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In the Canadian general election of 1993, support for the governing Progressive Conservative Party collapsed, and the party's representation in the Ottawa House of Commons dropped from an absolute majority of seats to only two. Meanwhile, the Reform Party took Western Canada and became the dominant conservative party
Savanta
New research from polling firm Savanta for the Daily Telegraph suggests there's been a significant drop in Conservative voters believing the Rwanda scheme will reduce small boats crossings, ahead of a series of key parliamentary votes. Just one third (34%) of 2019 Conservative voters say the scheme to
Reform UK
Above is the UK Polling Report default forecast predicting Ashfield to go Labour with a comfortable double digit margin. Ashfield was in 2019 an unusual seat as the result below shows: "Other" was the Ashfield Independent Jason Zadrozny, who is expected to run again and has high name
By-Election
Polling from YouGov, released today, shows the SNP extending their lead over Labour by 7 points to 11%. Although it will certainly be well received in SNP circles, for the moment it doesn't look like it will be enough to make them favourites in the upcoming Rutherglen and
After a relatively stable period for the polls over recess, the concrete crisis looks to have mustered some movement. Although only Redfield & Wilton, so far, has shown a shift in overall voter intention, their most recent poll saw Labour gain 4%, Rishi's personal approval ratings have been
YouGov
The roll-out of voter ID in 2023 has not come without controversy. In March, UNISON called the move "a threat to our democracy", in the May local elections there were reports of voters being denied access to ballot boxes, and now a damning report has found that it
British voters were less likely to rank work as an important part of their life than those in twenty three other countries included in a recent study. Research from Kings College London and the World Values Survey suggests 73% of Britons view work as important to their lives. This can
Keir Starmer has just completed a reshuffle of his top team, bringing some fresh blood into his party's leadership, and it looks like the government could do with following suit. Polling from YouGov revealed that an overwhelming majority of voters, some 84%, think that the government is "
Despite the best wishes of some on the libertarian wing of the parliamentary Conservative Party, the party's core voters are overwhelmingly supportive of authoritarian measures to enhance security powers. Even ID cards, much maligned by Tory leaders past, experience far higher levels of support amongst Conservative voters than
London
After much debate, Sadiq Khan's flagship ULEZ expansion finally came into effect yesterday, and Londoners are divided on their response to the policy. In the city as a whole, the policy does experience net positive support - of +5 points. This, however, is short of a majority, with
With Nadine Dorries finally finding the time to send off her resignation letter, we will soon have a date for the Mid Bedfordshire By-Election that's been months in the making. Despite all this time, the outcome is not looking any more assured. Going by recent by-election results, you
Although British voters overwhelmingly agree that housing is unaffordable, by a margin of 55% to 22%, and generally want more homes need to be built, by 45% to 27%, there is strong support for retaining the green belt "even if it restricts the country's ability to meet
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