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SP26: Ballot Box Battlegrounds 11-16 (+ South Region)
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SP26: Ballot Box Battlegrounds 11-16 (+ South Region)

#16: Angus North and Mearns
#15: Dumfriesshire
#14: Aberdeenshire West
#13: Moray
#12: Galloway and West Dumfries
#11: Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
Plus South Scotland Region

by Ballot Box Scotland•March 23, 2026April 28, 2026
Poll Analysis: Survation 20th – 25th of February 2026
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Poll Analysis: Survation 20th – 25th of February 2026

The SNP remain out in front whilst Labour and Reform vie for second place, and Survation’s typically low Green streak continues.

by Ballot Box Scotland•March 9, 2026April 26, 2026
SP26: Scotland’s right-wingers shouldn’t be dismissed or exaggerated
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SP26: Scotland’s right-wingers shouldn’t be dismissed or exaggerated

Scotland was for a long time assumed to be resolutely opposed to the right. Whilst Reform’s rise overturns those prior claims, some are overcorrecting their narratives, glossing over a lingering divergence.

by Ballot Box Scotland•March 6, 2026April 26, 2026
Poll Analysis: Ipsos 19th – 25th of February 2026
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Poll Analysis: Ipsos 19th – 25th of February 2026

A modest Labour recovery still leaves them too far adrift of the SNP to make an impact. High Green shares also continue, but the constitutional question is notably uncertain.

by Ballot Box Scotland•March 5, 2026March 5, 2026
Poll Analysis: YouGov (Scoop) 11th – 18th of February 2026
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Poll Analysis: YouGov (Scoop) 11th – 18th of February 2026

The worst poll of the term for both Labour and the Conservatives puts them both behind the Greens, who sit at the upper end of their recent polling trend.

by Ballot Box Scotland•March 3, 2026March 3, 2026
Poll Analysis: Norstat 10th – 13th of February 2026
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Poll Analysis: Norstat 10th – 13th of February 2026

The SNP remain hot favourites to win the election, as Labour struggle to stay ahead of Reform and their favoured coalition partners, the Lib Dems, emerge with their worst poll showing in a fair while.

by Ballot Box Scotland•February 16, 2026February 16, 2026
By-Election Result: Bearsden South
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By-Election Result: Bearsden South

An expected easy Lib Dem win accompanies a Conservative collapse that is a terrible omen for the latter’s prospects in May.

by Ballot Box Scotland•February 3, 2026May 3, 2026
Poll Analysis: YouGov 8th – 14th of January 2026
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Poll Analysis: YouGov 8th – 14th of January 2026

A perhaps eyebrow raisingly high Scottish Reform score from the pollster finding the lowest GB Reform results doesn’t change the fact this is term-worst poll for Labour, who are currently headed for a crushing loss.

by Ballot Box Scotland•January 30, 2026January 30, 2026
By-Election Result: Glenrothes West and Kinglassie
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By-Election Result: Glenrothes West and Kinglassie

An absolutely dire result for Labour bodes ill for their chances in May, and not just because their share of the vote was cut in half.

by Ballot Box Scotland•January 24, 2026January 24, 2026
Poll Analysis: Norstat 13th – 16th of January 2026
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Poll Analysis: Norstat 13th – 16th of January 2026

A recovery from a relative low for the Greens is the only standout feature of an otherwise standstill poll, with that standstill being bad news for Labour.

by Ballot Box Scotland•January 21, 2026January 20, 2026

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    By-Election Result: Peterhead South and Cruden

    Reform struggle in their strongest Holyrood patch, falling behind the Conservatives at the final stage against the ultimately victorious SNP.
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    Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot 2 days

    Looking forward to seeing the transfers on this one, because RUK + CON + IND RT + SFP is 53.3% for the Right, so in theory a path was there for RUK or CON win, but didn't happen.

    Pre-election some had suggested I may have been wrong to have the SNP included in my three-way tossup call; vindication!
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    Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot 2 days

    Peterhead South and Cruden (Aberdeenshire) by-election, first preferences (vs 2022):

    SNP: 742 (36.5%, -10.0)
    RUK: 465 (22.9%)
    CON: 432 (21.3%, -20.0)
    IND JR: 150 (7.4%)
    IND RT: 132 (6.5%)
    LD: 56 (2.8%, -9.4)
    SFP: 54 (2.7%)

    SNP elected stage TBC. (No chart as I'm in office for day job atm!)
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    Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot 3 days

    By-election today for Aberdeenshire's Peterhead South and Cruden ward. A historic SNP stronghold, in an area that swung hard to the Conservatives then Reform = not the easiest outcome to predict!
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    Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot 6 days

    By-Election Result: George Street and Harbour

    An expectedly contrasting result within the Aberdeen South constituency has an easy SNP win, and Labour struggling to keep ahead of the Greens despite low turnout harming the latter.
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