ABSTRACT
Con Lab Lib SNP Lab lead 1974 October 16 47 4 33 14 November 22 40 6 32 8 1975 January 24 40 6 30 10 February 28 40 3 29 11 March 29 40 6 24 11 April 31 37 5 27 6 May 28 40 5 26 12 June 33 39 5 24 6 July 39 42 5 22 3 August 32 38 5 24 6 September 34 35 4 27 1 October 30 39 4 26 9 November 26 42 5 26 16 1976 January 28 32 4 36 -4 February 28 24 6 33 -9 March 28 34 4 29 5 April 28 31 5 30 1 May 32 35 4 25 3 June 32 34 4 27 2 July 31 33 5 27 2 August 31 30 4 30 -1 September 30 30 9 28 0 October 31 31 3 31 0 November 35 24 7 32 -11 1977 January 29 31 6 32 -1 February 32 29 5 31 -3 March 27 27 5 36 -9 April 31 28 6 31 -3 May 26 33 4 35 -2 June 31 28 6 32 -4 July 26 32 5 33 -1 August 32 29 5 30 -3 September 32 31 6 28 -1 October 30 36 6 26 6 November 27 35 5 30 5 1978 January 28 36 6 29 7
1978 (contd.) April 24 47 3 24 23 May 27 47 4 20 20 June 26 47 4 22 21 July 30 48 4 18 18 August 24 52 3 18 28 September 27 48 4 19 21 October 23 51 3 21 28 November 25 48 4 21 23 1979 January 31 43 4 21 12 February 37 40 4 18 3 March 29 45 6 19 16 April 30 42 11 17 12 June 21 53 7 17 32 July 29 47 8 12 18 August 23 54 6 16 31 September 25 51 9 13 26 October 31 42 9 17 11 November 22 53 8 15 31 1980 January 24 51 8 14 27 February 27 49 10 14 22 March 29 46 10 14 17 April 24 53 7 16 29 May 23 53 8 15 30 June 22 52 9 15 30 July 21 53 8 17 32 August 20 57 9 14 37 September 19 59 7 15 40 October 21 54 10 15 33 November 18 56 9 16 38 1981 January 19 47 13 18 28 February 16 54 9 17 37 March 17 46 10 22 24 April 15 51 11 19 32 May 18 51 11 18 33 June 15 55 9 18 37 July 18 51 9 18 33 August 17 51 9 19 32 September 15 52 16 17 35 October 14 42 22 21 20 November 15 40 27 17 13 1982 January 19 39 25 17 14 February 17 46 18 18 28 March 19 39 23 19 16
1982 (contd.) June 27 43 16 14 16 July 22 44 17 16 22 August 24 42 16 18 18 September 20 48 18 14 28 October 26 46 16 12 20 November 28 45 14 11 17 1983 January 30 46 11 13 16 February 22 47 18 13 25 March 25 49 14 13 24 April 25 48 15 10 23 May 32 42 14 12 10 June 25 40 24 11 15 July 27 40 18 13 13 August 27 40 22 11 13 September 25 42 23 10 17 October 27 47 15 11 20 November 25 48 14 11 23 1984 January 24 48 17 11 24 February 23 51 13 12 28 March 19 58 12 10 39 April 22 53 14 12 31 May 22 52 14 12 30 June 21 49 17 12 28 July 19 54 13 14 35 August 23 50 14 12 27 September 22 44 18 15 22 October 26 47 15 11 21 November 26 46 15 13 20 1985 January 25 45 16 14 20 February 19 47 20 14 27 March 20 45 21 14 24 April 17 50 18 14 32 May 17 50 22 12 28 June 15 52 19 13 33 July 17 47 24 12 23 August 15 47 24 15 23 September 18 41 28 13 13 October 22 45 21 12 23 November 19 42 22 15 20 1986 January 15 46 22 16 24 February 16 44 24 16 20 March 14 47 23 16 24 April 20 45 20 15 25
1986 (contd.) July 21 44 21 15 23 August 15 47 22 15 25 September 16 50 16 18 32 October 22 52 13 13 30 November 19 49 14 18 30 1987 January 19 49 18 14 30 February 19 50 20 11 30 March 18 42 25 14 17 April 21 42 23 13 19 May 19 45 19 17 26 June 21 49 15 15 28 July 19 53 14 14 34 August 24 48 15 12 24 September 23 50 12 14 27 October 22 50 15 12 28 November 23 45 16 16 22 1988 January 23 49 13 16 26 February 18 51 13 18 33 March 23 48 8 18 25 April 22 49 6 21 27 May 22 46 6 22 24 June 25 40 8 23 15 July 25 44 6 22 19 August 23 49 2 21 26 September 23 47 6 19 24 October 23 45 8 20 22 November 21 39 7 30 9 1989 January 20 39 8 30 9 February 20 41 8 27 14 March 20 41 7 27 14 April 19 42 8 27 15 May 21 47 5 25 22 June 19 46 5 24 22 July 21 45 6 22 23 August 16 48 5 22 26 September 19 48 7 18 29 October 18 55 5 17 37 November 21 49 5 20 28 1990 January 19 49 6 20 29 February 21 52 5 17 31 March 15 54 7 20 34 April 19 49 8 20 29 May 17 49 5 23 26
