I'd have several comments here (and seen countless similar comments on Twitter) asking why, if the Lib Dems got 16% in the local elections this month none of the polls show them with that level of support. They normally proceed to conclude that the polls are wrong. As
Tonight's YouGov poll for the Sun has topline figures of CON 31%, LAB 45%, UKIP 8%, LDEM 7%. The 14 point lead is the biggest Labour lead YouGov has ever shown since starting regular polling in 2002 (though other companies showed a lead of that size back in
Full tables for the YouGov poll for the Sunday Times are now up here, mostly covering attitudes towards the coalition. On the regular leader ratings David Cameron has a net approval rating of minus 29 (up from minus 31 last week), Nick Clegg is on minus 54 (from minus 57
Tonight's YouGov poll for the Sunday Times has topline figure of CON 31%, LAB 43%, LDEM 10%, Others 17%. The twelve point Labour lead is broadly typical of what YouGov have been showing since the local elections and the seven pointer for the Lib Dems yesterday does indeed
Tonight's YouGov poll for the Sun has topline figures of CON 34%, LAB 44%, LD 7%, UKIP 7%. The Labour lead is down slightly from other polls since the local elections, but nothing significant or outside the margin of error. The fieldwork for the poll was carried out
Tonight's YouGov poll for the Sun has topline figures of CON 31%, LAB 44%, LDEM 9% and Others 17% (including UKIP on 8%), so has Labour's lead at 13 for a second day. There are also some new voting intention figures from TNS-BMRB, with fieldwork conducted
Tonight's YouGov poll for the Sun has topline figures of CON 31%, LAB 44%, LDEM 8%, Others 17% (including UKIP on 8%). Thirteen points equals the biggest Labour lead YouGov have shown since the election (it's been hit twice before, both in April). All the normal
Most of the time on UK Polling Report I write about what the polls tell us about public opinion. Only when elections come along do we get to do it the other way around, and see what public opinion tells us about the accuracy of the polls. As regular readers
Boris Johnson's victory in London has produced the predictable flurry of media speculation about Boris as a future leader. Both the polls in the weekend papers - YouGov in the Sunday Times and Survation in the Mail on Sunday had a series of questions comparing Boris and David
Tonight's weekly YouGov poll for the Sunday Times has topline figures of CON 31%, LAB 43%, LDEM 9%, Others 17% (including UKIP on 8%). Fieldwork was, as usual, conducted between Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon and, in practice, the large majority of the fieldwork would have been conducted
Tomorrow is the second round of the French Presidential election, the run off between the top two candidates, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande. YouGov have once again done a pre-election poll, which has figures of Hollande 53%, Sarkozy 47%. Tabs are here. Looking at all the final French polls there
Results overnight showed Labour gaining 470 seats, Conservatives losing 279 and the Lib Dems losing 129 seats. Labour have gained overall control of 22 councils, the Conservatives have lost 12 councils and gained 1, the Lib Dems have lost one of the four they defended overnight. Council elections are always
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