Sturgeon’s priority, voters say

A think tank has produced a list of pro-union candidates it claims are most likely to beat the SNP in close seats across Scotland.

The Scottish Research Society (SRS), a political research organisation which campaigned against Scottish independence after being set up in 2014, commissioned an independent study to discover which pro-union candidate has the highest chance of winning in a given seat in Thursday’s General Election.

The report identified 20 seats believed to be close enough for the SNP to be beaten if a small number of the electorate vote

Clockwise from main: in the last frantic days of campaigning Nicola Sturgeon tours Scotland by helicopter as does Ruth Davidson on a trip to Inverurie; Tim Farron makes sandwiches for voters during a visit to a cafe in Edinburgh; and a Labour poster...