1990 (contd.) August 22 49 5 20 27 September 19 42 10 24 18 October 16 48 9 24 24 November 24 43 7 23 19 1991 January 26 45 8 21 19 February 23 46 6 22 23 March 23 42 10 22 19 April 27 42 11 18 15 May 23 44 11 20 21 June 25 46 9 16 21 July 24 46 8 20 22 August 25 45 8 19 20 September 24 43 9 23 19 October 23 41 10 24 17 November 18 44 13 23 21 1992 January 22 43 11 24 19 February 22 38 10 28 10 March 22 44 7 26 18 May 26 39 10 23 13 June 24 44 8 22 20 July 25 44 8 22 19 August 23 46 10 20 23 September 20 42 10 27 15 October 20 47 9 23 24 November 18 48 10 22 26 1993 January 21 44 10 23 21 February 18 43 11 26 17 March 17 49 11 22 27 April 21 47 9 21 26 May 16 45 16 23 22 June 16 46 12 25 21 July 17 45 13 24 21 August 15 45 16 24 21 September 17 43 15 24 19 October 14 48 12 25 23 November 15 47 14 23 24 1994 January 16 47 14 23 24 February 13 47 14 25 22 March 13 46 14 26 20 April 14 44 14 27 17 May 10 53 12 24 29 June 12 46 11 30 16 July 12 51 9 27 24
1994 (contd.) October 13 47 10 27 20 November 12 55 8 25 30 1995 January 12 56 10 23 33 February 11 52 10 25 27 March 11 53 9 25 28 April 13 52 12 22 30 May 11 53 9 27 26 June 11 57 8 23 34 July 12 54 11 22 32 August 12 52 8 26 26 September 13 46 11 30 16 October 13 52 10 23 29 November 13 57 8 21 36 1996 January 12 53 11 23 30 February 12 54 9 23 31 March 13 54 10 23 31 April 13 53 9 23 30 May 12 54 8 24 30 June 15 54 9 25 29 July 15 51 10 23 28 August 15 48 7 29 19 September 13 49 12 24 25 October 11 55 8 23 32 November 12 53 10 24 29 1997 January 16 51 9 24 27 February 16 46 10 26 20 March 17 52 9 20 32 April 14 49 11 24 25 May 9 57 10 23 34 June 12 54 10 23 31 July 10 54 9 24 30 August 14 50 11 25 25 September 13 55 9 23 32 October 14 55 8 22 33 November 12 51 12 24 27 1998 January 12 50 11 26 24 February 14 46 11 28 18 March 12 48 9 28 20 April 14 44 10 30 14 May 14 46 10 29 17 June 14 43 9 33 10 July 13 48 8 28 20 August 13 46 8 31 15
1998 (contd.) November 13 42 13 31 11 1999 January 11 45 10 32 13 February 14 44 11 29 15 March 13 50 13 22 28 May 13 47 14 22 25 June 13 49 10 24 25 July 13 49 11 24 25 August 16 46 12 24 22 September 14 42 13 29 13 October 12 45 13 27 18 November 12 50 11 24 26 2000 January 14 49 11 24 25 February 15 45 11 27 18 March 16 40 11 29 11 April 17 44 9 26 18 May 14 48 10 24 24 June 17 39 11 31 8 July 15 46 9 26 20 August 15 45 9 28 17 September 15 33 17 33 0 October 13 48 10 27 21 November 16 48 9 24 24 2001 Early January1 13 46 9 28 18 Late January 13 46 11 28 18 February 16 45 9 29 16 March 12 52 8 25 27 April 15 47 9 27 20 May 13 47 11 26 21 ELECTION 16 44 16 20 24 June 11 50 12 24 26 July 13 44 15 21 23 August 13 49 12 21 28 September 13 52 11 20 32 October 9 54 10 23 31 November 14 47 10 25 22 2002 Early January1 15 46 12 23 23 Late January 12 47 13 24 23 February 13 46 12 24 22 March 14 41 15 26 15 April 14 47 14 21 26 May 13 49 13 21 28 June 15 46 11 23 23 July 13 49 10 21 28
2002 (contd.) October 13 45 16 22 23 November 12 43 15 25 18 2003 Early January1 12 45 14 24 21 Late January 14 42 15 25 17 February 12 42 15 25 17 March 13 38 17 25 13 April 13 45 13 22 23 May 13 41 15 22 19 June 14 40 17 20 20 July 15 40 14 24 16 August 13 41 14 24 17 September 12 39 18 24 15 October 13 43 18 22 21 November 17 42 12 24 18 20042 Early January1 11 43 12 27 16 2005 February 15 42 16 22 20 April 14 45 14 23 22 1. Fieldwork was normally conducted in the fourth week of each month (with the exception of the December
