THE bombshell Brexit vote has failed to deliver a surge in support for Scottish independence – and has instead boosted Ruth Davidson, a shock poll found yesterday.

Top pollster Sir John Curtice found the SNP’s pro-EU stance alienated its own voters in last year’s General Election, helping the Scottish Tories secure their astonishing 12 seats.

1 Ruth Davidson's party has seen an increase in support where as the SNP led by Nicola Sturgeon have seen a fall Credit: Getty Images - Getty

Analysis showed support for the SNP fell significantly among eurosceptics from 51 per cent to 36 per cent in the 2017 election.But support north of the border for the Scottish Tories among eurosceptics doubled to 28 per cent.

The National Centre for Social Research chapter from this year’s British Social Attitudes survey found 40 per cent of Scots are Europhiles but a far higher 58 per cent are eurosceptics.

Sir John said: “Nicola Sturgeon anticipated that Brexit would increase support for independence. Instead, Brexit has made both independence and the SNP relatively less popular among those Scots who are not very enthusiastic about the EU, even if they did vote to Remain.

“So far this has been a tendency to presume that the fall in SNP support in the 2017 election simply represented a rejection of the party’s plans for a second independence referendum.

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“Our research suggests that it was also occasioned by a dislike of its pro-EU stance among some of former SNP voters.

He added: “Meanwhile, far from simply winning votes as a result of her opposition to a second independence referendum, Ruth Davidson appears to have profited from a swing among Leave voters.

“That leaves Ms Davidson with an electorate whose views on Europe are in many cases strikingly different from her own.”