What do the polls say about anti-Conservative cooperation? The Week in Polls #4
A poll out this week looked at the possible impact of seat deals between Labour, Greens and Liberal Democrats for the next general election. … Read the full post »
Opinion polls
Read below my posts about UK political opinion polls and related matters, especially how the different parties are doing in voting intention surveys.
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For a full database of voting intention polls since their birth in the UK in 1943, see PollBase, the largest collection of voting intention polls.
Wakefield focus group is grim news for Conservatives ahead of by-election
Following the grim news for the Conservatives in the Times Radio focus group ahead of the Tiverton and Honiton by-election, comes news of another one, this time held in Wakefield … Read the full post »
Latest general election voting intention opinion polls
Here are the latest general election voting intention figures from each of the polling firms currently running national surveys. … Read the full post »
Increasing public support for immigration: The Week in Polls #3
We’ve had five national voting intention polls with fieldwork in the last week, putting the Conservatives on 33-34%, Labour on 37-39%, the Lib Dems on 11-12% and the Greens on 3-7%. … Read the full post »
Voters think Labour and Lib Dems did best in the local elections
There’s been plenty from both me and others on how the parties did in the May local elections. But what do the voters think? … Read the full post »
Focus group: what Conservative voters are saying in Tiverton & Honiton
“A lying buffoon”, “just an idiot”, “selfish and greedy”: Tiverton and Honiton focus group with 2019 Conservative voters on Boris Johnson. … Read the full post »
PODCAST – How did Labour, Tories and Lib Dems really do in the local elections?
Pollster Keiran Pedley joined me on Never Mind The Bar Charts to discuss what we can learn from the 2022 local elections and how Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems really did. … Read the full post »
The relevance of local elections and something Leavers and Remainers agree on: The Week in Polls #2
Given we have national opinion polls, how useful are local elections for judging the national political mood? … Read the full post »
Economy tops reasons for no longer voting Conservative
Redfield & Wilton’s recent polling has included this from former Conservative voters on their reasons for switching away from the party. … Read the full post »
The week in polls: consistent polling, poor media coverage and more
We’ve had six national voting intention polls come out with fieldwork at least in part in the past week. Six firms, six methodologies. … Read the full post »