The SNP are on course to sweep across Scotland, wiping out senior Labour and Lib Dems, a devastating new poll showed today. Labour election chief Douglas Alexander and Lib Dem Treasury minister Danny Alexander are among those who face losing their seats to the Scottish nationalists. Polling in 16 seats by Tory peer Lord Ashcroft found Nicola Sturgeon's nationalist party ahead in 15 of the 16 seats, putting the SNP on course to hold the balance of power after May's election. Polls carried out by Lord Ashcroft in 16 key seats show the SNP is on course to win in all but one of them
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Lord Ashcroft poll reveals snapshot of voting intention in 16 Scottish seats
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SNP is ahead of 15 of the 16 seats, with Labour losing all but one
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Lib Dems including Danny Alexander facing wipeout north of the border
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If 21% swing to SNP repeated across Scotland, Labour could lose 35 MPs
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Polls have repeatedly suggested the SNP will make huge gains, with @placeholder facing heavy losses and the Lib Dems and Tories wiped out altogether.
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The swing from Labour to the @placeholder varies from 21 to 27 per cent.
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The most popular outcome for May, Lord Ashcroft found, is a Labour-SNP coalition, with 39 per cent of voters, including 62 per cent of @placeholder supporters and 79 per cent of Labour-SNP switchers, favouring that option.
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"That would be a terrible outcome for Scotland but it's what might happen if Scotland votes @placeholder."