SCOTLAND'S 2009 INDEPENDENCE POLLS.
Poll & Date
Yes/Agree
No/Disagree
Mori/Sun – Jan 1992
51%
25%
ICM/Scotsman – Jun 1998
52%
41%
ICM/Scotsman – Jul 1998
56%
35%
ICM/Scotsman – Jul 1998
49%
44%
ICM/Scotsman – Sep 1998
51%
38%
ICM/Scotsman – Sep 1998
48%
37%
ICM/Scotsman – Nov 1998
49%
43%
ICM/Scotsman – Jan 1999
49%
42%
ICM/Scotsman - Apr 1999
47%
44%
YouGov/SNP – Apr 2006
44%
42%
YouGov/S. Times – Sep 2006
46%
39%
ICM/Scotsman – Oct 2006
51%
39%
YouGov/SNP – Nov 2006
45%
41%
ICM/Telegraph – Nov 2006
52%
35%
ICM/Daily Mail - Jan 2007
51%
36%
ICM/Scotsman - Feb 2007
46%
44%
S3/TNS – Apr 2008
41%
40%
2. The questions asked in the polls ranged through the following:
* Would you approve or disapprove of Scotland becoming an independent country?
* Do you support or oppose Scotland becoming a country independent from the rest of the United Kingdom?
* If there were a referendum tomorrow on whether Scotland should become an independent country, separate from the rest of the United Kingdom, how would you be inclined to vote - in favour of Scotland being an independent country or against Scotland becoming an independent country?
* In a referendum for independence for Scotland, how would you vote?
* Should Scotland become an independent country?
* The Scottish government should negotiate a settlement with the government of the United Kingdom so that Scotland becomes an independent state"
* In a referendum, would you vote for independence for Scotland?
* Would Scotland be better off as an independent state?
3. The latest TNS System Three poll (which was conducted from 28 January to 3 February) showed how support for independence was increasing. It asks the independence question using the wording in the Scottish Government's National Conversation White Paper.
Agree that Scotland should negotiate independence:
August 2007
Yes: 35 per cent
No: 50 per cent
November 2008
Yes: 35 per cent
No: 43 per cent
February 2009
Yes: 38 per cent
No: 40 per cent
