Voting Intention 1979-1983
1979-1983 Polls
rowspan='2' bgcolor='#F7F7F7'> | Survey End Date | CON (%) | LAB (%) | LIB/SDP (%) | Con Lead |
| MORI/Express | 1983-06-08 | 47 | 26 | 25 | 21 |
| Harris/Observer | 1983-06-08 | 47 | 25 | 26 | 21 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1983-06-08 | 45.5 | 26.5 | 26 | 19 |
| Marplan/Guardian | 1983-06-08 | 46 | 26 | 26 | 20 |
| NOP/Northcliffe | 1983-06-08 | 47 | 25 | 26 | 21 |
| MORI/Evening Standard | 1983-06-08 | 44 | 28 | 26 | 16 |
| NOP/Daily Mail | 1983-06-07 | 46 | 28 | 24 | 18 |
| Audience Selection/Sun | 1983-06-07 | 46 | 23 | 29 | 17 |
| Marplan/Guardian | 1983-06-06 | 47 | 26 | 25 | 21 |
| Audience Selection/Sun | 1983-06-05 | 45 | 24 | 28 | 17 |
| Harris/Observer | 1983-06-03 | 47 | 28 | 23 | 19 |
| Marplan/Sunday Mirror | 1983-06-03 | 44 | 27 | 27.5 | 16.5 |
| NOP/Mail on Sunday | 1983-06-03 | 47 | 29 | 23 | 18 |
| Gallup/Sunday Telegraph | 1983-06-02 | 45.5 | 31.5 | 22 | 14 |
| MORI/Sunday Times | 1983-06-02 | 45 | 28 | 25 | 17 |
| MORI/Express | 1983-06-02 | 43 | 32 | 23 | 11 |
| Marplan/Guardian | 1983-06-01 | 47 | 30 | 22 | 17 |
| Harris/TV-Eye | 1983-06-01 | 46 | 28 | 24 | 18 |
| MORI/Daily Star | 1983-05-31 | 44 | 32 | 21 | 12 |
| Audience Selection/Sun | 1983-05-31 | 44 | 29 | 25 | 15 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1983-05-30 | 47.5 | 28 | 23 | 19.5 |
| Audience Selection/TV-AM | 1983-05-30 | 41 | 30 | 24 | 11 |
| Harris/Observer | 1983-05-27 | 47 | 30 | 21 | 17 |
| Marplan/Sunday Mirror | 1983-05-27 | 49.5 | 31 | 19 | 18.5 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1983-05-26 | 49 | 31.5 | 18 | 17.5 |
| MORI/Express | 1983-05-26 | 51 | 29 | 19 | 22 |
| Marplan/Guardian | 1983-05-25 | 47.5 | 32.5 | 19 | 15 |
| Harris/Thames | 1983-05-25 | 48 | 33 | 18 | 15 |
| MORI/Sunday Times | 1983-05-25 | 46 | 30 | 23 | 16 |
| Audience Selection/Sun | 1983-05-24 | 45 | 32 | 21 | 13 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1983-05-23 | 48 | 33 | 18 | 15 |
| Audience Selection/TV-AM | 1983-05-23 | 45 | 32 | 20 | 13 |
| MORI/Daily Star | 1983-05-23 | 51 | 33 | 15 | 18 |
| NOP/Daily Mail | 1983-05-23 | 52 | 33 | 14 | 19 |
| Harris/Observer | 1983-05-20 | 45 | 36 | 18 | 9 |
| Marplan/Sunday Mirror | 1983-05-20 | 47 | 34 | 18 | 13 |
| MORI/Express | 1983-05-19 | 46 | 37 | 16 | 9 |
| MORI/Sunday Times | 1983-05-18 | 47 | 30 | 21 | 17 |
| Harris/Thames | 1983-05-18 | 45 | 35 | 17 | 10 |
| NOP/Daily Mail | 1983-05-17 | 49 | 31 | 19 | 18 |
| Audience Selection/Sun | 1983-05-17 | 44 | 33 | 21 | 11 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1983-05-16 | 46 | 33 | 19 | 13 |
| MORI/Daily Star | 1983-05-16 | 44 | 37 | 17 | 7 |
| Audience Selection/TV-AM | 1983-05-16 | 46 | 31 | 21 | 15 |
| MORI/Express | 1983-05-12 | 49 | 34 | 15 | 15 |
| MORI | 1983-05-11 | 46 | 32 | 22 | 14 |
| Harris/Thames | 1983-05-11 | 52 | 31 | 17 | 21 |
