Sunday 21 February 2016

What the bookies think: Next US president in 2016 election

Trump wins South Carolina and Bush drops out of the republican race. Rubio is now bookies third pick for president:

Odds given across various bookmakers (10bet, 32red, 888sport, bet365, betdaq, betfair, betfred, betvictor, betway, boylesports, bwin, coral, ladbrokes, marathon bet, matchbook, netbet, paddypower, skybet, sportingbet, stanjames, totesport, unibet, williamhill, winner) are meaned and then inverted to give the rough chance bookies as a gestalt reckon each candidate has.

Position Candidate Chance implied by odds Change (since 2016-02-11) Notes
1 Hillary Clinton 54.91% +2.93% US Secretary of State 2009-2013
2 Donald Trump 21.38% +1.30% You can't stump the Trump
3 Marco Rubio 20.00% +9.20% Florida Senator
4 Bernie Sanders 10.31% -2.05% Vermont Senator
5 Michael Bloomberg 3.08% -0.67% Mayor of NYC 2002-2013
6 Ted Cruz 3.00% -3.36% Texas Senator
7 Joe Biden 1.60% -0.23% US Vice President
8 John Kasich 1.54% -0.64% Governor of Ohio
9 Mitt Romney 0.39% -0.09% Governor of Massachusetts 2003-2007
- Jim Webb 0.33% 0.00% Books closed on 2016-02-14
10 Paul Ryan 0.30% -0.11%
11 Ben Carson 0.27% -0.05%
12 Vermin Supreme 0.20% 0.00%
12 Newt Gingrich 0.20% 0.00%
14 Al Gore 0.19% -0.04% Invented the Internet
15 Sarah Palin 0.16% -0.03%
15 Deval Patrick 0.16% -0.03%
17 Rahm Emanuel 0.16% -0.03%
17 Andrew Cuomo 0.16% -0.03%
17 Susana Martinez 0.16% -0.03%
17 Rob Portman 0.16% -0.03%
21 Elizabeth Warren 0.16% -0.16%
22 Mike Huckabee 0.15% -0.07%
22 Chris Christie 0.15% -0.07%
22 Carly Fiorina 0.15% -0.07%
22 Martin OMalley 0.15% -0.10%
26 Jeb Bush 0.15% -6.21% Governor of Florida 1999-2007
27 Joe Manchin 0.15% -0.04%
28 Rand Paul 0.14% -0.04%
28 Cory Booker 0.14% -0.02%
28 Jon Huntsman 0.14% -0.02%
31 Condoleeza Rice 0.13% -0.02%
32 Lincoln Chafee 0.11% -0.04%
33 Scott Walker 0.11% -0.02%
34 Bobby Jindal 0.11% -0.01%
34 Rick Perry 0.11% -0.01%
36 Nikki Haley 0.11% 0.00%
37 Mark Warner 0.10% 0.00%
37 David Petraeus 0.10% 0.00%
37 Kirsten Gillibrand 0.10% 0.00%
37 Rick Santorum 0.10% -0.06%
37 Janet Napolitano 0.10% 0.00%
37 Lawrence Lessig 0.10% 0.00%
43 Deez Nuts 0.10% 0.00% Satirical candidate
43 Kanye West 0.10% 0.00% Grammy Award winning rapper
43 Jim Gilmore 0.10% -0.02%
46 Bob McDonnell 0.03% -0.00%
47 John Kerry 0.03% -0.00%
48 Lindsey Graham 0.03% -0.00%
49 John Hickenlooper 0.01% 0.00%
49 Amy Klobuchar 0.01% 0.00%
49 Brian Schweitzer 0.01% 0.00%
49 Evan Bayh 0.01% 0.00%
49 Eric Cantor 0.01% 0.00%
49 Michelle Obama 0.01% 0.00%
49 Michele Bachmann 0.01% 0.00%
49 Ron Paul 0.01% 0.00%
49 Herman Cain 0.01% 0.00%
49 Mike Pence 0.01% 0.00%
49 Mitch Daniels 0.01% 0.00%
49 Kathleen Sebelius 0.01% 0.00%
49 Tim Kaine 0.01% 0.00%
49 George Clooney 0.01% 0.00%
49 Howard Stern 0.01% 0.00% King of all media
49 Julian Castro 0.01% 0.00%

Monday 8 February 2016

Holyrood 2016 result predictions given polling (2016-02-08 update)

Holyrood 2016

Current polling:

Moving average of latest polls for constituency vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 53.32%
Labour 21.81%
Conservative 14.76%
Liberal Democrat 5.29%
Green 2.10%
UKIP 1.60%
Scottish Christian 0.68%
CISTA 0.22%
Scottish Socialist 0.17%
TUSC 0.12%
Solidarity 0.02%
(25624 samples over 29 polls)
Moving average of latest polls for regional list vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 46.50%
Labour 21.31%
Conservative 14.44%
Green 7.61%
Liberal Democrat 5.69%
UKIP 2.62%
Scottish Socialist 1.26%
TUSC 0.48%
Scottish Christian 0.35%
Solidarity 0.17%
BNP 0.14%
CISTA 0.12%
Socialist Labour 0.12%
Scottish Pensioners 0.12%
(25486 samples over 29 polls)

Scotland Overall Summary:

