An exclusive poll by Representing Border has found a majority of voters in the South of Scotland would currently vote no to independence.

ComRes for ITV Border questioned 1,004 people in the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway over last weekend. It is the first ever full opinion poll to focus on the attitudes of voters in the South of Scotland.

Should Scotland be an independent country?

Asked the question voters will be asked on 18th September this year, of those who said they were likely to vote:

24% of South of Scotland voters said they would vote YES

59% of South of Scotland voters said they would vote NO

17% of South of Scotland voters said they did not know how they would vote

Yet a significant proportion of voters in the South of Scotland said they felt more Scottish than British.

Do you feel Scottish or British?

21% said they felt Scottish not British

24% said they felt more Scottish than British

35% said they felt equally Scottish and British

7% said they felt more British than Scottish

12% said they felt British not Scottish

1% did not know

Representing Border is ITV's new political programme for the South of Scotland, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10:35pm, while the Scottish Parliament is sitting.

Read: Find out more about the programme.