The SNP could lose more than half its MPs at the next general election, new polling suggests.
The survey by Redfield & Wilton Strategies puts the nationalist party on 35 per cent, down 10 points from the 2019 ballot.
The poll shows a major swing to Labour which is neck-and-neck with the SNP on 35 per cent north of the border.
A pollster said if the survey was replicated at a general election it could see the SNP down to just 19 seats, down from its current 43.
Mark Diffley, of the Diffley Partnership, told the Mail on Sunday: “If the results were replicated at a General Election, it is likely Labour would overtake the SNP in Westminster seats, winning around 27 compared with 19 for the SNP.
“Because there are so many tight Labour-SNP marginals, particularly in the Central Belt, if the Labour vote goes up and the SNP vote goes down, then a whole group of seats will fall to Labour.
“In 2019, Labour got 19 per cent and the SNP 45 per cent and this poll suggests the SNP will fall by 10 percentage points and Labour will gain about 16 percentage points, so this is quite a big swing.
“Clearly, a swing of this size suggests that many SNP seats, those with small majorities, could be at risk of falling to Labour. What it certainly implies is that the SNP loses a lot of seats.”
The poll of 1,040 Scots carried out last week puts the Conservatives on 17 per cent.
The Lib Dems are on nine per cent, while the Greens and Reform UK are both on two per cent.