Predicted outcome of Holyrood 2016 election given current polling:
SNP Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Green Margo MacDonald
Constituency Seats 73 (+20) 0 (-15) 0 (-3) 0 (-2) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c)
List Seats 1 (-15) 26 (+4) 16 (+4) 6 (+3) 7 (+5) 0 (-1)
Total Seats 74 (+5) 26 (-11) 16 (+1) 6 (+1) 7 (+5) 0 (-1)



SNP Labour Conservative Green Liberal Democrat
1 SNP Candidate
(Linlithgow)
Kezia Dugdale
(Lothian list)
Ruth Davidson
(Lothian list)
Alison Johnstone
(Lothian list)
Alex Cole-Hamilton
(Lothian list)
2 SNP Candidate
(Edinburgh Eastern)
Neil Findlay
(Lothian list)
Miles Briggs
(Lothian list)
Andy Wightman
(Lothian list)
Jim Hume
(South Scotland list)
3 SNP Candidate
(Almond Valley)
Jackie Baillie
(West Scotland list)
Jackson Carlaw
(West Scotland list)
Ross Greer
(West Scotland list)
Willie Rennie
(Mid Scotland and Fife list)
4 SNP Candidate
(Edinburgh Pentlands)
Neil Bibby
(West Scotland list)
Jamie Greene
(West Scotland list)
Mark Ruskell
(Mid Scotland and Fife list)
Jamie Stone
(Highlands and Islands list)
5 SNP Candidate
(Midlothian North & Musselburgh)
Mary Fee
(West Scotland list)
John Scott
(South Scotland list)
John Finnie
(Highlands and Islands list)
Kate Stephen
(Highlands and Islands list)
6 SNP Candidate
(Edinburgh Central)
Ken MacIntosh
(West Scotland list)
Oliver Mundell
(South Scotland list)
Maggie Chapman
(North East Scotland list)
Mike Rumbles
(North East Scotland list)
7 SNP Candidate
(Edinburgh Western)
Iain Gray
(South Scotland list)
Rachael Hamilton
(South Scotland list)
Patrick Harvie
(Glasgow list)
-
8 SNP Candidate
(Edinburgh Northern & Leith)
Claudia Beamish
(South Scotland list)
Margaret Mitchell
(Central Scotland list)
- -
9 SNP Candidate
(Edinburgh Southern)
Colin Smyth
(South Scotland list)
Murdo Fraser
(Mid Scotland and Fife list)
- -
10 SNP Candidate
(Greenock & Inverclyde)
Richard Leonard
(Central Scotland list)
Liz Smith
(Mid Scotland and Fife list)
- -
11 SNP Candidate
(Cunninghame North)
Monica Lennon
(Central Scotland list)
Douglas Ross
(Highlands and Islands list)
- -
12 SNP Candidate
(Renfrewshire South)
Mark Griffin
(Central Scotland list)
Edward Mountain
(Highlands and Islands list)
- -
13 SNP Candidate
(Clydebank & Milngavie)
Elaine Smith
(Central Scotland list)
Alex Johnstone
(North East Scotland list)
- -
14 SNP Candidate
(Cunninghame South)
Craig Martin
(Central Scotland list)
Alexander Burnett
(North East Scotland list)
- -
15 SNP Candidate
(Paisley)
Alex Rowley
(Mid Scotland and Fife list)
Ross Thomson
(North East Scotland list)
- -
16 SNP Candidate
(Renfrewshire North & West)
Claire Baker
(Mid Scotland and Fife list)
Adam Tomkins
(Glasgow list)
- -
17 SNP Candidate
(Strathkelvin & Bearsden)
Thomas Docherty
(Mid Scotland and Fife list)
- - -
18 SNP Candidate
(Eastwood)
Rhoda Grant
(Highlands and Islands list)
- - -
19 SNP Candidate
(Dumbarton)
David Stewart
(Highlands and Islands list)
- - -
20 SNP Candidate
(Kilmarnock & Irvine Valley)
Jenny Marra
(North East Scotland list)
- - -
21 SNP Candidate
(Ettrick, Roxburgh & Berwickshire)
Lewis MacDonald
(North East Scotland list)
- - -
22 SNP Candidate
(East Lothian)
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow list)
- - -
23 SNP Candidate
(Dumfriesshire)
Johann Lamont
(Glasgow list)
- - -
24 SNP Candidate
(Clydesdale)
James Kelly
(Glasgow list)
- - -
25 SNP Candidate
(Galloway & West Dumfries)
Pauline McNeill
(Glasgow list)
- - -
26 SNP Candidate
(Midlothian South, Tweeddale & Lauderdale)
Bill Butler
(Glasgow list)
- - -
27 SNP Candidate
(Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley)
- - - -
28 SNP Candidate
(Ayr)
- - - -
29 SNP Candidate
(Motherwell & Wishaw)
- - - -
30 SNP Candidate
(Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse)
- - - -
31 SNP Candidate
(Falkirk East)
- - - -
32 SNP Candidate
(Coatbridge & Chryston)
- - - -
33 SNP Candidate
(Falkirk West)
- - - -
34 SNP Candidate
(Cumbernauld & Kilsyth)
- - - -
35 SNP Candidate
(East Kilbride)
- - - -
36 SNP Candidate
(Uddingston & Bellshill)
- - - -
37 SNP Candidate
(Airdrie & Shotts)
- - - -
38 SNP Candidate
(Mid Fife & Glenrothes)
- - - -
39 SNP Candidate
(Kirkcaldy)
- - - -
40 SNP Candidate
(Stirling)
- - - -
41 SNP Candidate
(Cowdenbeath)
- - - -
42 SNP Candidate
(North East Fife)
- - - -
43 SNP Candidate
(Dunfermline)
- - - -
44 SNP Candidate
(Perthshire South & Kinross-shire)
- - - -
45 SNP Candidate
(Clackmannanshire & Dunblane)
- - - -
46 SNP Candidate
(Perthshire North)
- - - -
47 SNP Candidate
(Moray)
- - - -
48 SNP Candidate
(Orkney Islands)
- - - -
49 SNP Candidate
(Shetland Islands)
- - - -
50 SNP Candidate
(Nah h-Eilanan an Iar)
- - - -
51 SNP Candidate
(Caithness Sutherland & Ross)
- - - -
52 SNP Candidate
(Argyll & Bute)
- - - -
53 SNP Candidate
(Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch)
- - - -
54 SNP Candidate
(Inverness & Nairn)
- - - -
55 SNP Candidate
(Angus North & Mearns)
- - - -
56 SNP Candidate
(Aberdeenshire East)
- - - -
57 SNP Candidate
(Aberdeenshire West)
- - - -
58 SNP Candidate
(Aberdeen South & North Kincardine)
- - - -
59 SNP Candidate
(Angus South)
- - - -
60 SNP Candidate
(Aberdeen Donside)
- - - -
61 SNP Candidate
(Aberdeen Central)
- - - -
62 SNP Candidate
(Dundee City East)
- - - -
63 SNP Candidate
(Banffshire & Buchan Coast)
- - - -
64 SNP Candidate
(Dundee City West)
- - - -
65 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Pollok)
- - - -
66 SNP Candidate
(Rutherglen)
- - - -
67 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Kelvin)
- - - -
68 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Cathcart)
- - - -
69 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Anniesland)
- - - -
70 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Shettleston)
- - - -
71 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Maryhill & Springburn)
- - - -
72 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Provan)
- - - -
73 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Southside)
- - - -
74 SNP candidate
(Central Scotland list)
- - - -

