Scottish Labour face an uphill battle, poll suggests

All is not well in the Labour party. While Sir Keir Starmer’s government fends off questions about the state of the economy and its worsening poll performance, things aren’t looking much better north of the border. New Scottish voting data has dropped this morning – and Anas Sarwar’s Scottish Labour lot have much to be worried about…

Less than a quarter of Scots say they would use their constituency vote to back Labour in the 2026 Holyrood election, while barely a fifth of the population would vote for Sarwar’s party on the regional list. The survey reveals that the Scottish Labour leader is simply not yet popular enough to persuade voters to support him in the face of their disappointment with Starmer’s army in Westminster – and voters blame the performance of the Starmtroopers for their views about Sarwar’s group. Quizzed in Holyrood today by the Scottish lobby, Scotland Secretary Ian Murray was asked about Labour’s performance in the polls after a rocky start for Starmer.