| MORI/Daily Star | 1983-05-10 | 46 | 31 | 21 | 15 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1983-05-09 | 49 | 31.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 |
| MORI | 1983-04-25 | 45 | 30 | 23 | 15 |
| MORI | 1983-04-23 | 46 | 33 | 21 | 13 |
| MORI | 1983-04-12 | 43 | 34 | 22 | 9 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1983-04-11 | 40.5 | 35 | 22.5 | 5.5 |
| MORI | 1983-03-23 | 43 | 28 | 28 | 15 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1983-03-21 | 39.5 | 28.5 | 29 | 10.5 |
| MORI | 1983-03-16 | 42 | 28 | 27 | 14 |
| MORI | 1983-03-09 | 41 | 27 | 30 | 11 |
| MORI | 1983-02-26 | 39 | 26 | 34 | 5 |
| MORI | 1983-02-23 | 46 | 32 | 21 | 14 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1983-02-14 | 43.5 | 32.5 | 22 | 11 |
| MORI | 1983-02-09 | 45 | 32 | 21 | 13 |
| MORI | 1983-01-26 | 44 | 36 | 19 | 8 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1983-01-17 | 44 | 31.5 | 22.5 | 12.5 |
| MORI | 1983-01-12 | 44 | 35 | 20 | 9 |
| MORI | 1982-12-15 | 42 | 35 | 21 | 7 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1982-12-13 | 41 | 34.5 | 22 | 6.5 |
| MORI | 1982-11-24 | 43 | 35 | 21 | 8 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1982-11-15 | 42 | 34.5 | 21.5 | 7.5 |
| MORI | 1982-11-10 | 42 | 33 | 23 | 9 |
| MORI | 1982-10-26 | 43 | 32 | 23 | 11 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1982-10-25 | 40.5 | 29 | 27 | 11.5 |
| MORI | 1982-10-12 | 42 | 33 | 23 | 9 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1982-09-13 | 44 | 30.5 | 23 | 13.5 |
| MORI | 1982-08-31* | 42 | 30 | 27 | 12 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1982-08-16 | 44.5 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 17 |
| MORI | 1982-07-31* | 44 | 30 | 23 | 14 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1982-07-12 | 46.5 | 27.5 | 24 | 19 |
| MORI | 1982-06-30* | 45 | 31 | 22 | 14 |
| MORI | 1982-06-23 | 51 | 24 | 23 | 27 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1982-06-14 | 45 | 25 | 28.5 | 16.5 |
| MORI | 1982-05-31* | 48 | 28 | 24 | 20 |
| MORI | 1982-05-26 | 51 | 25 | 23 | 26 |
| MORI | 1982-05-23 | 48 | 31 | 20 | 17 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1982-05-16 | 41.5 | 28 | 29 | 12.5 |
| MORI | 1982-05-16 | 48 | 33 | 17 | 15 |
| MORI | 1982-05-05 | 38 | 32 | 28 | 6 |
| MORI | 1982-04-30* | 44 | 30 | 24 | 14 |
| MORI | 1982-04-30 | 43 | 30 | 25 | 13 |
| MORI | 1982-04-24 | 39 | 32 | 27 | 7 |
| MORI | 1982-04-21 | 36 | 30 | 31 | 5 |
| MORI | 1982-04-14 | 33 | 34 | 30 | -1 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1982-04-12 | 31.5 | 29 | 37 | -5.5 |
| MORI | 1982-03-31* | 35 | 30 | 33 | 2 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1982-03-15 | 31.5 | 33 | 33 | -1.5 |
| MORI | 1982-02-28* | 34 | 34 | 30 | 0 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1982-02-15 | 27.5 | 34 | 36 | -8.5 |
| NOP/Daily Mail | 1982-02-05 | 41 | 36 | 21 | 5 |
| MORI | 1982-01-31* | 30 | 33 | 34 | -4 |
