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4 February 2015updated 05 Oct 2023 8:41am

Ashcroft polls show sensational surge for SNP and suggest they will win more than 50 MPs in May

Lord Ashcroft’s seat-by-seat polls have confirmed the SNP are set to win more than 50 seats in May, after winning just 6 in 2010.

By harry harry

Lord Ashcroft’s seat-by-seat polls of Scottish constituencies have confirmed what national polls have suggested for months: the SNP are set to win more than 50 Scottish MPs (out of 59), and redraw the political landscape.

The polls findings show an SNP surge beyond the expectations of an even the most optimistic nationalists, and confirm that a hung parliament is a near inevitability.

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