Latest Scottish voting intention figures

As well as the normal YouGov poll in the Sunday Times, there was also a YouGov poll of Scotland in their Scottish edition. These figures are all acquired on the grapevine, so don't take them as gospel until the tables crop up on Monday!

Scottish Parliament constituency voting intention:

CON 14%, LAB 34%, LDEM 12%, SNP 35% Scottish Parliament regional voting intention:

CON 15%, LAB 32%, LDEM 11%, SNP 30%

Westminster voting intention: CON 20%, LAB 37%, LDEM ? - tbc, SNP 27%

UPDATE: The full Westminster intentions are CON 20%, LAB 37%, LDEM 11%. SNP 27%. There was also the regular question on voting intention in an independence referendum, 33% would vote YES, 53% NO - a slight narrowing of the gap since the last YouGov/Sunday Times poll.

UPDATE2: The poll also asked about voting intentions in the European Elections. The figures were CON 18% LAB 36% LDEM 11% SNP 29%. This would equate to three MEPs for Labout (up 1), 2 for the SNP (no change), 1 for the Conservatives (down 1) and no Lib Dems (also down 1 - the sums don't add up because Scotland has one less seat this time round).

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