New @ipsosinscotland.bsky.social research for Scottish Government, exploring experiences of employability support across Scotland. Thread on key findings and link to report from @rachelormston.bsky.social 👇

Rachel Ormston @rachelormston.bsky.social · 4d ago

Really enjoyed hearing from people accessing No One Left Behind (NOLB) funded employability support across Scotland, for our @ipsosinscotland.bsky.social research for Scottish Government. 1/8🧵👇 www.gov.scot/publications...

Are you 18+ and living in one of Scotland’s island communities? Ipsos Scotland is looking for participants for a 1-hour online interview to help improve future surveys and research. Interested? More info here: www.linkedin.com/posts/imchri... #ScotlandsIslands #Research #Scotland

Could you spare an hour to help improve research in Scotland's island communities? Ipsos Scotland is looking for people aged 18 and over from Scotland's islands to take part in a virtual inte...

Could you spare an hour to help improve research in Scotland's island communities? Ipsos Scotland is looking for people aged 18 and over from Scotland's islands to take part in a virtual interview to...

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What do people in Scotland make of Andy Burnham? Findings from our May @ipsosinscotland.bsky.social poll show around 1/4 have a favourable view of him, around a 1/3 unfavourable, and 4/10 neutral or unsure.

What do people in Scotland make of the politicians mentioned as future Labour leadership hopefuls? New @ipsosinscotland.bsky.social polling suggests they have yet to impress the Scottish public. www.ipsos.com/en-uk/labour...

Labour leadership hopefuls fail to impress Scottish public

Ipsos’ latest Scottish polling finds a majority of the Scottish public think Keir Starmer should go before the next General Election, but none of his current Labour rivals receives a net positive rati...

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New @ipsosinscotland.bsky.social polling out today, finds many Scots unenthused by the election results, with 'disappointed' and 'frustrated' the most common words to describe how they feel about it. www.ipsos.com/en-uk/ipsos-...

Analysis of our post-election poll and lessons for the opposition parties, from @rachelormston.bsky.social for @heraldscotland.bsky.social 👇

Rachel Ormston @rachelormston.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Wrote something for @heraldscotland.bsky.social on what lessons Scotland’s opposition parties might take from #holyrood2026, using our @ipsosinscotland.bsky.social post election poll data. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...

New @ipsosinscotland.bsky.social post-election poll findings, out today, show a third of Scottish voters only made their minds up in the final week of the campaign, with 1 in 10 deciding on polling day itself. For more findings, see bit.ly/4wUkv4J

A third of voters in Holyrood election only made their minds up in the last week

Ipsos’ post-Holyrood poll shows that a third (32%) of voters only made their minds up about how they would vote within the last week of the campaign, with 1 in 10 (11%) deciding on polling day itself.

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"Reform UK's support actually looks the firmest of any of the parties in Scotland." Managing Director Emily Gray breaks down Holyrood's landscape as the counting begins👇

NEW Holyrood voting intention from Ipsos Scotland and STV news 🟡The SNP are comfortably ahead on 35%, -4 from 26-31 March 🔴Second place is too close to call: Labour on 20% (+5), Reform UK close behind on 18% (+3) while Conservatives trail on 11% (N/C) tied with Lib Dems (+1)

Does Scottish independence still matter to voters? Find out on Thursday🗓️ Ipsos experts @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social and @rachelormston.bsky.social will join @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social and @kezdugdale.bsky.social for the @uofgpolicy.bsky.social webinar. Register here 👉 bit.ly/4vUjfON

53% of Scots support new oil and gas drilling licences, while 51% want energy powers devolved. Sally Abernethy explains the latest data🎤

Election webinar: Does Scottish independence still matter to voters?📮💻 🗓️ Thursday 30 April, 12pm-1pm @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social @kezdugdale.bsky.social @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social @rachelormston.bsky.social Join us and @ipsosinscotland.bsky.social. 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/does-scott...

The SNP appear most in tune with electorate - 32% of Scots consider their plans for Scotland to be ‘about right’. Views on Scottish Labour’s plans are more evenly split, whereas Reform UK’s plans are most likely to be considered too radical.