Central Scotland

SNP Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Green
Constituency Seats 9 (+3) 0 (-3) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c)
List Seats 1 (-2) 5 (+2) 1 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c)
Total Seats 10 (+1) 5 (-1) 1 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c)

SNP Labour Conservative
1 SNP Candidate
(Motherwell & Wishaw)
Richard Leonard
(Central Scotland list)
Margaret Mitchell
(Central Scotland list)
2 SNP Candidate
(Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse)
Monica Lennon
(Central Scotland list)
-
3 SNP Candidate
(Falkirk East)
Mark Griffin
(Central Scotland list)
-
4 SNP Candidate
(Coatbridge & Chryston)
Elaine Smith
(Central Scotland list)
-
5 SNP Candidate
(Falkirk West)
Craig Martin
(Central Scotland list)
-
6 SNP Candidate
(Cumbernauld & Kilsyth)
- -
7 SNP Candidate
(East Kilbride)
- -
8 SNP Candidate
(Uddingston & Bellshill)
- -
9 SNP Candidate
(Airdrie & Shotts)
- -
10 SNP candidate
(Central Scotland list)
- -

Moving average of poll subsamples for Central Scotland constituency vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 58.92%
Labour 24.46%
Conservative 9.75%
Liberal Democrat 2.23%
Green 2.23%
UKIP 1.15%
TUSC 0.00%
Scottish Socialist 0.00%
CISTA 0.00%
Scottish Christian 0.00%
(1096 samples over 12 polls)
Constituency 2011 Winner 2016 Prediction
Airdrie & Shotts SNP (50.2%) SNP (61.8%)
Coatbridge & Chryston Labour (52.2%) SNP (57.0%)
Cumbernauld & Kilsyth SNP (53.8%) SNP (63.6%)
East Kilbride SNP (48.0%) SNP (60.0%)
Falkirk East SNP (50.8%) SNP (61.8%)
Falkirk West SNP (55.3%) SNP (64.0%)
Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse SNP (48.1%) SNP (60.3%)
Motherwell & Wishaw Labour (43.8%) SNP (55.0%)
Uddingston & Bellshill Labour (46.1%) SNP (58.1%)

Moving average of poll subsamples for Central Scotland regional vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 53.80%
Labour 25.87%
Conservative 8.72%
Green 5.87%
UKIP 2.92%
Liberal Democrat 1.68%
Scottish Socialist 0.72%
Solidarity 0.18%
TUSC 0.00%
Socialist Labour 0.00%
Scottish Pensioners 0.00%
CISTA 0.00%
Scottish Christian 0.00%
(1089 samples over 12 polls)
Predicted Central Scotland List Vote share
Party 2011 List vote (%) Predicted List vote (%)
SNP 46.35% 50.37%
Labour 35.31% 26.72%
Conservative 6.37% 7.92%
Green 2.41% 4.94%
Pensioners 2.48% 2.44%
UKIP 0.54% 2.19%
Liberal Democrat 1.42% 1.58%
Christian Party 1.36% 1.34%
Scottish Socialist 0.35% 0.88%
Others 0.81% 0.80%
Independant 0.35% 0.35%
Solidarity 0.24% 0.23%
BNP 0.95% 0.17%
Socialist Labour 1.06% 0.07%

