Trust
Ipsos MORI have published their latest Veracity Index survey on public trust in various professions, and it doesn't reflect well on our elected officials. Trust in politicians has fallen by 7% since 2021, putting the proportion of respondents trusting them at 12%. This is the lowest figure on
Housing
As a backbench rebellion has forced the government to pull a vote on housing targets, the Conservative Party has found itself in a public debate over planning and broader strategy. Paul Goodman at ConservativeHome has written a good article on the party's dilemma. Recent polling from Ben W.
Psephology
Those of you who follow our Twitter (do give it a look), or have been making use of our constituency database, may well have noticed that our model is forecasting that Jeremy Hunt will lose his seat on current polling, albeit on the narrowest of margins. Considering he's
European Union
The confirmation that Britain is entering a recession has left experts and pundits scrambling to explain how we got here. One poll from YouGov has added fuel to the fire of one explanation, with the headline finding that 56% of voters think Britain was wrong to leave the European Union.
Welcome to the new UK Polling Report! As we officially relaunch this morning, it's worth running through the features of our re-engineered site. On the front page you'll see featured articles, below which is our polling average and most recent model forecast. We then list our
Exactly a year ago I announced I was closing down UKPollingReport. I started running it back in 2005 - that was before I was a pollster, when I was an outside observer looking in. Then I joined YouGov and wrote about polling from working inside a company, but not actually
Much has been made of a resurgence in the polls for Reform UK. Several polls have given the party near all-time highs in Westminster voting intention, with Omnisis putting them on 9%. Whilst several of these are isolated polls, the broader trend does support the idea of a growth in
Economy
As Jeremy Hunt prepares to deliver his Autumn Statement, it's worth considering where public opinion stands on the economy. The FT covered YouGov data on where the public stands across a variety of tax and spend issues. One takeaway is that few individual contractionary measures receive overwhelming support.
As Rishi Sunak settles in to his new job, British public opinion has subsumed the system shock of a new Prime Minister. The polls did initially close, though there is now a more settled picture as Labour see consistent leads at around 20%. This is demonstrated by the below graph,
Immigration
YouGov have recently produced some research into public attitudes on immigration. Its findings raise a number of conflicting issues, though can broadly be summarised by broad dissatisfaction over the Government's handling of immigration, with more support for a restrictionist policy than for a liberalised one. Looking closer at
Psephology
Sir David Butler died on 8th November, at the age of 98. Butler was a trailblazer of electoral studies. He first began analysing election results in terms of percentages in 1945, though is perhaps most renowned for his work in developing the concept of swing. Often known as the father
Recent polling from YouGov has taken a look into how much the public trusts the main party leaders on a variety of key issues and it doesn't make pleasant reading for the Prime Minister. Respondents were asked how much they trusted each leader by issue, with the net
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