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                                <title><![CDATA[Polling Report UK]]></title>
                    
                                <subtitle>Non-partisan coverage and discussion of news in the polling industry.</subtitle>
                                                    <updated>2026-03-31T17:34:09+01:00</updated>
                        <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Should Karl Turner Defect to Reform?]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/should-karl-turner-defect-to-reform" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/a16ed5aa-07ff-4d1a-b462-83561594fc9b</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Editor]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Karl Turner, the long-serving Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull East (first elected in 2010 and a local born-and-bred Hull man), is already in open conflict with the Labour leadership....]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-03-31T17:34:09+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Kemi Badenoch’s Bounce Back in Approval Isn't Lifting Her Party]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/kemi-badenochs-bounce-back-in-net-favourability" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/a1446ca3-fa7c-49eb-b18e-deacbb0fa9e2</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Saoirse UCD]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[The University of Liverpool's Dr David Jeffrey thinks "this is because Kemi's boost in net favourability is not down to people liking her more, but rather fewer people disliking her...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-03-31T16:46:22+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Starmer's Favourability Rating Goes Lower Even Faster Than Tory Predecessors]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/starmers-favourability-rating-lower-faster-than-tory-predecessors" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/a138a93f-52f7-403c-96a3-88fc1f5ebfbf</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Caoimhe UCD]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Keir Starmer’s approval ratings keep getting worse. In a recent poll by YouGov, 73% of respondents said he was performing “Badly” in office. Meanwhile, Opinium reported that Starmer's net approval...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-03-30T14:22:43+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Yet Again British Public Choose Security Over Liberty]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/yet-again-british-public-choose-security-over-liberty" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/a16c87bb-0f41-4cef-8d88-991109429e63</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Editor]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA["Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety," argued Benjamin Franklin, despite his wise advice time after time surveys show...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-03-30T14:22:26+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Beware of Polls and Forecasting for Gorton & Denton]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/gorton-denton-polls-and-forecasting" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/a11e655f-2a14-4612-97ee-13dbc602fda1</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Editor]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Full Fact reported last week that"an advert shared by the Labour Party features energy secretary Ed Miliband claiming that the “real polling” shows that the upcoming by-election in Gorton and...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-03-28T11:31:19+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[The Good, the Bad and the Wildly Wrong Pollsters of the General Election 2024]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/the-good-bad-and-the-wildy-wrong-pollster-of-the-general-election-2024" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9cc3579b-e669-4c0b-adf5-910778156df7</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Frank D'Anconia]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Yesterday we looked at how well, or rather how badly, we did with the difficult to predict "wildcard" seat micro-forecasts we made for the general election last month. Today we...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-03-28T11:30:29+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[We're Rebuilding the Polling Database, Updating for Six Party Politics]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/were-rebuilding-the-polling-database-updating-for-six-party-politics" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/a0f6201b-2699-4be0-a1e9-2f113f2127d2</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Editor]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[We have had a long hiatus since the last general election, basically taking 2025 off. We're coming back for a new electoral cycle anticipating a more complex psephological landscape.Currently we're...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-03-28T11:30:13+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[National Projections Show Reform Would Fall Short of a Majority]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/national-projections-show-reform-would-fall-short-of-a-majority" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/a119f7aa-07c2-443a-8ee9-8aec9598869d</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Editor]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[As we work on updating the database, dealing with edge cases and debugging the algorithm's outputs we're are now confident that our two basic models are working as expected. At...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-03-28T11:29:37+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Has Reform Peaked Too Early?]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/has-reform-peaked-too-early" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/a133fd22-0d11-4aa5-ba67-2ace6dcbb6a4</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Saoirse UCD]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[The latest Opinium poll is the first poll in 3 weeks to show Reform back at or above 30%.Most recent polls show that voter intentions in favour of Reform peaked...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-03-28T11:26:13+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Can Britons' Economic Pessimism Being Worse than During the 2008 Global Financial Crisis Credibly Be Pinned on Starmer?]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/britons-economic-optimism-lower-than-after-the-2008-global-financial-crisis" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/a16100d9-8a41-4787-9523-a81c9a1d31b7</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Saoirse UCD]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[The British public's optimism on the economy has reached a level lower than was seen after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. According to the Ipsos Economic Optimism Index, in March...