | 21% | 20% | 7% | 3% | – | – | 1% | 27% | ||||
| BMG | The Herald | 1,023 | 49% | 19% | 21% | 9% | – | – | – | – | 28% | ||||
| Channel 4 News leaders' debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Harvie[3] | |||||||||||||||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,001 | 45% | 23% | 23% | 7% | – | – | – | 1% | 22% | ||||
| Survation | GMB | 1,008 | 47% | 21% | 21% | 8% | – | – | – | 2% | 26% | ||||
| Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,075 | 45% | 20% | 22% | 8% | 4% | – | – | – | 23% | ||||
| Survation | The Sunday Post | 1,037 | 50% | 21% | 21% | 7% | 1% | – | – | 1% | 29% | ||||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,001 | 46% | 25% | 20% | 6% | – | – | – | 3% | 21% | ||||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,204 | 49% | 21% | 21% | 6% | 1% | – | – | 2% | 28% | ||||
| STV leaders' debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Harvie[4] | |||||||||||||||
| Panelbase | Believe in Scotland | 1,002 | 47% | 23% | 20% | 6% | 4% | – | – | – | 24% | ||||
| Lord Ashcroft | N/A | N/A | 2,017 | 49% | 22% | 15% | 8% | 5% | – | – | – | 27% | |||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,007 | 49% | 23% | 18% | 6% | – | – | – | 3% | 26% | ||||
| Opinium | Sky News | 1,023 | 53% | 21% | 18% | 6% | – | – | – | 1% | 32% | ||||
| Ipsos MORI | STV News | 1,038 | 53% | 20% | 18% | 6% | 2% | – | – | 1% | 33% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,009 | 49% | 22% | 20% | 6% | 2% | – | – | – | 27% | ||||
| BBC Scotland leaders' debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Slater[5] | |||||||||||||||
| Survation | The Courier | 1,000 | 49% | 21% | 20% | 9% | 1% | – | – | – | 28% | ||||
| Former first minister Alex Salmond launches the Alba Party[6] | |||||||||||||||
| Find Out Now | Daily Express | 1,022 | 50% | 21% | 17% | 5% | 4% | – | 1% | 1% | 29% | ||||
| YouGov | The Times | N/A | 50% | 24% | 17% | 5% | 2% | – | – | 2% | 26% | ||||
| BMG | The Herald | 1,021 | 48% | 21% | 20% | 8% | 1% | – | – | 1% | 27% | ||||
| Survation | The Courier | 1,515 | 50% | 21% | 20% | 8% | 1% | – | – | – | 29% | ||||
| Opinium | Sky News | 1,096 | 46% | 24% | 20% | 6% | 4% | – | – | 1% | 22% | ||||
| Survation | Scotland in Union | 1,011 | 46% | 21% | 23% | 8% | 1% | – | – | 1% | 23% | ||||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,009 | 48% | 23% | 20% | 8% | – | – | – | 2% | 25% | ||||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,100 | 52% | 22% | 17% | 6% | 2% | – | – | 1% | 30% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,013 | 47% | 23% | 20% | 7% | 2% | – | – | 1% | 24% | ||||
| Anas Sarwar is elected leader of Scottish Labour[7] | |||||||||||||||
| [https: / www.dailyrecord.co.uk news politics nicola-sturgeon-course-win-slim-23582495 Survation Daily Record] | Survation | Daily Record | 1,011 | 50% | 21% | 20% | 7% | 3% | – | – | 2% | 29% | |||
| Ipsos MORI | STV News | 1,031 | 52% | 23% | 15% | 5% | 3% | – | – | 2% | 29% | ||||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,002 | 50% | 23% | 19% | 6% | – | – | – | 2% | 27% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,059 | 52% | 20% | 17% | 6% | 3% | – | – | – | 32% | ||||
| Survation / Scot Goes Pop | Survation | Scot Goes Pop | 1,020 | 51% | 19% | 19% | 9% | – | – | – | – | 32% | |||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,016 | 49% | 20% | 20% | 8% | – | – | – | 4% | 29% | ||||
| The Brexit Party is re-registered as Reform UK[8] | |||||||||||||||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,013 | 52% | 19% | 19% | 7% | – | – | – | 3% | 33% | ||||
