New ComRes VI and YouGov Welsh polls

Saturday normally doesn't see any polls being published, so I missed a new ComRes poll for the Indy last night. Topline figures were CON 39%(+2), LAB 36%(+1), LDEM 15%(nc), Others 10%(-3). Changes are from ComRes's previous online poll a fortnight ago and the poll was conducted wholly after Ed Miliband's leader's speech.

Last week I also missed a YouGov Welsh poll. Voting intention figures there with changes from August's YouGov/ITV Wales poll are CON 22%(nc), LAB 44%(+5), LDEM 11%(+1), Plaid 19%(-4) for the constituency vote; CON 20%(-1), LAB 41%(+2), LDEM 12%(+3), Plaid 19%(-4) for the regional vote. Voing intention in the referendum on extra powers for the Welsh Assembly stands at YES 49%(+1), NO 30%(-2).

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