| MORI | 1982-01-25 | 29 | 30 | 40 | -11 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1982-01-18 | 27.5 | 29.5 | 39.5 | -12 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1981-12-14 | 23 | 23.5 | 50.5 | -27.5 |
| MORI | 1981-12-14 | 27 | 29 | 43 | -16 |
| NOP | 1981-12-03 | 30.5 | 34.3 | 33.1 | -3.8 |
| MORI | 1981-12-01 | 27 | 27 | 44 | -17 |
| NOP | 1981-12-01 | 28.6 | 32.1 | 37.1 | -8.5 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1981-11-16 | 26.5 | 29 | 42 | -15.5 |
| NOP | 1981-11-06 | 29.2 | 38.2 | 30.6 | -9 |
| MORI | 1981-10-27 | 27 | 31 | 40 | -13 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1981-10-26 | 29.5 | 28 | 40 | -10.5 |
| NOP | 1981-10-08 | 32.1 | 40.4 | 24.7 | -8.3 |
| MORI | 1981-09-28 | 28 | 42 | 28 | -14 |
| MORI | 1981-09-18 | 27 | 38 | 33 | -11 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1981-09-14 | 32 | 36.5 | 29 | -4.5 |
| NOP | 1981-09-11 | 33.5 | 37.4 | 27.7 | -3.9 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1981-08-17 | 28 | 38.5 | 32.5 | -10.5 |
| NOP | 1981-08-07 | 31.6 | 42.1 | 24.3 | -10.5 |
| MORI | 1981-07-31* | 30 | 39 | 29 | -9 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1981-07-13 | 30 | 40.5 | 26.5 | -10.5 |
| NOP | 1981-07-09 | 31.5 | 41.2 | 24.2 | -9.7 |
| MORI | 1981-06-30* | 30 | 36 | 31 | -6 |
| MORI | 1981-06-22 | 31 | 39 | 28 | -8 |
| MORI | 1981-06-16 | 37 | 39 | 22 | -2 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1981-06-15 | 29.5 | 37.5 | 30.5 | -8 |
| NOP | 1981-06-05 | 37.7 | 39.3 | 20.8 | -1.6 |
| MORI | 1981-05-30 | 35 | 39 | 24 | -4 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1981-05-11 | 32 | 35.5 | 29 | -3.5 |
| MORI | 1981-05-11 | 38 | 41 | 19 | -3 |
| NOP | 1981-05-07 | 30.9 | 39.3 | 26.6 | -8.4 |
| MORI | 1981-04-27 | 30 | 38 | 29 | -8 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1981-04-13 | 30 | 34.5 | 33 | -4.5 |
| NOP | 1981-04-03 | 35.9 | 42.1 | 19.5 | -6.2 |
| MORI | 1981-03-23 | 33 | 41 | 25 | -8 |
| MORI | 1981-03-23 | 28 | 38 | 32 | -10 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1981-03-16 | 30 | 34 | 32 | -4 |
| NOP | 1981-03-02 | 37 | 41.1 | 16.5 | -4.1 |
| NOP | 1981-02-13 | 34.5 | 50.9 | 12.2 | -16.4 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1981-02-11 | 36 | 35.5 | 26.5 | 0.5 |
| MORI | 1981-01-24 | 35 | 45 | 17 | -10 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1981-01-19 | 33 | 46.5 | 18.5 | -13.5 |
| NOP | 1981-01-09 | 35.4 | 51.2 | 11.9 | -15.8 |
| MORI | 1980-12-19 | 32 | 56 | 11 | -24 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1980-12-15 | 35 | 47.5 | 14.5 | -12.5 |
| NOP | 1980-12-04 | 37.2 | 47.7 | 12.6 | -10.5 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1980-11-17 | 36.5 | 47 | 15 | -10.5 |
| MORI | 1980-11-11 | 38 | 47 | 13 | -9 |
| NOP | 1980-11-07 | 39.4 | 46.5 | 12.4 | -7.1 |