| Survation | N/A | 1,010 | 53% | 20% | 20% | 6% | 1% | – | – | – | 33% | ||||
| Ipsos MORI | STV News | 1,006 | 55% | 22% | 14% | 6% | 1% | – | – | 1% | 33% | ||||
| Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,020 | 53% | 21% | 18% | 5% | 3% | – | – | <1% | 32% | ||||
| YouGov | N/A | 1,089 | 56% | 19% | 15% | 6% | 2% | – | – | – | 37% | ||||
| Survation | N/A | 1,071 | 54% | 19% | 18% | 8% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 2% | 35% | |
| Ipsos MORI | STV News | 1,045 | 58% | 19% | 13% | 8% | 1% | – | – | 2% | 39% | ||||
| Savanta ComRes | N/A | 1,003 | 50% | 23% | 18% | 6% | – | – | – | 2% | 27% | ||||
| JL Partners | Politico | 1,016 | 58% | 19% | 13% | 8% | 2% | – | – | <1% | 39% | ||||
| Survation | N/A | 1,018 | 53% | 20% | 18% | 7% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 2% | 33% | |
| Savanta ComRes | N/A | 1,008 | 51% | 24% | 17% | 6% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 2% | 27% | |
| YouGov | The Times | 1,142 | 57% | 20% | 14% | 8% | 1% | – | – | 1% | 37% | ||||
| Douglas Ross becomes leader of the Scottish Conservatives[9] | |||||||||||||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,026 | 55% | 20% | 15% | 6% | 3% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 35% | |
| Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,022 | 53% | 21% | 16% | 6% | 3% | – | – | <1% | 32% | ||||
| Panelbase | Wings Over Scotland | 1,086 | 53% | 23% | 15% | 5% | 3% | – | – | 1% | 30% | ||||
| YouGov | N/A | 1,095 | 54% | 23% | 12% | 8% | 2% | – | – | 1% | 31% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,023 | 51% | 26% | 14% | 6% | 3% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 25% | |
| Jackson Carlaw is elected leader of the Scottish Conservatives[10] | |||||||||||||||
| Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,016 | 50% | 26% | 14% | 7% | 3% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | <1% | 24% | ||
| Survation | Progress Scotland | 1,019 | 51% | 23% | 17% | 7% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 1% | 28% | |
| 2019 United Kingdom general election[11] | |||||||||||||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,020 | 43% | 26% | 19% | 8% | 2% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 2% | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 17% | ||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,002 | 46% | 26% | 14% | 11% | 1% | – | 0% | 0% [12] | 20% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,009 | 43% | 26% | 17% | 9% | 2% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 3% | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 17% | ||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,003 | 42% | 21% | 19% | 10% | 3% | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 4% | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 21% | ||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,059 | 45% | 23% | 13% | 12% | 2% | – | 3% | 1% | 22% | ||||
| Shetland by-election[13] | |||||||||||||||
| Lorna Slater is elected co-leader of the Scottish Greens alongside Patrick Harvie[14] | |||||||||||||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,024 | 42% | 20% | 16% | 11% | 3% | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 7% | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% [15] | 22% | ||
| 2019 European Parliament election | |||||||||||||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,021 | 41% | 20% | 18% | 8% | 3% | 1% | 7% | 1% [16] | 21% | ||||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,029 | 46% | 22% | 16% | 7% | 3% | – | 4% | 1% | 24% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,018 | 40% | 22% | 20% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 5% | data-sort-value="0%" | 2% [17] | 18% | |||
