Latest poll reveals 55% would vote against Scottish independence

A survey conducted for The Sun (£) has found that the majority of people asked planned to vote No in the Scottish independence referendum.

Last week, YouGov asked 1,100 people living in Scotland how they planned to vote in the referendum, which will take place on the 18th September. The Sun today has revealed that 55% of those asked said they would vote No, while 35% said they’d opt for Yes. And 11% said that they didn’t know or that they didn’t plan on voting. 

And when the ‘don’t know’ proportion of the vote is removed from the polling, the proportion of those who’ll vote No jumps to 61% in comparison to 39% who say they’ll vote Yes.

Alistair Darling, leader of the Better Together campaign, who last week debated Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Alex Salmond said:

“This is yet another encouraging poll. However, we are in no way complacent. There are just six weeks to go and we will be fighting for every vote. What is clear, though, is that the closer we get the more people are looking at the nationalists plans and realising that they make no sense.”

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Yes campaign, told The Sun:

“This poll is unchanged from the last YouGov poll in June. Two other polls in the past week have shown support for Yes as high as 47 per cent — including the snap poll conducted after last week’s debate.

“Yes vote is Scotland’s one opportunity to protect the NHS from Westminster privatisation, create more jobs in Scotland, and transform childcare instead of wasting billions of pounds on Trident nuclear weapons.”