SCOTTISH Labour is facing a rout on December 12 after a new poll suggested it was set to lose all but one of its seven seats in Scotland.
The Panelbase snapshot pointed to only Ian Murray, who is standing in Edinburgh South, as the party’s representative being returned to the House of Commons. This was the case during the SNP landslide of 2015.
The poll, which surveyed 1,009 people in Scotland, found that support for the Labour Party in Scotland could dip from 27 per cent to just 20 per cent.
According to analysis from Strathclyde University Professor Sir John Curtice, the SNP are also on course for another electoral win in Scotland, seeing their seat count rise from 35 to 41 after December 12 if there is a uniform swing across Scotland, with support rising from 37 points to 40.
According to the poll, Scotland's ruling party could lose North East Fife, the seat with the smallest majority in the UK with the SNP’s Stephen Gethins holding just two more votes over his Liberal Democrat rival in 2017. The First Minister was on the campaign trail in the constituency on Saturday.
The poll has the seat being won by the Lib Dems, taking the party's Scottish total to five, while its overall support would rise from seven points to 11.
The Conservatives are expected to lose just one seat in Scotland with Stirling predicted to move from Stephen Kerr to SNP MEP Alyn Smith. The Tory majority in 2017 was just 148.
If the poll is found to be correct, the party's support will also drop by one percentage point, to 28.
The poll found the First Minister to be the only leader with a positive approval rating at +3 per cent.
Boris Johnson's popularity rose slightly from -36 to -34 while Jeremy Corbyn also improved his rating but still found himself trailing the Tory leader on -41.
On the issues voters believed to be harmful to the UK, 37 per cent of Scots said Scottish independence with 39 per cent saying the same of Brexit.
Almost half of all those surveyed said Scottish independence would be a "good opportunity" for the country, at 45 per cent while just 24 per cent said the same of Brexit.
Responding to the poll Kirsty Blackman, the SNP's deputy Westminster leader, said: "Only the SNP can beat the Tories in Scotland. While we take nothing for granted, the SNP are in a strong position - and we're well and truly the party with the momentum.
"This poll underlines the fact that neither Labour nor the Lib Dems can take seats off the Tories.
"Boris Johnson is desperate to get a majority, force through a disastrous Brexit and inflict yet more years of Tory misery on Scotland. The only way to stop him is to unite around the SNP and help lock him out of Downing Street."
Meanwhile, Mr Kerr said the Conservatives also welcomed the poll, saying: "It confirms that, in seat after seat in Scotland, it's only by voting Scottish Conservative that people can stop Nicola Sturgeon and make her listen.
"By contrast, the poll shows that Labour is going nowhere in Scotland and that it now risks being completely wiped out.
"So, our message to Labour and Liberal voters today is to lend us your vote so together we can beat the SNP. We did it two years ago; let's do it again," he added.
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