| Panelbase | Wings Over Scotland | 1,002 | 41% | 27% | 19% | 8% | 3% | 2% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 14% | |||
| Survation | Scottish Daily Mail | 1,011 | 43% | 24% | 22% | 9% | – | – | – | 2% | 19% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,028 | 41% | 25% | 23% | 6% | 3% | 1% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 16% | |||
| Panelbase | Constitutional Commission | 1,050 | 39% | 27% | 24% | 6% | 3% | 1% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 12% | |||
| Survation | Daily Record | 1,017 | 38% | 26% | 25% | 9% | 1% | – | – | 0% | 12% | ||||
| Survation/SNP | N/A | 1,013 | 44% | 24% | 23% | 8% | – | – | – | 1% | 20% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,024 | 41% | 26% | 21% | 6% | 3% | 2% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 15% | |||
| Survation | The Sunday Post | 1,036 | 43% | 24% | 23% | 9% | – | – | – | 2% | 19% | ||||
| Survation | Daily Record | 1,004 | 44% | 24% | 21% | 9% | – | – | – | 3% | 20% | ||||
| Panelbase | Wings Over Scotland | 1,018 | 41% | 27% | 22% | 6% | 2% | 1% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 14% | |||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,021 | 40% | 28% | 24% | 6% | 2% | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 12% | ||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,075 | 41% | 27% | 22% | 6% | 2% | 1% | – | 1% | 14% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,037 | 40% | 28% | 22% | 6% | 3% | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 12% | ||
| Survation | Daily Record | 1,029 | 42% | 25% | 25% | 6% | – | – | – | 2% | 17% | ||||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,002 | 38% | 26% | 23% | 7% | 3% | 2% | – | 0% | 12% | ||||
| Panelbase | Wings Over Scotland | 1,022 | 39% | 26% | 25% | 6% | 2% | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 13% | ||
| Survation | The Sunday Post | 1,006 | 39% | 24% | 28% | 7% | – | – | – | 2% | 11% | ||||
| Survation | Daily Record | 1,017 | 39% | 24% | 25% | 8% | – | – | – | 3% | 14% | ||||
| Richard Leonard is elected leader of Scottish Labour[18] | |||||||||||||||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,135 | 42% | 25% | 25% | 5% | 2% | 1% | – | 0% | 17% | ||||
| Survation | Scottish Daily Mail | 1,016 | 42% | 26% | 25% | 7% | – | – | – | 2% | 16% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,021 | 42% | 28% | 22% | 6% | 2% | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 14% | ||
| 2017 United Kingdom general election[19] | |||||||||||||||
| 2017 Scottish local elections[20] | |||||||||||||||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,028 | 51% | 24% | 14% | 6% | 4% | 1% | – | 1% | 27% | ||||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,134 | 48% | 25% | 15% | 6% | 3% | 1% | – | 0% | 23% | ||||
| BMG | N/A | 1,010 | 51% | 21% | 18% | 7% | – | – | – | 3% | 30% | ||||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,039 | 52% | 21% | 16% | 5% | 3% | 2% | – | 0% | 31% | ||||
| Survation | Scottish Daily Mail | 1,055 | 50% | 21% | 18% | 8% | – | – | – | 4% | 29% | ||||
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election | – | 46.5% | 22.0% | 22.6% | 7.8% | 0.6% | – | – | 0.5% | 23.9% | |||||
The opinion polls below are gauge voting intentions for the 56 regional list seats elected through the additional member system.