The SNP are the only party whose campaign receives an overall ‘net’ positive rating. Reform UK & the Scottish Conservatives seen as having had the worst campaigns so far. But, many of the public are uncertain/indifferent about how well the parties’ campaigns are going.

April leaderboard 📊 🟡The SNP and John Swinney remain the most highly rated of the Scottish parties and leaders 🔵While most Scottish party leaders have seen their ratings improve slightly over the campaign period, Reform UK’s Malcolm Offord has seen a dip in ratings

Healthcare and the NHS remains the top issue helping the Scottish public decide which party to vote for (56%, unchanged since Feb). Energy policy appears for the first time in the top 5 issues for the public (27%). Full findings 👉 bit.ly/4viUyLk

I spoke to @holyroodsources.bsky.social about our @ipsosinscotland.bsky.social poll out today, touching on the possibility of an SNP majority, the uncertainty surrounding Scottish marginals (and their vital importance), and the rising salience of energy costs given events in Iran:

SNP Leads Labour in 2026 Poll: Is a majority within their reach?

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NEW Scottish Political Monitor with STV News 🟡SNP remain ahead on Scottish Parliament voting intention, with 39% of the constituency vote share, +3 from Ipsos’ poll taken 19 – 25 February. 🔴Scottish Labour fall to 15%, (-5). 🔵Reform UK are at 15%, (-1).

We're 6 weeks out from the Scottish Parliament election. Here's what you need to know 👇

New article from Emily Gray in @heraldscotland.bsky.social using @ipsosinscotland.bsky.social data to reflect on Reform UK prospects for Holyrood 2026 (and beyond). www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

For Reform UK, this Scottish election is all about Westminster not Holyrood

Polling indicates that Reform UK is on course to return a significant number of MSPs to Holyrood at these elections... but is support in Scotland on…

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We are proud to that our evaluation for @scotgov on the impact of MCR Pathways SMLP mentoring programme was published yesterday. 📢 It shows that the programme has a significant positive impact on the educational and post-school outcomes of care experienced young people across Scotland…

March leaderboard 📊 We asked the public 'to what extent, if at all, do you have a favourable or unfavourable opinion of the following politicians and political parties?’.

Desire for change in Scotland 🔵64% of the Scottish public agree that Scotland needs a fresh team of leaders, 🔵 and, 46% disagree that the current Scottish Government deserves to be re-elected. But, Scots don’t see a better alternative...

The latest Scottish Crime and Justice Survey report was published on Tues by @scottishgovernment.bsky.social. The SCJS captures people's experience and perceptions of crime. We're really proud to be part of the team. Here are a few of the key findings…

Swinney has a clear lead over Sarwar and Offord on most key leadership traits. For more 👉 www.ipsos.com/en-uk/favour...

💧Update reports now out from #deliberative research with water consumers for @consumerscotland.bsky.social. We've been engaging with 100 water consumers since early last year to inform the water sector's future plans for the next 6 years. Findings so far: tinyurl.com/8ncth7c4. Research is ongoing.

The Scottish public remain divided on Scottish independence with 51% likely to vote yes in an immediate referendum, and 49% saying they would vote no.

NEW Scottish Political Monitor from @IpsosScotland and @STVnews 🟡SNP continue to lead on Scottish Parliament voting intention, with 36% of the constituency vote share,⬆️1 from Ipsos' previous poll in December. 🔴Scottish Labour rises to 20%, ⬆️4. 🔵Reform UK are at 16%, ⬇️2.

NEW Holyrood voting intention 📊SNP maintain comfortable lead over Labour 📊4-point rise for Labour since Dec 2025 📊Reform UK’s share has fallen to 16%, down 2 points since Dec 2025 ➡️ bit.ly/4rICate

Nigel Farage is in Edinburgh today to announce Reform UK’s leader in Scotland. · Farage’s own ratings with the Scottish public (61% dissatisfied with him and 24% satisfied – a ‘net’ of -37) are better than those of Keir Starmer (-63), but worse than John Swinney (-14) or Anas Sarwar (-28).