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This page lists public and mock opinion polls that have been conducted in relation to the Scottish independence referendum, 2014, to be held on the 18th of September 2014.

Opinion polls conducted by British Polling Council members

Overview

Results of polls to 1 Sep 2014 from UKPollingReport &c.

Professor John Curtice stated in January 2012 that polling showed support for independence at between 32% and 38% of the Scottish population, a slight decline from 2007, when the Scottish National Party (SNP) first formed the Scottish Government.[1] To date there has been little poll evidence of majority support for independence, although the share "vehemently opposed to independence" has declined.[1] Support for independence increased after December 2013, although there is disagreement between the pollsters as to the state of public opinion.[2] Professor Curtice has observed that ICM, Panelbase and Survation show higher yes support and TNS BMRB, YouGov and Ipsos Mori show less support for independence.[2]

Peter Kellner, the president of YouGov, noted in July 2014 that the average results for YouGov and TNS BMRB showed 41% support for independence (excluding don't knows), whereas ICM, Panelbase and Survation showed 45 or 46% support.[3] Kellner said that he believed the latter pollsters were overstating support for independence due to some SNP supporters being "passing nationalists" who had supported other parties (particularly Labour) in other elections.[3] Patrick Briône, director of research for Survation, said in response that adjusting for these SNP ex-Labour voters would require too much upweighting of these voters in their sample.[4]

Polls in March and April showed opposition to independence at an average of 55% (excluding don't knows), compared to 61% in the period before Christmas 2013.[5] There has been little movement in the following few months, with the average showing 43% yes and 57% no in July 2014.[6] A poll by Survation in April 2014 suggested that a high turnout in the referendum is likely.[5] 75% of respondents that they were certain to vote in the referendum, compared to 63% for the next United Kingdom general election.[5] The 2013 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey found that yes voters were slightly more likely to turn out (90%) than no voters (86%).[5]

Results

Only polling companies that are members of the British Polling Council, and therefore fully disclose their findings and methodology, are shown in this section. Three methods of conducting polls have been used by the polling companies. YouGov, ICM, Survation and Panelbase conduct polls online; Ipsos Mori conduct their polls by telephone and TNS BMRB use face to face interviews.[7] There are variations in the questions used by each company, with TNS BMRB, ICM and Panelbase asking respondents how they intend to vote on 18 September 2014, while YouGov, Survation and Ipsos Mori ask their respondents how they would vote if the referendum was held immediately.[7]

