ICM show Lib Dems up and AV and FPTP neck and neck

ICM's monthly poll for the Guardian is out. Topline voting intention figures with changes from ICM's last poll in January are CON 35%(nc), LAB 38%(-1), LDEM 18%(+3). The three point Labour lead is very close to Populus's (who use a similar

The Irish General Election

This coming Friday has the general election in Ireland - for those who are interested, here are the latest polls. DateFianna FailFine GaelLabourSinn Fein Ipsos MRBI/Irish Times21/02/1116371911 RedC/S. Business Post20/02/1116391712 Millward Brown/S. Independent20/02/1116372012 OI/Daily Star17/02/1117391810 Millward Brown/Independent16/

YouGov/Sunday Times - CON 37, LAB 41, LDEM 10

Tonight's YouGov/Sunday Times poll has voting intentions of CON 37%, LAB 41%, LDEM 10%. A four point lead is the lowest YouGov have shown this month. Of course it's possible that the government have recovered a bit - Cameron has spoken out against the prisoners

Different Populus questions show YES and NO ahead

Of late polls on AV have shown somewhat contrasting figures. Most companies have been measuring voting intention on AV by just asking the bare question that will be on the ballot paper. This has tended to show a lead for the YES campaign. Meanwhile YouGov have a tracker question on

The 2010 election in hindsight

I posted about this on the YouGov website earlier this week, but wanted to note it here too. A YouGov poll this week we asked about people’s opinions on the result of the 2010 election in hindsight. Do people think Labour deserved to lose, did the Conservatives deserve to

YouGov/Sun - CON 36%, LAB 42%, LDEM 10%

Tonight's daily YouGov poll for the Sun has topline figures of CON 36%, LAB 42%, LDEM 10%. A slightly smaller Labour lead by the standards of the last week or so, but well within the normal margin of error if the underlying position is around about an eight

YouGov/Sun - CON 35%, LAB 45%, LD 10%

YouGov's daily poll for the Sun has topline figures of CON 35%, LAB 45%, LD 10%, a repeat of the 10 point Labour lead we saw at the weekend. Labour's lead over the Conservatives in the daily YouGov polls certainly seems to be creeping ever upwards,

ComRes/Newsnight poll has AV and FTPT equal

There is a new ComRes poll on the Alternative Vote for Newsnight tonight, which - in response to the question on the ballot paper - has YES and NO equal on 41%. This is in contrast to other polls asking the bare referendum question, which have tended to show AV

Scottish Ipsos MORI poll shows SNP ahead

There is a new MORI poll of Scottish voting intentions in the Times tomorrow (£) that shows the SNP ahead in Holyrood voting intentions. Full topline figures with changes from MORI's last Scottish poll in November are: Holyrood constituency: CON 13%(nc), LAB 36%(-5), LDEM 10%(-1), SNP

The Big Society

I'm slightly wary about mentioning them, given that the topic seems to provoke a lot of partisan discussion in the comments section here*, but this morning there was also a repeat of some YouGov questions on the Big Society, first asked two and a half weeks ago for

YouGov/Sun - CON 36%, LAB 44%, LDEM 10%

Tonight's YouGov poll for the Sun has topline figures of CON 36%, LAB 44%, LDEM 10% - the Labour lead is back down from that 10 point lead yesterday that looked like a bit of an outlier (though that said, the average Labour lead in YouGov's

YouGov London poll has Boris and Ken neck and neck

The latest YouGov polling from London gives Labour a 16 point lead in Westminster voting intentions, but shows Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone are neck and neck in the mayoral race. Full tabs are here. Current voting intentions in London with changes are since the last general election are CON