"If Scotland was an independent state then we would have much more of a voice in the EU than we have ever had at Westminster," Whitford said.
Whitford, whose party is campaigning to remain within the European Union, told Sputnik the negative campaigning by the official Remain side, dubbed "Project Fear," was leading to a "haemorrhaging" of support.
"British politicians on both sides of the EU debate believe that Project Fear succeeded during the Scottish independence referendum, because they won, but they forget they started that campaign with 68 percent of voters in Scotland wanting to remain within the UK, but ended up at 55 percent. That decline in support is what we have seen with the Remain campaign during this campaign," Whitford told Sputnik.
"I am really now quite anxious about the outcome now we are getting this close," Whitford said.
She added that because Scottish voters had not backed independence for their country in 2014 the ultimate decision on future EU membership would not be theirs to make.
"One thing this referendum campaign has shown is it highlights the fact that on the 18th September 2014, when Scotland held a referendum on becoming independent from the UK, we had absolute sovereignty for 15 hours and we gave that back. Sadly in this circumstance, in this EU referendum campaign, it’s not us making the decision. So the biggest decision for Scots since our own independence referendum will be made by other people because we decided to give that power back," Whitford said.
In a referendum held in September 2014 Scottish voters backed remaining within the UK by a margin of 55 percent to 45 percent.
Voters across the United Kingdom will take part in a referendum held June 23 to decide whether Britain should exit the European Union.
