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SNP claims record lead over Labour

May 9 2008

The SNP are running far ahead of Labour in voting intentions for a Westminster general election, a poll has revealed.

It put the SNP on 32% to Labour's 26%, the Tories' 21%, and the Lib Dems' 13%.

But the figures, in a breakdown of a YouGov poll for the Sun newspaper, are based on a small Scottish sample, of 141 people.

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