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-03-25T14:02:12+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Starmer Is In Tune With Voters Over Iran]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/is-starmer-in-tune-with-voters-over-iran" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/a154d1ce-7d52-4962-9a3b-b6d46e562337</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Caoimhe UCD]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Since the first strikes were launched by the US and Israel on Iran, public scepticism and reluctance towards the UK’s involvement in the war has grown steadily. In recent polling...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-03-19T15:09:48+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Gorton & Denton Latest]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/gorton-denton-latest" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/a12c73f1-fde3-40f9-a503-94169f0650e1</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Editor]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[The eve-of-poll Opinium constituency poll makes it a three way race with the Greens winning within the margin of error. Which means no-one really knows until the votes are counted.This...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-03-02T10:54:28+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Our Tactical Voting Model Adds 13 Seats to Liberal Democrat Total]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/our-tactical-voting-model-adds-13-seats-to-liberal-democrat-total" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c70cc29-e1e4-46e9-b6e5-587af9bea4fb</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Frank D'Anconia]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[We have overlaid on the standard uniform national swing model a tactical voting adjustment. In seats where the Tories are projected to win this gives a 3 point boost at...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-01-30T16:14:46+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Wildly Bad on Wildcards]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/how-we-did" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9caf7fe0-4523-46f8-8011-ec7aef6389b0</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Frank D'Anconia]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[It is now a month after the election and after a break from the frenzy that was, it seems like a good time to reflect on how we did and...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2025-08-08T19:23:21+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Our Final Predictions for the 5 Hard to Call "Wildcard" Seats]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/our-final-predictions-for-the-wildcard-seats" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c6ec48c-25f4-4924-9aa9-5acb3548e5c5</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Frank D'Anconia]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[A month ago we identified five wildcard candidates - Nigel Farage, Jeremy Corbyn, Faiza Shaheen, Lee Anderson and George Galloway - where applying the uniform national swing didn't make sense...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-08-13T10:08:51+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Is this Election Unusually Weird?]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/is-this-election-unusually-weird" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c5d5232-6160-46ee-beb2-f21e0b88fa19</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Stephan Shakespeare]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[This week's Expert Panel Survey want's your view. Give it here.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-07-03T17:19:07+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Our Clacton and Islington North Projections Have Been Revised After Constituency Polling]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/our-clacton-and-islington-north-projections-have-been-revised-after-constituency-polling" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c60f060-16cb-4770-b3d1-4e17c1af1a95</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Frank D'Anconia]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Following the release of constituency polling carried out by Survation we have incorporated the findings into our database and created exceptions for Clacton and Islington North that the algorithm will...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-07-03T17:18:41+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Why Does Everyone Disagree on MRP?]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/why-does-everyone-disagree-on-mrp" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c6341dd-b9dd-48ad-b4f4-bd4c8fd5fabd</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[James Kanagasooriam]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[It will probably be worth all the polling companies who conduct MRP (all listed helpfully here by Peter Ingelsby) coming together to do a post mortem after the event to...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-07-03T09:20:14+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[MRP Inconsistencies]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/mrp-inconsistencies" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c5acae1-d9f7-414d-bef5-63955655a18e</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Editor]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[The Multilevel Regression with Post-stratification (MRP) model is nowadays seen as the gold standard method in modern political forecasting. It typically uses large national samples, analysing data on a constituency-by-constituency...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-06-26T12:45:54+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Arron Banks Funded Survation Poll of Clacton Finds Farage Thrashing Conservatives]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/arron-banks-funded-survation-poll-of-clacton-finds-farage-thrashing-conservatives" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c5ab95e-3109-4da9-a949-e6ce49a193bf</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Survation]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Survation’s constituency poll in Clacton carried out last week shows Nigel Farage is on course to win the seat on an unprecedented 43.5% swing from the Conservatives to Reform. Clacton...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-06-25T14:39:05+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Could You Write for UK Polling Report?]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/could-you-write-for-uk-polling-report" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c3efd81-546a-4bfc-897b-891e2730ae1c</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Admin]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[We are looking for someone to write for Polling Report from now until the election. This would suit a political science graduate or undergraduate looking for summer job. An ability...