New ComRes and Opinium polls

ComRes have a new poll tomorrow for the Independent on Sunday and Sunday Mirror. Topline voting intention figures with changes from the last online ComRes poll before the local elections are CON 32%(-2), LAB 41%(+2), LDEM 11%(+1), UKIP 7%(-2), Others 9%.

There was also a new Opinium poll out yesterday, which had topline figures of CON 30%(-2), LAB 41%(+2), LDEM 9%(+1), UKIP 10%(nc), Others 10% (changes are from their last poll just before the locals).

Both companies show a shift from the Conservatives to Labour since the local elections, something we've also seen in YouGov's daily polling and MORI's recent poll. The local elections have also given Ed Miliband a boost - Opinium and ComRes both had leader approval figures which, like YouGov and MORI's figures, show boosts for the Labour leader. Opinium have Miliband's approval rating up to minus 17 (from minus 26 before the local elections) and ComRes have the proportion of people thinking Miliband is turning out to be a good Labour leader up 8 points to 26%.

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