If Theresa May’s decision last Tuesday to call a UK General Election was a surprise, the eight days since have continued to shock in opinion polling terms. The already enormous leads enjoyed by the ruling Conservatives have somehow grown further, the UK Independence Party’s support has tumbled, and the Labour Party is under threat in […]
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Snap poll opens UK General Election campaign
Within hours of Prime Minister Theresa May’s surprise decision to opt for an early General Election, ICM had won the mini-race to produce the first poll of the campaign. It confirmed the enormous advantage the Conservatives will take into the 8 June vote – a lead of 21 points over Labour, by 46 per cent […]
Tories pushing towards 50 per cent with ComRes
Two UK pollsters have tonight released surveys prepared for tomorrow’s Easter Sunday newspapers: they tell two very different stories. The focus is likely to be on ComRes’ poll for the Independent and Sunday Mirror, which shows the Conservatives on an extraordinary 46 per cent of General Election voting intentions. Not only is this their highest […]
May widens personal lead yet further
Perhaps Britain’s opinion researchers and their media clients are getting bored with tediously large Conservative leads over Labour – the flow of voting intention polls has slowed almost to a trickle. YouGov’s survey for The Times newspaper released today is only the second such poll of April: its findings once again show an enormous government […]
Grim backdrop for Labour ahead of local vote
In exactly two months time voters in England, Scotland and Wales will go to the polling stations for local government elections. There is no UK tradition of opinion polling specifically for such local-level contests, so instead guidance for 4 May must be taken from surveys asking about national level voting intentions and from the projections […]
Another shocking poll for Labour in wake of UK Budget
The first opinion poll researched after this Wednesday’s annual Budget announcement is another deeply depressing one for the opposition Labour Party. The ruling Conservatives advance two points to hit 44 per cent, their best score with YouGov since the early sunlit days of the Tory/Lib Dem coalition back in August 2010. With Labour unmoved, the […]