YouGov/Sunday Times - CON 36, LAB 38, LD 10

Tonight's YouGov/Sunday Times poll has topline figures of CON 36%, LAB 38%, LDEM 10%, Others 16%. The two point Labour lead is not out of line with the average leads of around 4 points that YouGov have shown since the conference season ended, but it is worth noting that this is the first time they've shown Labour below 40 since September. Sixteen is also the highest total YouGov have shown for minor parties since Summer 2009.

I'll add my usual caveat for anything unusual in voting intention polls, this could be the start of something interesting... but more often than not it turns out to be normal random sample error.

Full report to follow tomorrow.

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