ComRes/Sunday Indy - 37/39/11

There is a new ComRes poll in tomorrow's Independent on Sunday. Topline figures are CON 37%(nc), LAB 39%(+1), LDEM 11%(-2), Others 13%. The poll is very much in line with recent trends - Labour's small lead is being consolidated and the Lib Dems are falling ever lower. ComRes, for some reason I've never quite fathomed, tend to report higher levels of other support than most other companies.

Note that changes are from the last ComRes poll conducted online, in mid-November (ComRes carry out monthly online polls for the Independent on Sunday, and monthly telephone polls for the Independent. My policy here on UK Polling Report is to draw comparisons from the last poll by the same company using the same methodology, so I compare online to online, and phone to phone).

The other questions show no surprises. ComRes don't do regular leader approval trackers, but they've asked if people think the three leaders are proving to be good - the results are very similar to what YouGov's regular trackers are showing here: people evenly divided on David Cameron, negative about Clegg and somewhat negative about Miliband (though with a large chunk of don't knows). Ipsos MORI's monthly leader ratings here are slightly different, with Clegg and Cameron slightly more positive, and Ed Miliband still recording neutral ratings.

Going back to the ComRes poll, 64% of people agreed with the statement "Water cannons should be used against demonstrators if they are violent". This is very much in line with a YouGov poll in the week which found 69% supporting the use of water cannons.

The weekly YouGov/Sunday Times poll is still to come tonight (plus any other polls I haven't been forewarned about!)

UPDATE: The weekly YouGov poll for the Sunday Times has topline figures of CON 39%, LAB 42%, LDEM 9%. Of the last 6 daily polls, 4 have shown Labour ahead, one Tory lead and one tie - suggesting the underlying position with YouGov is a small Labour lead. Rogue polls and random sample error aside, it looks as though Labour are going to be ending the year ahead in every company's polls.

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