2014

Date(s)
conducted		 Polling organisation/client Sample size Yes No Undecided Lead
2 Sep-5 Sep YouGov/The Sunday Times 1,084 47% 45% 6% 2%
2 Sep-4 Sep Panelbase 44% 48% 8% 4%
28 Aug–1 Sep YouGov/The Times/The Sun 1,063 42% 48% 10% 6%
26–28 Aug Survation/Scottish Daily Mail 1,001 42% 48% 11% 6%
25 Aug Broadcast of Scotland Decides: Salmond versus Darling
12–15 Aug YouGov/The Times 1,085 38% 51% 11% 13%
12–15 Aug Panelbase/Yes Scotland 1,026 42% 46% 12% 4%
11–14 Aug ICM/Scotland on Sunday 1,005 38% 47% 14% 9%
6–7 Aug Survation/Scottish Daily Mail 1,010 37% 50% 13% 13%
4–7 Aug YouGov/The Sun 1,142 35% 55% 10% 20%
23 Jul–7 Aug TNS BMRB 1,003 32% 45% 23% 13%
5 Aug Broadcast of Salmond & Darling: The Debate
28 Jul–3 Aug Ipsos MORI/STV 1,006 40% 54% 7% 14%
30 Jul–1 Aug Survation/Mail on Sunday 1,000 40% 46% 14% 6%
16–22 Jul Panelbase/Sunday Times 1,041 41% 48% 11% 7%
7–11 Jul ICM/Scotland on Sunday 1,002 34% 45% 21% 11%
25 Jun–9 Jul TNS BMRB 995 32% 41% 27% 9%
4–8 Jul Survation/Daily Record 1,013 41% 46% 13% 5%
25–29 Jun YouGov/The Times 1,206 35% 54% 12% 19%
10–23 Jun TNS BMRB/Scotland September 18 1,004 32% 46% 22% 14%
16 Jun Release of the draft Scottish Independence Bill consultation paper[8]
12–16 Jun YouGov/The Sun 1,039 36% 53% 11% 17%
9–12 Jun ICM/Scotland on Sunday 1,002 36% 43% 21% 7%
9–11 Jun Panelbase/Yes Scotland 1,060 43% 46% 12% 3%
6–10 Jun Survation/Daily Record 1,004 39% 44% 17% 5%
2 Jun Release of Scottish Conservatives Strathclyde Commission Report[9]
26 May–1 Jun Ipsos MORI/STV 1,003 36% 54% 10% 18%
30 May Official Campaign Period begins
21–28 May TNS BMRB 1,011 30% 42% 28% 12%
12–15 May ICM/Scotland on Sunday 1,003 34% 46% 20% 12%
8–14 May Panelbase/Sunday Times 1,046 40% 47% 13% 7%
9–12 May Survation/Daily Record[dead link] 1,003 37% 47% 17% 10%
23 Apr–2 May TNS BMRB 996 30% 42% 28% 12%
25–28 Apr YouGov/Channel 4 1,208 37% 51% 12% 14%
14–16 Apr ICM/Scotland on Sunday 1,004 39% 42% 19% 3%
11–15 Apr Survation/Sunday Post[dead link] 1,001 38% 46% 16% 8%
4–9 Apr Panelbase/Yes Scotland 1,024 40% 45% 15% 5%
4–7 Apr Survation/Daily Record 1,002 37% 47% 16% 10%
28 Mar–4 Apr Panelbase/Wings Over Scotland 1,025 41% 46% 14% 5%
21 Mar–2 Apr TNS BMRB 988 29% 41% 30% 12%
20–24 Mar YouGov/The Times 1,072 37% 52% 11% 15%
17–21 Mar ICM/Scotland on Sunday 1,010 39% 46% 15% 7%
18 Mar Release of Scottish Labour Devolution Commission Report
7–14 Mar Panelbase/Newsnet Scotland 1,036 40% 45% 15% 5%
26 Feb–9 Mar TNS BMRB 1,019 28% 42% 30% 14%
6–7 Mar Survation/Daily Record/Better Nation 1,002 39% 48% 13% 9%
24–28 Feb YouGov/Scottish Sun 1,257 35% 53% 12% 18%
20–25 Feb IpsosMORI/STV 1,001 32% 57% 11% 25%
18–21 Feb Panelbase/Scottish National Party 1,022 37% 47% 16% 10%
17–21 Feb ICM/Scotland on Sunday 1,004 37% 49% 14% 12%
17–18 Feb Survation/Scottish Daily Mail 1,005 38% 47% 16% 9%
13 Feb Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech on currency union
29 Jan–6 Feb Panelbase/Sunday Times 1,012 37% 49% 14% 12%
28 Jan–6 Feb TNS BMRB 996 29% 42% 29% 13%
3–5 Feb YouGov/The Sun 1,047 34% 52% 14% 18%
29–31 Jan Survation/Mail on Sunday 1,010 32% 52% 16% 20%
21–27 Jan YouGov 1,192 33% 52% 15% 19%
21–24 Jan ICM/Scotland on Sunday 1,004 37% 44% 19% 7%
14–20 Jan TNS BMRB 1,054 29% 42% 29% 13%
3–10 Jan TNS BMRB/BBC Scotland 1,008 28% 42% 30% 14%