| Pollster | Client | data-sort-type="number" rowspan="2" | Date(s) conducted | Sample size | SNP | Con | Lab | Green | Lib Dem | Alba | UKIP | Ref UK | SSP | Other | data-sort-type="number" rowspan="2" | Lead | |
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| 2021 Scottish Parliament election | – | 40.3% | 23.5% | 17.9% | 8.1% | 5.1% | 1.7% | 0.1% | 0.2% | – | 3.0%[21] | 16.8% | |||||
| BBC Scotland leaders' debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Harvie[22] | |||||||||||||||||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,144 | 38% | 22% | 16% | 13% | 5% | 3% | 0% | 0% | – | 3%[23] | 16% | ||||
| Survation | The Courier | 1,008 | 36% | 21% | 19% | 10% | 7% | 3% | – | – | – | – | 15% | ||||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,001 | 34% | 23% | 19% | 9% | 6% | 2% | – | – | – | – | 11% | ||||
| Ipsos MORI | STV News | 1,502 | 39% | 23% | 18% | 12% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 0% | – | 2% | 16% | ||||
| Opinium | Sky News | 1,015 | 41% | 23% | 17% | 8% | 6% | 3% | – | – | – | – | 18% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,096 | 39% | 22% | 16% | 8% | 7% | 4% | – | – | – | 4% | 17% | ||||
| BMG | The Herald | 1,023 | 37% | 22% | 17% | 9% | 8% | 4% | – | – | – | – | 15% | ||||
| Channel 4 News leaders' debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Harvie | |||||||||||||||||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,001 | 36% | 22% | 19% | 10% | 5% | 2% | – | – | – | 8% | 14% | ||||
| Survation | GMB | 1,008 | 37% | 22% | 18% | 10% | 7% | 2% | – | 1% | – | 1% | 15% | ||||
| Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,075 | 36% | 21% | 18% | 10% | 6% | 6% | – | – | – | –[24] | 15% | ||||
| Survation | The Sunday Post | 1,037 | 35% | 20% | 22% | 10% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 1% | – | 2% | 13% | ||||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,001 | 38% | 23% | 17% | 7% | 5% | 1% | – | – | – | 7% | 15% | ||||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,204 | 39% | 22% | 17% | 10% | 5% | 2% | – | 1% | – | 2% | 17% | ||||
| STV leaders debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Harvie | |||||||||||||||||
| Panelbase | Believe in Scotland | 1,002 | 36% | 22% | 17% | 9% | 6% | 6% | – | – | – | 4%[25] | 14% | ||||
| Lord Ashcroft | N/A | 2,017 | 42% | 22% | 16% | 9% | 7% | 2% | – | 2% | – | – | 20% | ||||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,007 | 40% | 21% | 18% | 9% | 7% | 3% | – | – | – | 3% | 19% | ||||
| Opinium | Sky News | 1,023 | 44% | 22% | 17% | 7% | 5% | 2% | – | – | – | 3% | 22% | ||||
| Ipsos MORI | STV News | 1,038 | 38% | 21% | 18% | 12% | 6% | 3% | – | – | – | 2% | 17% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,009 | 39% | 21% | 17% | 8% | 5% | 6% | – | – | – | 4%[26] | 18% | ||||
| BBC Scotland leaders debate between Sarwar, Rennie, Ross, Sturgeon and Slater | |||||||||||||||||
| Survation | The Courier | 1,000 | 38% | 18% | 19% | 11% | 8% | 3% | 1% | 1% | – | 1% | 19% | ||||
| Former first minister Alex Salmond launches the Alba Party | |||||||||||||||||
| Find Out Now | Daily Express | 1,022 | 42% | 21% | 16% | 11% | 5% | – | – | 2% | – | 2% | 21% | ||||
| YouGov | The Times | N/A | 46% | 24% | 15% | 8% | 5% | – | – | – | – | 3% | 22% | ||||
| BMG | The Herald | 1,021 | 42% | 22% | 17% | 8% | 8% | – | – | 1% | – | 2% | 20% | ||||
| Survation | The Courier | 1,515 | 39% | 19% | 20% | 11% | 7% | – | – | 1% | – | 2% | 19% | ||||
| Opinium | Sky News | 1,096 | 42% | 22% | 19% | 7% | 5% | – | – | – | – | 4% | 20% | ||||
| Survation | Scotland in Union | 1,011 | 39% | 21% | 20% | 10% | 8% | – | – | – | – | 2% | 18% | ||||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,009 | 40% | 24% | 18% | 10% | 6% | – | – | – | – | 2% | 16% | ||||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,100 | 45% | 21% | 16% | 6% | 5% | – | – | – | 3% | 4% | 24% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,013 | 42% | 22% | 19% | 6% | 7% | – | – | – | – | 4% | 20% | ||||
| Anas Sarwar is elected leader of Scottish Labour | |||||||||||||||||
| Survation | Daily Record | 1,011 | 38% | 21% | 20% | 11% | 7% | – | – | – | – | 3% | 17% | ||||
