Latest YouGov figures for London

The Evening Standard have the lastest London data from YouGov's daily polls, aggregated up and properly weighted to London demographics.

The topline figures are CON 38%(-2), LAB 35%(+4), LDEM 16%(+2). It is a significant narrowing of the Conservative lead in London since their last poll, though this one is a lot more in line with other YouGov polling. YouGov's previous London poll showed a towering 8 point swing, whereas this one shows 5 point swing, much closer to what YouGov's national polls are showing. On these figures, London seems to be behaving in a pretty similar fashion to the rest of the country.

(Incidentally, Joe Murphy's commentary in the Standard takes a lot of trouble to make clear why some seats are a different colour to the party who the current MP represents due to boundary changes. I have the suspicion that there speaks a man who recieved lots of emails from readers last time round complaining about Croydon Central, etc, being the wrong colour)

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