Communicate Research's latest poll for the Independent has topline voting intention figures (with changes from last month) of CON 34% (-2) LAB 29% (-8) LDEM 21% (+8), a huge reduction in Labour support and surge in the Lib Dem rating. While ICM and YouGov too have shown increases
YouGov's monthly poll for the Telegraph has topline voting intention figures, with changes from their last poll, of CON 38%(+1), LAB 31%(-1), LDEM 18%(+3). The poll was conducted between the 22nd and 24th January - that is in the middle of last week, so prior
I've had a couple of comments in the past about the lack of a nice online swingometer for the Scottish elections. For those after one Weber Shandwick have launched a rather beautiful guide to the Scottish elections, including a Swingometer, at Scotland Votes.
An ICM poll for Friday's Newsnight showed the majority of people supported gay couples being allowed to adoption children. 64% of people said they thought gay couples should be allowed to adopt, 32% said they shouldn't. ICM also asked specifically about male homosexual couples and lesbian
27th January is Holocaust memorial day, and YouGov have conducted a poll for the Jewish Chronicle. YouGov's poll found that 60% of people supported the annual commemoration of the Holocaust, though there was some sympathy for the Muslim Council of Britain's regular suggestion that it be
ICM's January poll for the Guardian has headline voting intentions, with changes from last month, of CON 37%(-3), LAB 31%(-1), LDEM 23%(+5). The poll was conducted between the 19th and 21st of January. The figures suggest a slight weakening in Conservative support and a boost
Yesterday Paul Sykes's Speakout campaign released the figures from a YouGov poll on attitudes towards immigration in Yorkshire which didn't contain anything particularly earth shattering, with large majorities thinking there should be limits on immigrants from Eastern Europe. Today's Yorkshire Post has more details
The recent YouGov polls for Channel 4 and the Sunday Times and an ICM poll for the Daily Mail have had some contrasting questions on support for Scottish independence. ICM found that 51% of Scots supported independence with 36% opposed, though I haven't tracked down the exact wording
A new YouGov poll for Channel Four news has asked about voting intention in Scotland in both the forthcoming Scottish Parliament elections, the local elections and the Westminister Parliament. Voting intentions for Westminister are CON 19%, LAB 34%, LDEM 15%, SNP 27%. Interestingly, while the general impression amongst most commentators
The first voting intention poll of 2007 shows the Conservatives seven points ahead, the highest recorded by Populus since they started polling in 2003. The full voting intention figures, with changes from last month's poll, are CON 39% (+5), LAB 32%(-1), LDEM 18%(-1). To some extent
Labour Looking back over the year the turning point for Labour was the May local elections, or more specifically the week prior to them was they were faced with the triple whammy of John Prescott's affair, the foriegn prisoner release scandal and Patricia Hewitt's misjudged comments
Welcome back! In the next couple of days I'll be putting up some articles looking at how the polls have fared for the three main political parties over the last year and what they are indicating for the year ahead. In the meantime, here's a round
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