The annual opinion poll for St David’s Day, the Welsh national day, produced by ICM for BBC Wales, shows practically no movement in support for any of the different approaches to the Principality’s future. Only 7 per cent of respondents support independence for Wales, up just one point on 2017’s survey. There is no real […]
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Winter stalemate between British parties
Britain’s first national opinion poll of 2018, from YouGov for The Times, shows that the Christmas holiday period has not led to any real movement between government and opposition parties. Despite widespread media coverage of winter-related problems in the health service, and continuing Brexit difficulties, Theresa May’s ruling Conservatives see their support holding firm at […]
Kantar poll gives first Tory lead for two months – or does it?
Kantar TNS has published its first British voting intention poll since June’s General Election, and has made some headlines for showing the first Conservative lead in any poll since late September. The four-point gap for the ruling party over the Labour opposition is, however, something of a product of the turnout model adopted by Kantar. […]
Neck and neck in twin UK polls
The late August Monday public holiday traditionally marks the end of summer in the UK and, after a very light period for opinion polling, the pollsters are straight back into action today with twin surveys issued by YouGov and ICM. Both show that the minority ruling Conservatives and the opposition Labour Party are running neck […]
Labour still leads in UK, Corbyn falls back
Pollster Opinium has published its first UK voting intention survey for seven weeks for this Sunday’s Observer newspaper, with little real change to report over the holiday period. Small movements each way combine to halve the Labour opposition’s lead over the minority governing Conservatives from six to three points, but overall the changes in party […]
Final polling for the UK General Election
Today’s parliamentary election in Britain will be something of a test for the nation’s embattled opinion polling companies. In part this is due to past perceived ‘failures’ at the 2015 General Election and the 2016 referendum on Brexit. But it is also due to the extraordinary swings in voting intention reported during the six week […]