All those Conservatives who want Gordon Brown to stay as Labour leader will be relieved to learn of an ICM poll for The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Mirror that gives the Labour candidate, Margaret Curran MSP, a 14% lead over her SNP rival in the Glasgow East by-election, scheduled for 24th July.
These are the results of the poll of 516 adults (with 2005 votes in brackets):
- Labour: 47% (60.7%)
- SNP: 33% (17%)
- Liberal Democrat: 9% (12%)
- Conservative: 7% (7%)
The SNP will nonetheless be encouraged at the doubling of support since 2005. They will also want to get still closer in the ten campaigning days that remain.
A YouGov survey on Friday - covering the whole of Scotland - found the SNP 4% ahead of Labour.
