And now the Tory conference boost...

There is a new YouGov poll in tomorrow's Telegraph, which shows a respectable boost for the Conservatives following their conference. Topline voting intentions, with changes from the poll taken after the Labour conference, of CON 45%(+4), LAB 31%(nc), LDEM 15%(-1). It shows a reasonable boost in Conservative support, but unlike ICM's poll no fading of Labour's conference boost yet. The poor old Lib Dems have seen their conference boost from a fortnight ago entirely vanish. The fieldwork was condcted between the 1st and 3rd of October, though as always with YouGov's polls, the large majority of responses would probably have been received on the first day.

The whole conference effect may not have played through yet - David Cameron's received better coverage in the press the day after his speech than from the broadcasters on the day, so may not have peaked in these polls; equally like the Lib Dem boost any Labour or Conservative boost may fade in the coming days. From these first two early polls from ICM and YouGov though, the overall effect of the conference season and the economic crisis that co-incided with it seems to have been a small recovery for Labour. The Conservatives still have a large, election winning lead - but Labour may have pulled themselves out of the hopeless 20 plus defecits we saw in the summer.