Predicted Central Scotland additional members:
# 2011 Result 2016 Prediction
1 Labour Labour (Richard Leonard)
2 Labour Labour (Monica Lennon)
3 SNP Labour (Mark Griffin)
4 Conservative Conservative (Margaret Mitchell)
5 Labour Labour (Elaine Smith)
6 SNP Labour (Craig Martin)
7 SNP SNP

Mid Scotland and Fife

SNP Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Green
Constituency Seats 9 (+1) 0 (-1) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c)
List Seats 0 (-1) 3 (n/c) 2 (n/c) 1 (n/c) 1 (+1)
Total Seats 9 (n/c) 3 (-1) 2 (n/c) 1 (n/c) 1 (+1)

SNP Labour Conservative Green Liberal Democrat
1 SNP Candidate
(Mid Fife & Glenrothes)
Alex Rowley
(Mid Scotland and Fife list)
Murdo Fraser
(Mid Scotland and Fife list)
Mark Ruskell
(Mid Scotland and Fife list)
Willie Rennie
(Mid Scotland and Fife list)
2 SNP Candidate
(Kirkcaldy)
Claire Baker
(Mid Scotland and Fife list)
Liz Smith
(Mid Scotland and Fife list)
- -
3 SNP Candidate
(Stirling)
Thomas Docherty
(Mid Scotland and Fife list)
- - -
4 SNP Candidate
(Cowdenbeath)
- - - -
5 SNP Candidate
(North East Fife)
- - - -
6 SNP Candidate
(Dunfermline)
- - - -
7 SNP Candidate
(Perthshire South & Kinross-shire)
- - - -
8 SNP Candidate
(Clackmannanshire & Dunblane)
- - - -
9 SNP Candidate
(Perthshire North)
- - - -

Moving average of poll subsamples for Mid Scotland and Fife constituency vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 54.29%
Labour 21.78%
Conservative 13.58%
Liberal Democrat 6.48%
UKIP 2.00%
Green 1.52%
CISTA 0.89%
TUSC 0.00%
Scottish Socialist 0.00%
Scottish Christian 0.00%
(972 samples over 12 polls)
Predicted Mid Scotland and Fife Constituency results
Constituency 2011 Winner 2016 Prediction
Clackmannanshire & Dunblane SNP (48.3%) SNP (57.5%)
Cowdenbeath Labour (46.5%) SNP (54.5%)
Dunfermline SNP (37.6%) SNP (52.9%)
Kirkcaldy SNP (45.2%) SNP (56.7%)
Mid Fife & Glenrothes SNP (52.3%) SNP (59.1%)
North East Fife SNP (37.2%) SNP (50.4%)
Perthshire North SNP (60.8%) SNP (61.4%)
Perthshire South & Kinross-shire SNP (51.5%) SNP (57.2%)
Stirling SNP (48.9%) SNP (56.9%)

Moving average of poll subsamples for Mid Scotland and Fife regional vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 49.02%
Labour 21.05%
Conservative 13.76%
Green 6.75%
Liberal Democrat 6.48%
UKIP 2.08%
Socialist Labour 1.10%
Solidarity 0.56%
Scottish Socialist 0.12%
TUSC 0.00%
Scottish Pensioners 0.00%
CISTA 0.00%
Scottish Christian 0.00%
(969 samples over 12 polls)
Predicted Mid Scotland and Fife List Vote share
Party 2011 List vote (%) Predicted List vote (%)
SNP 45.20% 46.31%
Labour 25.03% 19.78%
Conservative 14.12% 14.44%
Green 4.23% 6.74%
Liberal Democrat 5.85% 6.17%
UKIP 1.10% 2.50%
Pensioners 1.59% 1.48%
Socialist Labour 0.69% 0.59%
Independant 0.57% 0.53%
Scottish Socialist 0.32% 0.52%
Solidarity 0.08% 0.32%
Christian Party 0.30% 0.28%
Others 0.25% 0.23%
BNP 0.67% 0.11%

Predicted Mid Scotland and Fife additional members:
# 2011 Result 2016 Prediction
1 Conservative Labour (Alex Rowley)
2 Labour Conservative (Murdo Fraser)
3 Labour Labour (Claire Baker)
4 Conservative Conservative (Liz Smith)
5 Labour Green (Mark Ruskell)
6 Liberal Democrat Labour (Thomas Docherty)
7 SNP Liberal Democrat (Willie Rennie)

Lothian

SNP Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Green Margo MacDonald
Constituency Seats 9 (+1) 0 (-1) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c)
List Seats 0 (n/c) 2 (-1) 2 (n/c) 1 (+1) 2 (+1) 0 (-1)
Total Seats 9 (+1) 2 (-2) 2 (n/c) 1 (+1) 2 (+1) 0 (-1)

SNP Labour Conservative Green Liberal Democrat
1 SNP Candidate
(Linlithgow)
Kezia Dugdale
(Lothian list)
Ruth Davidson
(Lothian list)
Alison Johnstone
(Lothian list)
Alex Cole-Hamilton
(Lothian list)
2 SNP Candidate
(Edinburgh Eastern)
Neil Findlay
(Lothian list)
Miles Briggs
(Lothian list)
Andy Wightman
(Lothian list)
-
3 SNP Candidate
(Almond Valley)
- - - -
4 SNP Candidate
(Edinburgh Pentlands)
- - - -
5 SNP Candidate
(Midlothian North & Musselburgh)
- - - -
6 SNP Candidate
(Edinburgh Central)
- - - -
7 SNP Candidate
(Edinburgh Western)
- - - -
8 SNP Candidate
(Edinburgh Northern & Leith)
- - - -
9 SNP Candidate
(Edinburgh Southern)
- - - -

