Sunday Times Poll

LEADERSHIP APPROVAL RATING ON BUDGET PERFORMANCE:

Alex Salmond: +11%
Annabelle Goldie: -3%
Iain Gray: -17%
Tavish Scott: -19%
Patrick Harvie: -25%

WHO WOULD MAKE BEST FIRST MINISTER:

Alex Salmond: 35%
Iain Gray: 15%
Annabel Goldie: 11%
Tavish Scott: 5%

SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT ELECTION

Constituency vote (change on May 2007 in brackets)

SNP: 38% (+5)
Lab: 32% (--)
Con: 13% (-4)
Lib D: 12% (-4)

Regional vote:

SNP: 34% (+3)
Lab: 28% (-1)
Con: 15% (+1)
Lib D: 11% (--)
Gre: 6% (+2)
SSP: 4% (+3)
Sol: 1%

Scottish Parliament seats:
SNP: 47 (--)
Lab: 44 (-2)
Con: 18 (+1)
Lib D: 13 (-3)
Gre: 5 (+3)
SSP: 2 (+2)

WESTMINSTER ELECTION

Lab: 37% (-3)
SNP: 27 (+9))
Con: 20 (+4)
Lib D: 12 (-11)

ECONOMY

Trust most to make the right decisions in tough economic times (change from October Sunday Times YouGov poll in brackets):

Alex Salmond: 33% (+10)
Gordon Brown: 33% (-9)

In the October 2008 Sunday Times YouGov poll, Gordon Brown led Alex Salmond by 42% to 23%.

INDEPENDENCE

Support for independence (previous Sunday Times YouGov poll in October 2008 in brackets)

For: 29% (31)
Against 55% (53)