MORI Scotland / Sunday Herald Poll
As you may know, you will have two votes in the election for the Scottish Parliament. The first is for a named candidate standing in your area, just like in a general election. The other vote is for a party, and people will be elected from lists that the parties put forward, according to the proportion of the total number of votes that each party wins.
MORI interviewed a representative sample of 1,000 people aged 18+. Interviews were conducted by MORI's telephone research centre Online Scotland between 6th - 9th April 1999. Data are weighted to represent the profile of the population.
Q1a Thinking about the first vote, which party's candidate would you vote for, if the election for the Scottish Parliament were tomorrow?If undecided or refused
Q1b Which party's candidate are you most inclined to support?
Q2a And now, thinking about the second vote that you will have, to elect people from lists that the parties will put forward, which party list would you vote for if the election for the Scottish Parliament were tomorrow?If undecided or refused
Q2b Which party are you most inclined to support?
Q3 What would you say will be most important to you in deciding which party to vote for at the election for the Scottish Parliament on May 6th.
| % | |
| Education / schools | 14 |
| Taxation | 10 |
| Favour independence | 8 |
| NHS / health | 8 |
| Oppose independence | 7 |
| Jobs / unemployment | 6 |
| Party I always support | 4 |
| Trust / honesty of politicians | 3 |
| Pensions | 3 |
| Govt. / what the Labour Govt. are doing | 2 |
| Scotland generally | 2 |
| Party leaders | 1 |
| Student grants / loans | 1 |
| The local candidate | 1 |
| Fuel prices | * |
| Nuclear weapons / trident | * |
| Private Finance Initiative (PFI) | * |
| Privatisation generally | * |
| Tuition fees | * |
| Clarity of purpose | * |
| War in Kosovo | - |
| Water fluoridation | - |
| Other | 11 |
| Don't know | 21 |
Q4 From what you have heard in the campaign for the Scottish election so far, which party do you most agree with on their policies towards ... ?
| Con | Lab | Lib Dem | SNP | Other | None | Don't know | |
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Taxation | 6 | 34 | 6 | 22 | * | 6 | 26 |
| The war in Kosovo | 3 | 45 | 1 | 11 | - | 10 | 30 |
| The governing of Scotland | 5 | 36 | 5 | 26 | * | 6 | 21 |
| Education | 4 | 32 | 10 | 19 | * | 5 | 29 |
Q5 If Scotland were to become independent, which of the following would you prefer as head of state?
| % | |
| The Queen, as at present | 38 |
| An elected president in a republic | 39 |
| A scaled down monarchy, as they have in Scandinavia | 16 |
| None of these | 2 |
| Don't know | 5 |