Moving average of poll subsamples for Lothian constituency vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 49.90%
Labour 23.51%
Conservative 15.50%
Liberal Democrat 7.54%
Green 3.60%
Scottish Christian 1.88%
UKIP 1.30%
TUSC 0.00%
Scottish Socialist 0.00%
CISTA 0.00%
(1279 samples over 12 polls)
Predicted Lothian Constituency results
Constituency 2011 Winner 2016 Prediction
Almond Valley SNP (54.3%) SNP (58.3%)
Edinburgh Central SNP (32.7%) SNP (47.1%)
Edinburgh Eastern SNP (47.4%) SNP (55.2%)
Edinburgh Northern & Leith Labour (41.6%) SNP (51.4%)
Edinburgh Pentlands SNP (37.3%) SNP (48.0%)
Edinburgh Southern SNP (29.4%) SNP (45.0%)
Edinburgh Western SNP (35.8%) SNP (48.8%)
Linlithgow SNP (49.8%) SNP (55.8%)
Midlothian North & Musselburgh SNP (47.2%) SNP (54.0%)

Moving average of poll subsamples for Lothian regional vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 40.93%
Labour 18.92%
Conservative 13.54%
Green 13.41%
Liberal Democrat 9.91%
UKIP 2.64%
TUSC 0.63%
CISTA 0.58%
Scottish Socialist 0.46%
Solidarity 0.00%
Socialist Labour 0.00%
Scottish Pensioners 0.00%
Scottish Christian 0.00%
(1297 samples over 12 polls)
Predicted Lothian List Vote share
Party 2011 List vote (%) Predicted List vote (%)
SNP 39.18% 40.82%
Labour 24.91% 19.39%
Conservative 11.66% 13.47%
Green 7.59% 13.21%
Liberal Democrat 5.50% 7.90%
UKIP 0.64% 2.23%
Pensioners 1.14% 1.13%
Scottish Socialist 0.42% 0.85%
Others 0.44% 0.44%
Christian Party 0.32% 0.32%
BNP 0.70% 0.12%
Solidarity 0.12% 0.07%
Socialist Labour 0.59% 0.04%
Margo MacDonald 6.79% 0.00%

Predicted Lothian additional members:
# 2011 Result 2016 Prediction
1 Labour Labour (Kezia Dugdale)
2 Conservative Conservative (Ruth Davidson)
3 Labour Green (Alison Johnstone)
4 Green Labour (Neil Findlay)
5 Margo MacDonald Liberal Democrat (Alex Cole-Hamilton)
6 Labour Conservative (Miles Briggs)
7 Conservative Green (Andy Wightman)

Highlands and Islands

SNP Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Green
Constituency Seats 8 (+2) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 0 (-2) 0 (n/c)
List Seats 0 (-3) 2 (n/c) 2 (n/c) 2 (+2) 1 (+1)
Total Seats 8 (-1) 2 (n/c) 2 (n/c) 2 (n/c) 1 (+1)

SNP Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Green
1 SNP Candidate
(Moray)
Rhoda Grant
(Highlands and Islands list)
Douglas Ross
(Highlands and Islands list)
Jamie Stone
(Highlands and Islands list)
John Finnie
(Highlands and Islands list)
2 SNP Candidate
(Orkney Islands)
David Stewart
(Highlands and Islands list)
Edward Mountain
(Highlands and Islands list)
Kate Stephen
(Highlands and Islands list)
-
3 SNP Candidate
(Shetland Islands)
- - - -
4 SNP Candidate
(Nah h-Eilanan an Iar)
- - - -
5 SNP Candidate
(Caithness Sutherland & Ross)
- - - -
6 SNP Candidate
(Argyll & Bute)
- - - -
7 SNP Candidate
(Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch)
- - - -
8 SNP Candidate
(Inverness & Nairn)
- - - -

Moving average of poll subsamples for Highlands and Islands constituency vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 57.12%
Labour 16.28%
Conservative 11.06%
Liberal Democrat 9.22%
Scottish Christian 4.35%
UKIP 1.25%
Green 1.13%
TUSC 0.00%
Scottish Socialist 0.00%
CISTA 0.00%
(706 samples over 12 polls)
Predicted Highlands and Islands Constituency results
Constituency 2011 Winner 2016 Prediction
Argyll & Bute SNP (50.6%) SNP (58.7%)
Caithness Sutherland & Ross SNP (48.4%) SNP (60.2%)
Inverness & Nairn SNP (51.5%) SNP (59.9%)
Moray SNP (58.8%) SNP (62.1%)
Nah h-Eilanan an Iar SNP (65.3%) SNP (68.3%)
Orkney Islands Liberal Democrat (35.7%) SNP (40.4%)
Shetland Islands Liberal Democrat (47.5%) SNP (32.2%)
Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch SNP (46.2%) SNP (58.7%)