2013

Date(s)
conducted		 Polling organisation/client Sample size Yes No Undecided Lead
3–10 Dec TNS BMRB 1,055 27% 41% 33% 14%
6–9 Dec YouGov/The Times 1,074 36% 55% 10% 19%
29 Nov–5 Dec Ipsos MORI/STV News 1,006 34% 57% 10% 23%
26 Nov Release of Scotland's Future
20–27 Nov TNS BMRB 1,004 26% 42% 32% 16%
12–20 Nov Panelbase/Sunday Times 1,006 38% 47% 15% 9%
23–30 Oct TNS BMRB 1,010 25% 43% 32% 18%
17–24 Oct Panelbase/Wings Over Scotland 1,008 37% 45% 17% 8%
25 Sep – 2 Oct TNS BMRB 1,004 25% 44% 31% 19%
13–16 Sep YouGov/The Times 1,139 32% 52% 13% 20%
9–15 Sep Ipsos MORI/STV News 1,000 31% 59% 9% 28%
10–13 Sep ICM/Scotland on Sunday 1,002 32% 49% 19% 17%
30 Aug – 5 Sep Panelbase/Sunday Times 1,002 37% 47% 16% 10%
23–28 Aug Panelbase/Scottish National Party 1,043 44% 43% 13% 1%
21–27 Aug TNS BMRB 1,017 25% 47% 28% 22%
19–22 Aug YouGov/Devo Plus 1,171 29% 59% 10% 30%
16 Aug Angus Reid/Daily Express 549 34% 47% 19% 13%
17–24 July Panelbase/Sunday Times 1,001 37% 46% 17% 9%
10–16 May Panelbase/Sunday Times 1,004 36% 44% 20% 8%
29 Apr – 5 May Ipsos MORI/The Times 1,001 28% 57% 15% 29%
20 Mar – 2 Apr TNS BMRB 1,002 30% 51% 19% 21%
18–22 Mar Panelbase/Sunday Times 885 36% 46% 18% 10%
20–28 Feb TNS BMRB/Scottish CND 1,001 33% 52% 15% 19%
4–9 Feb Ipsos MORI/The Times 1,003 32% 52% 16% 20%
30 Jan – 1 Feb Angus Reid 1,003 32% 47% 20% 15%
11–21 Jan Panelbase/Sunday Times 1,004 34% 47% 19% 13%
3–9 Jan TNS BMRB 1,012 28% 48% 24% 20%
3–4 Jan Angus Reid 573 32% 50% 16% 18%

2012

Date(s)
conducted		 Polling organisation/client Sample size Yes No Undecided Lead
22–24 Oct YouGov/DC Thomson 1,004 29% 55% 14% 26%
9–19 Oct Panelbase/Sunday Times 972 37% 45% 17% 8%
15 Oct Edinburgh Agreement (2012)
8–15 Oct Ipsos MORI/The Times 1,003 30% 58% 12% 28%
26 Sep – 4 Oct TNS BMRB 995 28% 53% 19% 25%
17–20 Jun YouGov/Fabian Society 1,029 30% 54% 16% 24%
7–14 Jun Ipsos MORI/The Times/The Sun 1,003 32% 55% 13% 20%
27–29 Jan Ipsos MORI/The Times/The Sun 1,005 37% 50% 13% 13%
9–11 Jan YouGov/The Sun 1,002 33% 53% 14% 20%

2011

Date(s)
conducted		 Polling organisation/client Sample size Yes No Undecided Lead
24–31 Aug TNS BMRB/The Herald 1,007 39% 38% 23% 1%
25–31 May TNS BMRB/The Herald 1,022 37% 45% 18% 8%
5 May Scottish Parliament general election, 2011

Other public polling

Two option polling by other organisations

Some opinion polls have been conducted by organisations that are not members of the British Polling Council and therefore not obliged to fully disclose their findings and methodology.

Date(s)
conducted		 Polling organisation/client Sample size Yes No Undecided Lead
May 2014 Progressive Scottish Opinion/Sunday Mail[10] ??? 34% 54% 12% 20%
Dec 2013 Progressive Scottish Opinion/Mail on Sunday[11] ??? 27% 56% 17% 29%
Sep 2013 Progressive Scottish Opinion/Mail on Sunday[12] ??? 27% 59% 14% 32%
Feb–May 2013 Lord Ashcroft Polls† 10,007 25% 65% 10% 39%

† The question should Scotland be an independent country? was the 26th asked question out of a total of 26.

