Exit poll suggests pro-separatist party would win only 10 constituencies in Scotland, down from 48 it won in 2019 election, losing its position as Britain's third-biggest party.The Scottish National Party was forecast to suffer its worst result in a British general election since 2010, dealing a blow to Scotland's flagging independence movement.
Ex-SNP leader and former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said the prediction was"at the grimmer end of the expectations" for her party, which had been tipped to endure a chastening performance. In 2010, it got only six seats. But the party has been under pressure from the resurgence of Labour in its former heartlands north of the English border, as it rides a wave of displeasure against the Tories nationwide.
The SNP has been in turmoil for months as voters tire of its 17 years in charge of the devolved Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.