ComRes/Indy on Sunday - CON 36, LAB 40, LD 10

There is a new ComRes poll in the Indy on Sunday/Sunday Mirror. Topline figures are CON 36%(-1), LAB 40%(+3), LDEM 10%(-1), Others 14%(-1) - changes are since ComRes's last online poll a month ago, which had shown the Conservatives and Labour neck and neck on 37%. There does appear to be some effect on voting intention from the phone hacking saga - YouGov's daily tracking seems to have moved from a Labour lead in the region of 6 points to one in the region of 8 points, now ComRes have Labour going from neck-and-neck to 4 points ahead. Whether it lasts of course is a different matter.

ComRes also repeated their leader ratings questions, which have Miliband significantly up since last month and Cameron somewhat down. 27% of people now think that Ed Miliband is turning out to be a good leader (up from 18% a month ago), 33% think David Cameron is turning out to be a good PM (down from 37% a month ago).

Still to come tonight is the regular YouGov/Sunday Times poll. I'm not aware of any other polling due in the Sunday papers.

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