Regional polling

ComRes have conducted polls for ITV Border, surveying people in the council areas of Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway on how they would vote in an immediate referendum.[13]

Date(s)
conducted		 Polling organisation/client Sample size Yes No Undecided Lead
9–15 Jun 2014 ComRes/ITV Border 1,001 26% 61% 13% 35%
2–6 Jan 2014 ComRes/ITV Border 1,004 24% 59% 17% 35%

Three option polling

Before the Edinburgh Agreement clarified that the referendum would be a straight yes or no question on the issue of independence, some three option opinion polls were conducted. The third option in these polls was some (undefined) form of increased devolution.

Date(s)
conducted		 Polling organisation/client Independence Devolution Max Status Quo Undecided Ref.
26 Oct 2012 YouGov 23% 41% 25% 11% [14]
14 Jun 2012 Ipsos MORI 27% 41% 29% 4% [15]
13 Jan 2012 ICM 26% 26% 33% 10% [15]
1 Nov 2011 TNS BMRB 28% 33% 29% 10% [15]

Demographic polling

Polling has indicated higher support for independence among male voters, voters under the age of 55 and voters from economically deprived areas, compared to higher support for the Union among female voters, voters over the age of 55 and voters living in affluent areas.[16][17]

In June 2013, a poll of over 1,000 14–17 year olds conducted by the University of Edinburgh found that 21% supported independence, 60% supported the Union, and 19% were undecided.[18][19] Only 17% of the teenagers' households said they would vote yes in the referendum, however, which led the Newsnet Scotland website to question the accuracy of the opinion poll.[20] A similar poll by the University of Edinburgh in June 2014 found that support for independence was 29%, opposition 52% and 19% were undecided.[21]

Polling on individual topics

A survey by Ipsos Mori for STV News in June 2014 found that 51% of voters thought that Yes Scotland had been the more effective campaign, compared to 23% who thought that Better Together had performed better.[22]

Opinion polling has shown a majority in favour of giving control of welfare policy to the Scottish Parliament.[23][24][25][26]

Early in 2013, an opinion poll commissioned by the Press and Journal found only 8% of people in Shetland and Orkney supported the islands themselves becoming independent countries from Scotland, with 82% against.[27]

Polling on hypothetical situations

Opinion polls have also asked for attitudes in various hypothetical situations, such as whether voters believe the Conservatives or Labour are likely to win the next United Kingdom general election, which is due to be held in May 2015.[28][29] An ICM poll in April 2014 found that the no lead would be 8 points (44–36) if voters thought Labour would win, while the no lead would be 1 point (42–41) if they thought the Conservatives would win.[29] Other hypothetical scenarios include if voters thought if the UK was likely to leave the European Union,[30] and if people believed independence would make them £500 better or worse off per year.[31] In August 2013, a Panelbase poll commissioned by pro-independence blog Wings Over Scotland asked voters various questions, such as whether they would vote to join the Union in the hypothetical scenario that Scotland was already an independent country.[32] 18% of voters said they would join the Union, whereas 55% of voters said they would choose for Scotland to remain independent.[32]

Private polling

In June 2013, private research conducted on behalf of Yes Scotland reportedly showed "evidence of growing support for independence" among women and young people, based on "a sample several times the size of a conventional poll" and "a well-designed series of questions building on a rolling monthly basis going back to last January".[33] Better Together demanded that a full report of the research should be published, but Yes Scotland refused to publish it on the basis that private research is not covered by British Polling Council regulations.[34] The SNP researched voting intentions for the referendum while canvassing in Aberdeen Donside for the 2013 by-election; their survey showed 34% of people intending to vote for independence, 29% of people intending to vote for the Union and 37% undecided.[35] The SNP also researched voting intentions for the referendum before the Cowdenbeath by-election, 2014.[36]

A poll by the Scottish Tourism Alliance of members attending its annual conference in March 2014 found 60% would vote no and 32% would vote yes.[37]

