ComRes - 39/32/16

There is a new ComRes poll tomorrow, jointly commissioned by the Sunday Mirror and Indy on Sunday. The topline figures with changes from ComRes's last poll at the end of March are CON 39%(+2), LAB 32%(+2), LDEM 16%(-4), others are at 13%.

The poll shows both Labour and the Conservatives up slightly (meaning the Tory lead is unchanged), meaning there is a sharp drop in Liberal Democrat support, down to 16%. Leaving aside Opinium who give the Lib Dems very low scores, it's the Liberal Democrat's lowest poll rating since early March and the lowest figure ComRes have given them since January. It seems a bit out of step with other recent polling to me, but we shall see what the other polls tonight show.

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