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Party preference on law and order



ICM: (1)Which of the two parties, Conservative or Labour, do you trust the most to tackle violent crime? (2) Irrespective of how you yourself will vote at the next election, which political party do you think is putting forward the best policies on Law and order? (3) Which party do you trust most on law and order?
YouGov: (1) Here is a list of problems facing the country. Could you tell me for each of them which political party you personally think would handle the problem best? Law & Order. (2) And who would you trust more to take the right decisions on each of the following issues…? A Conservative government lead by David Cameron/A Labour government lead by Gordon Brown.
Populus: Which of the three main parties would do the best job when it comes to crime and disorder?
MORI: I am going to read out a list of problems facing Britain today. I would like you to tell me whether you think the Conservative party, the Labour party or the Liberal Democrats has the best policies on each problem. Crime/Anti-social behaviour





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Survey End Date CON LAB LDEM Con Lead
YouGov/Sunday Times (2) 06/10/07 35 25 n/a 10
YouGov/Telegraph (1) 28/08/07 34 24 6 +10
ICM/Guardian (2) 27/06/07 26 29 6 -3
ICM/Guardian (2) 21/01/07 31 25 8 +6
MORI/Sunday Times 06/09/06 25 21 8 +4
ICM/Newsnight 16/07/06 33 25 10 +8
ICM/Sunday Telegraph (3) 29/06/06 22 21 7 +1
YouGov/Telegraph 25/05/06 38 18 8 +20
ICM/Guardian 21/05/06 37 25 9 +12
YouGov/Sunday Times 28/04/06 39 20 8 +19
ICM/Sunday Telegraph 15/04/05 34 33 9 +1
YouGov/Telegraph 14/04/05 38 25 11 +13
ICM/Sunday Telegraph (2) 08/04/05 37 29 7 +8
YouGov/Telegraph 06/04/05 38 24 9 +14
Populus/Times 03/04/05 31 32 10 -1
ICM/Guardian (2) 03/04/05 34 28 8 +6
YouGov/Telegraph 24/03/05 36 23 10 +13
ICM/Guardian (2) 20/03/05 30 32 8 -2
YouGov/Telegraph 24/02/05 36 26 9 +10
Populus/Times 06/02/05 34 35 13 -1
ICM/Sunday Telegraph (1) 27/01/05 33 33 n/a 0
YouGov/Telegraph 28/10/04 33 25 10 +8
Populus/News of the World 07/10/04 33 33 14 0
MORI/Observer 14/09/04 25 22 6 +3
YouGov/Telegraph 24/06/04 36 24 11 +12
Populus/Times 09/05/04 35 30 13 +5
YouGov/Telegraph 26/02/04 43 24 11 +19


Approval of Government Crime Policy



Populus: Before Labour was elected in 1997, Tony Blair said they would be ‘tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime’. Do you think they have been?
ICM: (1)Taking all things into account, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the governments performance on these issues? Crime. (2) When he came to power in 1997, Tony Blair said that he would be "tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime". Do you think he has or has not kept his word? (3) For each of the following, would you say the Labour governments policies on it have been a success or a failure? Crime



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Survey End Date Support Oppose Net
ICM/Mirror/Guardian (3) 03/04/05 32 60 -28
ICM/Sunday Telegraph (2) 27/01/05 27 67 -40
ICM/The Sun (1) 26/09/04 30 66 -36
Populus/News of the World 24/09/04 22 70 -48


Government Delivery on Law and order



MORI: Thinking about the way your area is policed, over the next few years do you expect it to get much better/get better/stay the same/get worse/get much worse?
ICM: Do you think law and order has improved since Labour came to power in 1997, got worse, or stayed about the same?
YouGov: Do you believe there is more crime, less crime or has there been little change in the total level of crime since the Labour government came to power?



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Survey End Date Better Same Worse Net
MORI/FT 13/05/07 24 52 21 +3
MORI/FT 11/03/07 22 52 22 0
MORI/FT 18/11/06 22 51 24 -2
MORI/FT 10/09/06 21 50 26 -5
MORI/Deloitte 07/05/06 23 51 23 0
MORI/Deloitte 12/03/06 25 48 23 +2
MORI/Deloitte 27/11/05 26 46 25 +1
MORI/Deloitte 18/09/05 24 49 23 +1
MORI/Deloitte 15/05/05 27 48 22 +5
YouGov/Sunday Times 09/04/05 12 35 49 -37
MORI/FT 28/02/05 24 41 21 +3
ICM/News of the World 06/01/05 19 41 37 -18
MORI/FT 30/11/04 26 39 21 +5
MORI 20/09/04 24 47 25 -1
MORI 20/06/04 24 51 20 +4
MORI 23/03/04 31 47 20 +11