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) conducted two polls in April 2014, showing that 60% of its Scottish members would vote 'no', with 26.3% saying 'yes'.[38]

In January 2014, the UK Government spent £46,500 on private opinion polling to be conducted by Ipsos MORI.[39] By July 2014, the UK Government had spent £299,100 on opinion polls regarding Scottish independence during 2014.[40]

School, college and university surveys

Schools, colleges and universities across Scotland have conducted polls and mock referendums to gauge the opinion of pupils and students.[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48] In September 2013, a survey of over 11,000 Aberdeenshire schoolchildren eligible to vote in the referendum returned 75.5% against independence, with 19 out of 20 schools involved voting 'no'.[49][50] In June 2014, a survey of 964 Moray senior pupils eligible to vote in the referendum voted against independence by 71%, with 7 out of 8 schools involved voting 'no'.[51]

Polling in the rest of the United Kingdom

Opinion polls have also been conducted in the rest of the United Kingdom in relation to the Scottish independence referendum. People in the rest of the United Kingdom have been polled on a variety of issues such as further devolution for Wales, an English parliament, Trident and currency.

A February 2012 opinion poll in Wales showed a rise in support for stronger powers for its National Assembly if Scotland should choose to be independent.[52] A poll on the same subject in June 2014 found that 61% of Welsh voters thought Scottish independence should make no difference to the constitutional position of Wales, while 17% favoured greater devolved powers and 14% supported independence for Wales.[53] Professor Roger Scully of Cardiff University said it was possible that this poll showed that Welsh voters placed greater importance on the union between England and Wales, rather than the unity of the whole United Kingdom.[53] A poll of Welsh voters in April 2014 found 62% were opposed to Scottish independence, with 16% in favour.[54]

A YouGov survey conducted in April 2014 found that although clear majorities of English (59% – 19%) and Welsh (61% – 19%) voters were opposed to Scottish independence, the majority of English voters (56%) and a plurality of Welsh voters (48%) supported cutting the amount of public spending in Scotland.[55] Commenting on the poll, Professor Scully said that it showed that although English and Welsh voters had a similar view on the question of Scottish independence, the English were tougher in their attitude to future relations within the UK.[55]

The British Social Attitudes Survey conducted in 2013 found that a majority (63%) in England and Wales thought that the Trident nuclear missiles should either definitely or probably be moved from an independent Scotland, which was greater than the number in Scotland who thought that the UK should be required to move the missiles.[56] Professor Curtice said this was probably because the English and Welsh public would prefer to have the missiles in their territory, rather than holding them in another state.[56] Majorities in the survey also favoured allowing an independent Scotland to have the same monarch as England (65%) and to continue using the BBC (82%).[56]

Polls in both Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom by Panelbase showed majority support for a televised debate between British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond.[57][58] A poll of FTSE 100 company chairmen found that 65% believed Scottish independence would be bad for business, while 24% believed it would be good.[59]

Currency

Despite the Yes campaign's desire for a Sterling currency union, independent YouGov polls among English and Welsh voters have consistently shown an opposition for such a union with Scotland. YouGov have conducted some polls in the rest of the United Kingdom asking whether an independent Scotland should be allowed to form a currency union with them. In November 2013, 43% opposed a currency union and 38% supported it.[60] In February 2014, after George Osborne said that a currency union would not be allowed, opposition to a currency union increased to 58%.[60] A further poll in April 2014 found that 53% of respondents were opposed to a currency union, with 26% in favour.[61]

An opinion poll commissioned by the SNP – who are campaigning for a yes vote and a currency union – in December 2013 found that 71% of respondents in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland agreed that "if independence does happen [...] Scotland and the rest of the UK should continue using the pound in an agreed sterling area".[62] The annual British Social Attitudes Survey found that, in the summer of 2013, a total of 69% of people in England and Wales thought that an independent Scotland should either definitely (38%) or probably (31%) be allowed to continue to use sterling.[56] Professor John Curtice said that this suggested the recent opinion polls showing opposition to a currency union were the result of UK politicians saying it was a bad idea, rather than the public being opposed in principle.[56]

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