| Ipsos MORI | STV News | 1,031 | 47% | 22% | 14% | 8% | 6% | – | – | – | – | 3%[27] | 25% | ||||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,002 | 39% | 21% | 21% | 10% | 9% | – | – | – | – | 3% | 18% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,059 | 46% | 20% | 16% | 8% | 6% | – | – | – | – | 3% | 26% | ||||
| Survation | Scot Goes Pop | 1,020 | 40% | 17% | 19% | 11% | 9% | – | – | – | – | – | 19% | ||||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,016 | 40% | 18% | 20% | 10% | 9% | – | – | – | – | 3% | 20% | ||||
| The Brexit Party is re-registered as Reform UK | |||||||||||||||||
| Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,013 | 39% | 20% | 20% | 11% | 7% | – | – | – | – | 3% | 19% | ||||
| Survation | N/A | 1,010 | 41% | 18% | 20% | 10% | 7% | – | – | 1% | – | – | 21% | ||||
| Ipsos MORI | STV News | 1,006 | 47% | 22% | 16% | 7% | 6% | – | – | – | – | – | 25% | ||||
| Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,020 | 46% | 20% | 18% | 8% | 6% | – | – | – | – | 3% | 26% | ||||
| YouGov | N/A | 1,089 | 47% | 20% | 13% | 7% | 6% | – | – | – | 3% | – | 27% | ||||
| Survation | N/A | 1,071 | 43% | 17% | 19% | 10% | 7% | – | 1% | 2% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 1% | 24% | |||
| Ipsos MORI | STV News | 1,045 | 48% | 18% | 14% | 9% | 8% | – | – | – | – | – | 30% | ||||
| Savanta ComRes | N/A | 1,003 | 41% | 21% | 18% | 11% | 7% | – | – | – | – | 1% | 20% | ||||
| JL Partners | Politico | 1,016 | 53% | 19% | 13% | 5% | 8% | – | – | – | – | – | 34% | ||||
| Survation | N/A | 1,018 | 42% | 18% | 18% | 10% | 8% | – | 2% | 2% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | <1% | 24% | |||
| Savanta ComRes | N/A | 1,008 | 43% | 21% | 17% | 10% | 8% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 2% | 22% | |
| YouGov | The Times | 1,142 | 47% | 21% | 14% | 6% | 7% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 1% | 4% | 1% | 26% | |||
| Douglas Ross becomes leader of the Scottish Conservatives | |||||||||||||||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,026 | 50% | 18% | 15% | 8% | 6% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 2% | 32% | |
| Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,022 | 48% | 19% | 16% | 7% | 8% | – | – | – | – | 2% | 29% | ||||
| Panelbase | Wings Over Scotland | 1,086 | 48% | 22% | 15% | 7% | 6% | – | – | – | – | 1% | 26% | ||||
| YouGov | N/A | 1,095 | 45% | 23% | 12% | 8% | 7% | – | – | – | 4% | 1% | 22% | ||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,023 | 48% | 26% | 13% | 6% | 6% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 1% | 22% | |
| Jackson Carlaw is elected leader of the Scottish Conservatives | |||||||||||||||||
| Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,016 | 47% | 25% | 14% | 7% | 7% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | <1% | 22% | |
| Survation | Progress Scotland | 1,019 | 38% | 21% | 19% | 9% | 9% | – | 1% | 2% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | – | 17% | |||
| 2019 United Kingdom general election | |||||||||||||||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,020 | 38% | 26% | 18% | 6% | 9% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 2% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 12% | |
| YouGov | The Times | 1,002 | 37% | 25% | 14% | 8% | 10% | – | – | 2% | 3% | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 12% | |||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,009 | 39% | 25% | 17% | 6% | 9% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 3% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 14% | |
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,003 | 38% | 21% | 18% | 6% | 11% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 4% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 17% | |
| YouGov | The Times | 1,059 | 39% | 20% | 11% | 8% | 13% | – | 1% | 5% | 3% | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 19% | |||
| Shetland by-election | |||||||||||||||||
| Lorna Slater is elected co-leader of the Scottish Greens alongside Patrick Harvie | |||||||||||||||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,024 | 39% | 20% | 16% | 7% | 10% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 6% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 19% | |
| 2019 European Parliament election[28] | |||||||||||||||||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,021 | 37% | 19% | 18% | 7% | 8% | – | 2% | 6% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | 2% | 18% | ||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,029 | 37% | 20% | 15% | 10% | 7% | – | 2% | 5% | 3% | data-sort-value="0%" | 2% | 17% | |||
