Populus - CON 35, LAB 35, LDEM 9, UKIP 13
The second of Populus's two twice-weekly polls is out this morning and has topline figures of CON 35%, LAB 35%, LDEM 9%, UKIP 13%. The Conservatives and Labour are neck and neck on 35% a piece. Tabs are here.
The last time we saw a poll without a Labour lead was MORI's October poll last year. That one didn't herald a great crossover, it was just a blip. You probably shouldn't get excited about this one yet either - it could be a further narrowing of the polls, or could just be normal variation within the margin of error. Populus tend to show some of the smaller Labour leads anyway, probably as a result of their weighting scheme (Populus weight by party ID, in a similar way to YouGov, but weight Labour to a lower level of identification).
Meanwhile the daily YouGov poll for the Sun had topline figures of CON 32%, LAB 38%, LDEM 8%, UKIP 14% (tabs here). As ever, look at the polls as a whole, don't make the error of looking more at the ones that give more unusual or exciting results.
On unrelated matters, nominations for the European elections closed yesterday and candidate lists were published, so I've updated the election guide part of the site with the full candidates: Scotland, North East, North West, Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, Wales, East of England, South West, South East and London.