Moving average of poll subsamples for Highlands and Islands regional vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 41.02%
Labour 16.37%
Conservative 12.13%
Liberal Democrat 12.10%
Green 11.14%
UKIP 5.00%
Scottish Christian 2.95%
TUSC 0.00%
Scottish Socialist 0.00%
Solidarity 0.00%
Socialist Labour 0.00%
Scottish Pensioners 0.00%
CISTA 0.00%
(666 samples over 12 polls)
Predicted Highlands and Islands List Vote share
Party 2011 List vote (%) Predicted List vote (%)
SNP 47.53% 42.77%
Labour 14.46% 13.33%
Conservative 11.64% 12.09%
Liberal Democrat 12.14% 11.94%
Green 5.07% 9.46%
UKIP 1.88% 4.90%
Christian Party 1.98% 1.78%
Others 1.93% 1.74%
Pensioners 1.55% 1.39%
Scottish Socialist 0.28% 0.39%
BNP 0.63% 0.10%
Solidarity 0.11% 0.06%
Socialist Labour 0.79% 0.05%
Independant 0.00% 0.00%

Predicted Highlands and Islands additional members:
# 2011 Result 2016 Prediction
1 Labour Labour (Rhoda Grant)
2 Conservative Conservative (Douglas Ross)
3 Labour Liberal Democrat (Jamie Stone)
4 SNP Green (John Finnie)
5 SNP Labour (David Stewart)
6 Conservative Conservative (Edward Mountain)
7 SNP Liberal Democrat (Kate Stephen)

North East Scotland

SNP Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Green
Constituency Seats 10 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c)
List Seats 0 (-1) 2 (-1) 3 (+1) 1 (n/c) 1 (+1)
Total Seats 10 (-1) 2 (-1) 3 (+1) 1 (n/c) 1 (+1)

SNP Conservative Labour Green Liberal Democrat
1 SNP Candidate
(Angus North & Mearns)
Alex Johnstone
(North East Scotland list)
Jenny Marra
(North East Scotland list)
Maggie Chapman
(North East Scotland list)
Mike Rumbles
(North East Scotland list)
2 SNP Candidate
(Aberdeenshire East)
Alexander Burnett
(North East Scotland list)
Lewis MacDonald
(North East Scotland list)
- -
3 SNP Candidate
(Aberdeenshire West)
Ross Thomson
(North East Scotland list)
- - -
4 SNP Candidate
(Aberdeen South & North Kincardine)
- - - -
5 SNP Candidate
(Angus South)
- - - -
6 SNP Candidate
(Aberdeen Donside)
- - - -
7 SNP Candidate
(Aberdeen Central)
- - - -
8 SNP Candidate
(Dundee City East)
- - - -
9 SNP Candidate
(Banffshire & Buchan Coast)
- - - -
10 SNP Candidate
(Dundee City West)
- - - -

Moving average of poll subsamples for North East Scotland constituency vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 60.20%
Labour 17.92%
Conservative 16.03%
Liberal Democrat 4.26%
Green 1.38%
UKIP 0.86%
TUSC 0.00%
Scottish Socialist 0.00%
CISTA 0.00%
Scottish Christian 0.00%
(1088 samples over 12 polls)
Predicted North East Scotland Constituency results
Constituency 2011 Winner 2016 Prediction
Aberdeen Central SNP (40.0%) SNP (55.6%)
Aberdeen Donside SNP (55.3%) SNP (62.6%)
Aberdeen South & North Kincardine SNP (41.7%) SNP (54.0%)
Aberdeenshire East SNP (64.5%) SNP (66.7%)
Aberdeenshire West SNP (42.6%) SNP (56.4%)
Angus North & Mearns SNP (54.8%) SNP (61.3%)
Angus South SNP (58.5%) SNP (61.5%)
Banffshire & Buchan Coast SNP (67.2%) SNP (67.1%)
Dundee City East SNP (64.2%) SNP (67.0%)
Dundee City West SNP (57.6%) SNP (64.7%)

Moving average of poll subsamples for North East Scotland regional vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 54.52%
Labour 15.56%
Conservative 14.79%
Green 6.62%
Liberal Democrat 4.96%
UKIP 3.07%
TUSC 2.36%
Scottish Socialist 0.28%
Solidarity 0.00%
Socialist Labour 0.00%
Scottish Pensioners 0.00%
CISTA 0.00%
Scottish Christian 0.00%
(1073 samples over 12 polls)
Predicted North East Scotland List Vote share
Party 2011 List vote (%) Predicted List vote (%)
SNP 52.71% 52.41%
Conservative 14.11% 14.85%
Labour 16.44% 13.78%
Green 3.90% 6.38%
Liberal Democrat 6.81% 5.86%
UKIP 0.93% 2.74%
Pensioners 1.66% 1.52%
Christian Party 0.81% 0.74%
Scottish Socialist 0.42% 0.72%
Independant 0.44% 0.41%
Others 0.42% 0.38%
BNP 0.72% 0.12%
Solidarity 0.11% 0.06%
Socialist Labour 0.55% 0.04%

Predicted North East Scotland additional members:
# 2011 Result 2016 Prediction
1 Labour Conservative (Alex Johnstone)
2 Conservative Labour (Jenny Marra)
3 Labour Conservative (Alexander Burnett)
4 Conservative Labour (Lewis MacDonald)
5 Liberal Democrat Green (Maggie Chapman)
6 Labour Liberal Democrat (Mike Rumbles)
7 SNP Conservative (Ross Thomson)

West Scotland

SNP Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Green
Constituency Seats 10 (+4) 0 (-4) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c)
List Seats 0 (-2) 4 (+1) 2 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 1 (+1)
Total Seats 10 (+2) 4 (-3) 2 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 1 (+1)