| Panelbase | N/A | 1,018 | 37% | 22% | 19% | 7% | 7% | – | 2% | 4% | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | 2% | 15% | ||
| Panelbase | Wings Over Scotland | 1,002 | 36% | 26% | 19% | 6% | 9% | – | 3% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 10% | ||
| Survation | Scottish Daily Mail | 1,011 | 32% | 22% | 19% | 11% | 11% | – | 3% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 1% | 10% | |||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,028 | 38% | 26% | 22% | 6% | 7% | – | 1% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 12% | ||
| Panelbase | Constitutional Commission | 1,050 | 37% | 26% | 22% | 6% | 6% | – | 2% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 11% | ||
| Survation | Daily Record | 1,017 | 32% | 23% | 23% | 9% | 9% | – | – | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 4% | 9% | |||
| Survation | SNP | 1,013 | 40% | 25% | 22% | 4% | 8% | – | – | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 2% | 15% | |||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,024 | 35% | 26% | 20% | 7% | 8% | – | 2% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 1% | 9% | |||
| Survation | The Sunday Post | 1,036 | 32% | 21% | 23% | 10% | 8% | – | 5% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 0% | 9% | |||
| Survation | Daily Record | 1,004 | 33% | 19% | 21% | 11% | 10% | – | 5% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 1% | 12% | |||
| Panelbase | Wings Over Scotland | 1,018 | 36% | 27% | 23% | 6% | 7% | – | 1% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 9% | ||
| Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,021 | 36% | 26% | 23% | 7% | 6% | – | 1% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 10% | ||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,075 | 32% | 26% | 21% | 9% | 7% | – | 1% | – | 3% | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 6% | |||
| Survation | Daily Record | 1,029 | 33% | 23% | 23% | 9% | 8% | – | 3% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 1% | 10% | |||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,002 | 32% | 25% | 22% | 10% | 7% | – | 3% | – | 2% | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 7% | |||
| Survation | The Sunday Post | 1,006 | 32% | 21% | 24% | 10% | 10% | – | 3% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 1% | 8% | |||
| Survation | Daily Record | 1,017 | 33% | 22% | 25% | 8% | 8% | – | 3% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 8% | ||
| Richard Leonard is elected leader of Scottish Labour | |||||||||||||||||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,135 | 35% | 23% | 24% | 6% | 6% | – | 1% | – | 3% | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 11% | |||
| Survation | Scottish Daily Mail | 1,016 | 31% | 21% | 25% | 9% | 10% | – | 3% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | data-sort-value="0%" | <1% | 6% | ||
| 2017 United Kingdom general election | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 Scottish local elections | |||||||||||||||||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,028 | 40% | 25% | 14% | 12% | 5% | – | 2% | – | 1% | 1% | 15% | ||||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,134 | 39% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 6% | – | 4% | – | 1% | 0% | 15% | ||||
| BMG | N/A | 1,010 | 43% | 20% | 16% | 8% | 7% | – | 3% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 1% | 23% | |||
| YouGov | The Times | 1,039 | 45% | 21% | 15% | 9% | 6% | – | 2% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 0% | 24% | |||
| Survation | Scottish Daily Mail | 1,055 | 41% | 20% | 16% | 12% | 7% | – | 4% | – | data-sort-value="0%" | – | 1% | 21% | |||
| 2016 Scottish Parliament election | – | 41.7% | 22.9% | 19.1% | 6.6% | 5.2% | – | 2.0% | – | 0.5% | 2.4% | 18.8% | |||||
Each polling organisation are members of the British Polling Council and uses slightly different methodology in their collection of data. All organisations remove voters who do not give a voting intention from their headline figures; this is usually ranges from 10% to 15% of respondents likely to vote. A brief description of each company's methods is as follows: