MORE people consider Andy Murray to be Scottish than British, according to a new poll.
The survey by YouGov found that 46% of people see the sporting legend as mainly Scottish, compared to 36% of people who see him as mainly British, and 18% of people who responded “don’t know”.
In Scotland, 79% of people said they saw Andy Murray as mainly Scottish, whilst 12% said they saw him as mainly British and 9% said they didn’t know.
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The poll was conducted on August 2 and 3839 adults from the UK were surveyed.
It did not have an option to select if someone saw Murray as both Scottish and British.
It comes after Murray played his final game of professional tennis after being knocked out of the men’s doubles quarter finals at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
Murray had the perfect reaction after playing his final game, writing on Twitter/X: “Never even liked tennis anyway.”
The demographic most likely to see Murray as mainly Scottish was 50 to 64-year-olds (52%), followed by 65 and over (51%), 25 to 49-year-olds (44%), then 18 to 24-year-olds (28%).
Those who voted Reform and Conservative were more likely to see Murray as mainly Scottish (52% and 50% respectively), whilst Labour and LibDem voters were least likely, at 45% each.
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Murray has not said what his plans are now that his professional tennis career is over, although he has said he hopes to spend more time with his family.
Calls are now being made in Scotland for Holyrood to “honour” Murray for his sporting achievements, with Alba MSP Ash Regan lodging a motion urging the Government to pay tribute to “one of Scotland’s greatest ever athletes”.
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