By-Election
Today's the day when voters in three constituencies across the country go the polls to decide who replaces their previous Conservative incumbent. Although all seats previously had solid majorities, on current polling - and with a vastly unpopular incumbent government - the Conservatives will have a hard time
From unrepresentative reader polls to sensationalised headlines, you don't have to look far to find poor uses of polling in the British media. However, few instances are as egregious as today's Daily Mail front page. The Mail led with the remarkable revelation that a "snap
There is majority of support for a right to roam in England across voters of every major party affiliation. Right to roam is already in place in Scotland, as 62% of all voters support its expansion to England. The finding comes courtesy of a poll of 2,049 from YouGov
Opinium have conducted a constituency poll in Mid Bedfordshire ahead of the impending by-election, and it makes good reading for Labour. Their candidate, Alistair Strathern, is set to gain the seat on 28% of the vote, closely followed by the Conservative candidate Festus Akinbusoye on 24%. The Independent candidate Gareth
Labour's polling lead has climbed by 3.3% since Boris Johnson resigned on June 9 and by 4.2% since June 13. According to our polling average, Labour now leads the Conservatives by 19.2%. This trend is made apparent when polling results are plotted by their date.
Inflation
A majority of British voters predominantly hold the Government responsible for inflation. 50% of voters blame the Government, whilst 32% hold the Bank of England responsible. Perhaps not unrelated to Rishi's relentless repetition of his pledge to halve inflation... Although the government does set an inflation target, and
Brexit
To coincide with the seven year anniversary of the Brexit vote, UK in a Changing Europe have published polling taking a deep dive into the extent of Brexit regret. The pressure group has produced 537 pages of tables, if any committed readers fancy trawling through the data, with a full
Almost 60% of voters think Rishi Sunak handled the investigation and report into whether Boris Johnson misled Parliament badly. According to new polling from YouGov, 32% of voters think the Prime Minister handled the Privileges Committee's report "very badly", with 25% saying the Prime Minister did
The internal battles on the Conservative backbenches seem to have filtered through to opinion polling, as every poll result since Boris Johnson announced his resignation from parliament has shown Labour growing their poll lead. Estimates of Labour's Boris bounce range from Omnisis' 2% to the 8% suggested
According to snap polling from Savanta, 40% of the British public think Boris's political career "is not over", despite today's excoriating report from the Privileges Committee. This can be contrasted to the 47% who think he doesn't have a future in politics.
Tactical Voting
Since writing about by-election prospects in Mid Bedfordshire, readers will no doubt be aware that two further Tory MPs have announced their plan to stand down effective immediately. On top of Rutherglen and Hamilton West, it means four separate by-elections are now on the cards. Whilst Rutherglen looks to be
By-Election
Amidst speculation that Nadine Dorries' peerage would be delayed to prevent a by-election, the Mid Bedfordshire MP today made the surprise announcement that she was standing down anyway with immediate effect. This paves the way for a by-election in what would ordinarily look like a solid Tory seat. At
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