SNP Labour Conservative Green
1 SNP Candidate
(Greenock & Inverclyde)
Jackie Baillie
(West Scotland list)
Jackson Carlaw
(West Scotland list)
Ross Greer
(West Scotland list)
2 SNP Candidate
(Cunninghame North)
Neil Bibby
(West Scotland list)
Jamie Greene
(West Scotland list)
-
3 SNP Candidate
(Renfrewshire South)
Mary Fee
(West Scotland list)
- -
4 SNP Candidate
(Clydebank & Milngavie)
Ken MacIntosh
(West Scotland list)
- -
5 SNP Candidate
(Cunninghame South)
- - -
6 SNP Candidate
(Paisley)
- - -
7 SNP Candidate
(Renfrewshire North & West)
- - -
8 SNP Candidate
(Strathkelvin & Bearsden)
- - -
9 SNP Candidate
(Eastwood)
- - -
10 SNP Candidate
(Dumbarton)
- - -

Moving average of poll subsamples for West Scotland constituency vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 58.75%
Labour 24.29%
Conservative 11.78%
Liberal Democrat 2.45%
UKIP 2.37%
Green 1.58%
Scottish Christian 0.93%
Scottish Socialist 0.87%
TUSC 0.00%
CISTA 0.00%
(1059 samples over 12 polls)
Predicted West Scotland Constituency results
Constituency 2011 Winner 2016 Prediction
Clydebank & Milngavie SNP (43.3%) SNP (57.4%)
Cunninghame North SNP (52.6%) SNP (61.3%)
Cunninghame South SNP (49.8%) SNP (60.6%)
Dumbarton Labour (44.1%) SNP (53.6%)
Eastwood Labour (39.7%) SNP (45.4%)
Greenock & Inverclyde Labour (43.9%) SNP (57.1%)
Paisley SNP (42.6%) SNP (57.2%)
Renfrewshire North & West SNP (41.9%) SNP (55.6%)
Renfrewshire South Labour (48.1%) SNP (54.8%)
Strathkelvin & Bearsden SNP (42.2%) SNP (56.5%)

Moving average of poll subsamples for West Scotland regional vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 51.35%
Labour 25.54%
Conservative 11.08%
Green 6.25%
Liberal Democrat 2.79%
UKIP 2.36%
Scottish Christian 0.83%
Solidarity 0.11%
Scottish Socialist 0.07%
TUSC 0.00%
Socialist Labour 0.00%
Scottish Pensioners 0.00%
CISTA 0.00%
(1054 samples over 12 polls)
Predicted West Scotland List Vote share
Party 2011 List vote (%) Predicted List vote (%)
SNP 41.54% 46.49%
Labour 32.77% 25.41%
Conservative 12.75% 12.65%
Green 2.98% 5.59%
Liberal Democrat 3.24% 3.09%
UKIP 0.71% 2.15%
Pensioners 1.69% 1.63%
Scottish Socialist 0.62% 0.94%
Christian Party 0.87% 0.84%
Others 0.73% 0.70%
Independant 0.16% 0.16%
Solidarity 0.16% 0.15%
BNP 0.77% 0.13%
Socialist Labour 1.01% 0.07%

Predicted West Scotland additional members:
# 2011 Result 2016 Prediction
1 Conservative Labour (Jackie Baillie)
2 Labour Labour (Neil Bibby)
3 Conservative Conservative (Jackson Carlaw)
4 SNP Labour (Mary Fee)
5 Labour Labour (Ken MacIntosh)
6 SNP Conservative (Jamie Greene)
7 Labour Green (Ross Greer)

South Scotland

SNP Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Green
Constituency Seats 9 (+5) 0 (-2) 0 (-3) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c)
List Seats 0 (-4) 3 (+1) 3 (+3) 1 (n/c) 0 (n/c)
Total Seats 9 (+1) 3 (-1) 3 (n/c) 1 (n/c) 0 (n/c)

SNP Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat
1 SNP Candidate
(Kilmarnock & Irvine Valley)
Iain Gray
(South Scotland list)
John Scott
(South Scotland list)
Jim Hume
(South Scotland list)
2 SNP Candidate
(Ettrick, Roxburgh & Berwickshire)
Claudia Beamish
(South Scotland list)
Oliver Mundell
(South Scotland list)
-
3 SNP Candidate
(East Lothian)
Colin Smyth
(South Scotland list)
Rachael Hamilton
(South Scotland list)
-
4 SNP Candidate
(Dumfriesshire)
- - -
5 SNP Candidate
(Clydesdale)
- - -
6 SNP Candidate
(Galloway & West Dumfries)
- - -
7 SNP Candidate
(Midlothian South, Tweeddale & Lauderdale)
- - -
8 SNP Candidate
(Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley)
- - -
9 SNP Candidate
(Ayr)
- - -

Moving average of poll subsamples for South Scotland constituency vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 51.12%
Conservative 22.03%
Labour 19.78%
Liberal Democrat 5.13%
UKIP 0.73%
Green 0.46%
TUSC 0.00%
Scottish Socialist 0.00%
CISTA 0.00%
Scottish Christian 0.00%
(896 samples over 12 polls)
Predicted South Scotland Constituency results
Constituency 2011 Winner 2016 Prediction
Ayr Conservative (38.9%) SNP (46.8%)
Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley SNP (46.2%) SNP (54.1%)
Clydesdale SNP (49.9%) SNP (57.4%)
Dumfriesshire Labour (39.6%) SNP (42.7%)
East Lothian Labour (39.0%) SNP (50.2%)
Ettrick, Roxburgh & Berwickshire Conservative (44.9%) SNP (41.5%)
Galloway & West Dumfries Conservative (36.9%) SNP (46.2%)
Kilmarnock & Irvine Valley SNP (53.2%) SNP (57.9%)
Midlothian South, Tweeddale & Lauderdale SNP (43.5%) SNP (53.3%)

