Political party support for independence

Supporters of Scottish independence

Author or Creator
Common Weal
Voters not born in Scotland are likely to be persuadable to Yes. Support for independence is volatile in males aged 34-55, but is stable in other  groups. Social groups ABC1 tend to vote "No", but the proportion changes rapidly, indicating there are persuadable people in the group.  C2DE social groups are most likely "Yes" voters.  Labour and Liberal Democrat voters are volatile in their support for independence.  Conservative voters are the most likely to vote "No", although 5% are independence voters.

Scottish independence

Primary Author or Creator
Institute for Government
Alternative Published Date
2021
Fast Facts

This is a largely factual explainer by the Institute for Government of the issues around a referendum and the results of its success.

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