| MORI | 1980-10-31* | 36 | 50 | 13 | -14 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1980-10-20 | 40 | 43 | 13.5 | -3 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1980-10-06 | 40 | 43 | 13.5 | -3 |
| NOP | 1980-10-02 | 39.8 | 47.6 | 11 | -7.8 |
| MORI | 1980-09-30* | 34 | 50 | 15 | -16 |
| MORI | 1980-09-29 | 37 | 46 | 15 | -9 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1980-09-15 | 35.5 | 45 | 16.5 | -9.5 |
| NOP | 1980-09-05 | 40 | 46.3 | 11.3 | -6.3 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1980-08-18 | 38.5 | 44 | 14.5 | -5.5 |
| NOP | 1980-08-01 | 38.1 | 47.3 | 11.7 | -9.2 |
| MORI | 1980-07-31* | 37 | 48 | 13 | -11 |
| MORI | 1980-07-27 | 37 | 47 | 13 | -10 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1980-07-14 | 40 | 43.5 | 14 | -3.5 |
| NOP | 1980-07-03 | 41 | 46.9 | 10.4 | -5.9 |
| MORI | 1980-06-23 | 41 | 43 | 13 | -2 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1980-06-16 | 40.5 | 45 | 11.5 | -4.5 |
| NOP | 1980-06-06 | 43 | 43.3 | 11.7 | -0.3 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1980-05-19 | 39 | 43.5 | 15.5 | -4.5 |
| NOP | 1980-05-01 | 41.4 | 46.5 | 10.7 | -5.1 |
| MORI | 1980-04-28 | 39 | 44 | 14 | -5 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1980-04-14 | 36.5 | 45 | 15 | -8.5 |
| NOP | 1980-04-11 | 35.5 | 49.6 | 10.9 | -14.1 |
| MORI | 1980-03-28 | 42 | 46 | 9 | -4 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1980-03-17 | 37 | 49.5 | 11.5 | -12.5 |
| NOP | 1980-03-05 | 35.7 | 51.9 | 11.2 | -16.2 |
| MORI | 1980-02-29* | 38 | 46 | 13 | -8 |
| MORI | 1980-02-25 | 38 | 46 | 14 | -8 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1980-02-11 | 37.5 | 42 | 18 | -4.5 |
| NOP | 1980-02-08 | 37.2 | 50.3 | 10.7 | -13.1 |
| MORI | 1980-01-19 | 39 | 47 | 12 | -8 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1980-01-14 | 36 | 45 | 16 | -9 |
| NOP | 1980-01-04 | 40.1 | 48.5 | 9.5 | -8.4 |
| MORI | 1979-12-31* | 40 | 43 | 14 | -3 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1979-12-10 | 38 | 42 | 18 | -4 |
| NOP | 1979-12-06 | 42.1 | 46.3 | 10.1 | -4.2 |
| MORI | 1979-12-02 | 40 | 45 | 13 | -5 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1979-11-12 | 39 | 43.5 | 15.5 | -4.5 |
| NOP | 1979-11-09 | 40.9 | 47.2 | 10 | -6.3 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1979-10-15 | 40.5 | 45 | 12.5 | -4.5 |
| NOP | 1979-10-06 | 44.9 | 46 | 7.4 | -1.1 |
| MORI | 1979-09-30* | 41 | 46 | 11 | -5 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1979-09-17 | 40.5 | 45 | 12 | -4.5 |
| NOP | 1979-09-02 | 42.8 | 47.3 | 8.6 | -4.5 |
| MORI | 1979-08-31* | 42 | 43 | 12 | -1 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1979-08-13 | 41.5 | 44 | 12.5 | -2.5 |
| NOP | 1979-08-05 | 43.1 | 45.4 | 9.5 | -2.3 |
| MORI | 1979-07-31* | 44 | 45 | 9 | -1 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1979-07-16 | 41 | 46 | 11.5 | -5 |
| NOP | 1979-07-07 | 44.2 | 45.5 | 8.2 | -1.3 |
| Gallup/Telegraph | 1979-06-18 | 42 | 43.5 | 12 | -1.5 |