 Miliband campaigned in the Scottish independence referendum with the cross @-@ party Better Together campaign , supporting Scotland 's membership of the United Kingdom . Opinion polls showed solid leads for the ' no ' campaign , with a 20 point @-@ lead on 19 August . However , by the end of the month , the lead has fallen to just 6 points , with YouGov analysis showing a big shift in support among Labour supporters . Miliband made an unplanned visit to Lanarkshire to draw a contrast between a Labour and Conservative future for Scotland within the UK . A poll on 7 September showed a 2 @-@ point lead for the ' yes ' campaign , leading to a joint commitment by Miliband , Cameron and Clegg for greater devolution to Scotland through a version of home rule . The results on 19 September showed victory for the ' no ' campaign , 55 @.@ 3 % to 44 @.@ 7 % . 
