Anthony Wells’s must-read political polling blog is closing
For many years, from well before he became a pollster himself, Anthony Wells’s UKPollingReport has been a must-read for anyone following British political polling. … Read the full post »
Anthony Wells
Posts featuring the polling expert Anthony Wells, who first made his polling reputation running the excellent UK Polling Report website until its closure in 2021. He went on to work for pollsters YouGov.
What to make of the constituency poll showing Luciana Berger ahead?
A constituency poll commissioned by the Liberal Democrats shows Luciana Berger in with an excellent chance of winning the Finchley & Golders Green seat. … Read the full post »
A non-excitable update on the latest Brexit polling
News that BMG had found a 11 point lead for the Remain side in any Euro-referendum re-run understandably got Remain campaigners rather excited. However… … Read the full post »
No, the electorate wasn’t unusually volatile in 2017
A further snippet from the latest set of British Election Study data: 19% of voters changed their mind on how they would vote between the start and the end of the campaign. … Read the full post »
What are the Lib Dem general election prospects? LDN #93
Liberal Democrat Newswire #93 looks at the Liberal Democrat prospects in the general election. … Read the full post »
Mixed evidence of public’s willingness to pay more in tax for the NHS
“It looks like people are happy to pay more income tax for the NHS… so long as its only a modest rise” – Anthony Wells … Read the full post »
Conservatives overtake SNP in Scottish polling (aka listen to Anthony Wells)
There it is, in black and white: Conservatives on 25% and SNP on 24% amongst Scottish voters in YouGov’s poll from last week. But… … Read the full post »
Ssssh! Don’t mention this opinion poll finding
Here’s one opinion poll finding that has had almost no coverage and I suspect will continue to do so because its finding is so at odds with what nearly everyone is saying. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #1 is out: welcome aboard!
First new year resolution completed – getting out edition number 1 of Liberal Democrat Newswire. … Read the full post »
Posts of the week: Liberal Democrat challenges and prospects
My selection this time is a piece of as usual excellent analysis from Anthony Wells – and I’d say that even if it were not for the last paragraph…! … Read the full post »