Scottish Election Study 2026

An independent, ESRC-funded academic study of Scottish politics, elections and voting behaviour

Dinnae waste yer vote: how do Scots understand and use the electoral system?

SES Co-Investigator Professor Christopher Carman (christopher.carman@glasgow.ac.uk) dives into Scottish Election […]

SES Principal Investigator Prof. Ailsa Henderson examines where the unpredictability […]

The Scottish Election Study is delighted to announce our fifth […]

With Scotland’s Holyrood election just a week away, SES Co-Investigator […]

All Scottish Election Study and Scottish Referendum Study data is deposited in the UK Data Archive. You can access the data here

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