Moving average of poll subsamples for South Scotland regional vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 46.99%
Labour 18.43%
Conservative 15.40%
Liberal Democrat 7.73%
Green 5.51%
UKIP 4.95%
Scottish Pensioners 1.59%
Scottish Socialist 0.11%
TUSC 0.00%
Solidarity 0.00%
Socialist Labour 0.00%
CISTA 0.00%
Scottish Christian 0.00%
(909 samples over 12 polls)
Predicted South Scotland List Vote share
Party 2011 List vote (%) Predicted List vote (%)
SNP 40.98% 43.83%
Labour 25.32% 18.87%
Conservative 19.49% 18.43%
Liberal Democrat 5.41% 6.64%
Green 3.06% 5.26%
UKIP 1.16% 4.04%
Pensioners 1.58% 1.50%
Christian Party 0.69% 0.65%
Scottish Socialist 0.25% 0.41%
Solidarity 0.29% 0.17%
BNP 0.72% 0.12%
Socialist Labour 1.04% 0.07%
Independant 0.00% 0.00%
Others 0.00% 0.00%

Predicted South Scotland additional members:
# 2011 Result 2016 Prediction
1 Labour Labour (Iain Gray)
2 SNP Conservative (John Scott)
3 SNP Labour (Claudia Beamish)
4 Labour Conservative (Oliver Mundell)
5 SNP Liberal Democrat (Jim Hume)
6 Liberal Democrat Labour (Colin Smyth)
7 SNP Conservative (Rachael Hamilton)

Glasgow

SNP Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat Green
Constituency Seats 9 (+4) 0 (-4) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 0 (n/c)
List Seats 0 (-2) 5 (+2) 1 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 1 (n/c)
Total Seats 9 (+2) 5 (-2) 1 (n/c) 0 (n/c) 1 (n/c)

SNP Labour Green Conservative
1 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Pollok)
Anas Sarwar
(Glasgow list)
Patrick Harvie
(Glasgow list)
Adam Tomkins
(Glasgow list)
2 SNP Candidate
(Rutherglen)
Johann Lamont
(Glasgow list)
- -
3 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Kelvin)
James Kelly
(Glasgow list)
- -
4 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Cathcart)
Pauline McNeill
(Glasgow list)
- -
5 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Anniesland)
Bill Butler
(Glasgow list)
- -
6 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Shettleston)
- - -
7 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Maryhill & Springburn)
- - -
8 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Provan)
- - -
9 SNP Candidate
(Glasgow Southside)
- - -

Moving average of poll subsamples for Glasgow constituency vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 56.49%
Labour 25.72%
Conservative 9.52%
Liberal Democrat 3.71%
Green 3.52%
Scottish Socialist 0.94%
TUSC 0.89%
UKIP 0.85%
CISTA 0.77%
Scottish Christian 0.00%
(1045 samples over 12 polls)
Predicted Glasgow Constituency results
Constituency 2011 Winner 2016 Prediction
Glasgow Anniesland SNP (43.2%) SNP (56.4%)
Glasgow Cathcart SNP (45.5%) SNP (57.2%)
Glasgow Kelvin SNP (43.3%) SNP (56.4%)
Glasgow Maryhill & Springburn Labour (48.1%) SNP (56.5%)
Glasgow Pollok Labour (47.5%) SNP (57.9%)
Glasgow Provan Labour (52.3%) SNP (56.5%)
Glasgow Shettleston SNP (47.8%) SNP (59.4%)
Glasgow Southside SNP (54.4%) SNP (62.3%)
Rutherglen Labour (46.1%) SNP (54.1%)

Moving average of poll subsamples for Glasgow regional vote:
Party Vote Share (%)
SNP 46.49%
Labour 26.14%
Green 10.08%
Conservative 9.64%
Liberal Democrat 3.78%
UKIP 2.56%
CISTA 1.87%
Scottish Socialist 1.11%
TUSC 0.93%
Solidarity 0.12%
Socialist Labour 0.00%
Scottish Pensioners 0.00%
Scottish Christian 0.00%
(1047 samples over 12 polls)
Predicted Glasgow List Vote share
Party 2011 List vote (%) Predicted List vote (%)
SNP 39.82% 42.43%
Labour 34.99% 26.09%
Green 5.97% 9.81%
Conservative 6.11% 8.05%
Others 4.45% 4.22%
Liberal Democrat 2.55% 3.15%
UKIP 0.54% 1.97%
Pensioners 1.80% 1.71%
Scottish Socialist 0.65% 1.48%
Christian Party 0.72% 0.68%
BNP 1.16% 0.19%
Independant 0.16% 0.15%
Socialist Labour 1.09% 0.07%
Solidarity 0.00% 0.00%

Predicted Glasgow additional members:
# 2011 Result 2016 Prediction
1 Labour Labour (Anas Sarwar)
2 SNP Labour (Johann Lamont)
3 Conservative Green (Patrick Harvie)
4 Green Labour (James Kelly)
5 Labour Conservative (Adam Tomkins)
6 SNP Labour (Pauline McNeill)
7 Labour Labour (Bill Butler)