Fieldwork dates: 7 May 1999 - 31 October 2023
Data from: Scotland
Results from:
21 polls
| Fieldwork end date Pollster |
31 October 2023 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
24 October 2021 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
18 March 2020 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
28 February 2018 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
23 December 2016 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
31 January 2016 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
31 August 2014 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
31 October 2013 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
30 November 2012 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
1 October 2011 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
4 October 2010 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
1 September 2009 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
1 November 2007 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
21 January 2007 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
19 December 2005 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
17 December 2004 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
1 October 2003 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
1 October 2002 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
1 November 2001 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
4 November 2000 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
12 August 1999 Poll by ScotCen (Scottish Social Attitudes) |
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| Independence | 48% | 52% | 51% | 45% | 46% | 39% | 33% | 29% | 23% | 32% | 23% | 28% | 24% | 30% | 35% | 32% | 26% | 30% | 27% | 30% | 27% |
| Devolution | 41% | 38% | 36% | 41% | 42% | 49% | 50% | 55% | 61% | 58% | 61% | 56% | 62% | 54% | 44% | 45% | 56% | 52% | 59% | 55% | 59% |
| No Scottish Parliament | 9% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 6% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 14% | 17% | 13% | 13% | 9% | 12% | 10% |
| Don't know | 2% | 1% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 10% | 8% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 5% |
| Refused | 1% | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Overall constitutional preference for how Scotland should be governed (collapsed so that 'Separate from the UK within the EU' and 'Separate from the UK out-with the EU' are shown together as 'Independent', and 'Part of the UK with own elected parliament with no taxation powers' and 'part of the UK with own elected parliament with some taxation powers' are shown together as 'Devolution')
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