ICM/Sunday Telegraph - 11 point Tory lead

A new ICM poll in the Sunday Telegraph shows a slight recovery for Labour, putting them back above thirty. Conservative support is also up slightly from the last ICM poll so the Tory lead remains in double figures - at 11 points enough to produce an overall Conservative majority if repeated at a general election.

The topline figures, with changes from the last ICM poll a fortnight ago, are CON 43%(+1), LAB 32%(+3), LDEM 18%(-3).

I'll update when I've seen the rest of the poll, although according to Conservative home, the poll also has questions on how people would vote in an Alternative Vote system - it would result in the Conservatives doing slightly less well and finds Cameron & Osborne neck and neck with Brown & Darling on economic competence.

There was also a Scottish YouGov poll this morning. It showed Westminster voting intentions in Scotland at CON 17%, LAB 35%, LDEM 12%, SNP 31%. Scottish Parliament voting intentions stand at CON 12%, LAB 32%, LDEM 13%, SNP 40% in the constituency vote and CON 13%, LAB 30%, LDEM 12%, SNP 33% in the list vote.

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