YouGov/Sunday Times - CON 34, LAB 43, LD 11

The weekly YouGov poll for the Sunday Times has topline figures of CON 34%, LAB 43%, LDEM 11%, Others 12%. Typically of late YouGov have been showing a Labour lead of around five points, a nine point lead is the largest YouGov have shown for Labour since August, and 12% is the lowest for minor parties since mid-October. I can't think of any obvious reason why there should be a sudden shift from minor parties to Labour, so I'll leave it with my usual caveat about not getting too excited about polls showing anything unusual: sure, it could be the start of a trend, but the chances are it's just a blip.

As usual I will do a proper post on the YouGov poll tomorrow once the tables are up. Also out tonight is another large poll commissioned by Lord Ashcroft (presumably carried out by Populus) - full tables for that are here. Again, I'll look properly at this tomorrow.

Finally, there is supposed to be a Survation poll for the Daily Star which shows good news for UKIP and the Greens. I've seen nothing of it yet, but will update later or tomorrow if and when it appears.

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