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-06-24T17:25:23+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Expert Panel Survey Predicts Triple Digit Majority for Labour]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/panel-survey-results" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c50cfbf-c248-44f3-9324-92800fc2ec7e</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Stephan Shakespeare]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Last week we ran our first survey of visitors to the UK Polling Report site, who we are calling our ‘expert panel’ because &nbsp;by virtue of you being here, you...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-06-24T17:25:05+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Have Reform Really Overtaken the Conservatives?]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/have-reform-really-overtaken-the-conservatives" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c4b425d-8502-44c4-b416-d039d45acdeb</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Editor]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[As expected, the first poll that indicates that Reform is ahead of the Conservatives came last week, with YouGov placing Reform one point ahead of the Tories. Scarlett Maguire, Director...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-06-23T10:25:43+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Wild Cards: Nigel Farage, Jeremy Corbyn, Faiza Shaheen, Lee Anderson and George Galloway]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/edge-cases-jeremy-corbyn-lee-anderson-george-galloway-richard-tice" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c30cfbd-ec30-4bc6-a20d-5203449f2238</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Frank D'Anconia]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[On X/Twitter the fans of Nigel Farage, Jeremy Corbyn and Lee Anderson get very agitated about the Polling Report algorithm's forecasts. Some of the complaints are of the "What kind...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-06-17T15:39:17+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Join Our Expert Panel to Get Insights]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/join-our-expert-panel-to-get-insights" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c3a6736-23a1-472c-b05b-187c14f22d00</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Editor]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[UK Polling Report is creating an expert panel to generate new insights about this election - and after. Please take our first short survey and be part of it! You...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-06-15T17:56:47+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Survation: Farage Will Win Clacton]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/survation-farage-w-ill-win-clacton" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c3476d8-228a-4123-9d7e-892abf8b9787</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Frank D'Anconia]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[When Survation conducted a telephone poll of the Clacton constituency in January, they found the incumbent Giles Watling led an unnamed Labour candidate by 8 points, with Reform trailing in...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-06-15T17:55:58+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Introducing "Too Close to Call" for Forecasts Within Margin of Error]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/introducing-too-close-to-call-for-margin-of-error-forecasts" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c2ac64c-c722-4fbb-8fd6-ed07070fcfca</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Admin]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[As some have pointed out it is statistically speaking risky to forecast particular outcomes that are actually within the margin of error. This risk is somewhat compounded by our algorithm...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-06-15T17:55:20+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Farage Rages as Savanta Defend Not Prompting for Reform]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/savanta-defend-not-prompting-for-reform" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c412d2b-aebb-426b-97f4-d5ed23c6a5fa</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Frank D'Anconia]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Nigel Farage has written to the head of the British Polling Council claiming some leading pollsters are effectively suppressing Reform UK in their surveys. While some pollsters are recording Reform...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-06-11T10:07:23+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[We Have Revised the Algorithm, Fixed the Scottish Weighting]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/we-have-revised-the-algorithm-fixed-the-scottish-weighting" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c1e8e3e-fa09-4905-a64c-5096ba016007</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Editor]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Just in time for the election we have overhauled our algorithm to fix the main complaint of followers. The algorithm hitherto applied national polling results to Scotland, this dramatically underestimated...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-06-10T18:39:56+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[This Shows Why Politicians Endlessly Repeat Slogans]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/this-shows-why-politicians-endlessly-repeat-slogans" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9c0a71e1-e56b-45bb-be5b-fff84b7e500b</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Frank D'Anconia]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Chances are that if you read UK Polling Report you are interested in politics and well informed, or at least better informed than most people. You are probably as a...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-06-10T18:39:27+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Forget 1997, the Next General Election Could Be Canada 1993]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/forget-1997-general-election-could-be-canada-1993" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9b9db9c4-7221-4321-8b65-0c3cb875bb2e</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Frank D'Anconia]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[In the Canadian general election of 1993, support for the governing Progressive Conservative Party collapsed, and the party's representation in the Ottawa House of Commons dropped from an absolute majority...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-06-10T18:39:07+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Sunak's Personal Approval Crumbles in Wake of Concrete Crisis]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/sunaks-personal-approval-crumbles-in-wake-of-concrete-crisis" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9a1dbee4-7b8b-40d5-a51f-e978c73c1eae</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Callum Jones]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[After a relatively stable period for the polls over recess, the concrete crisis looks to have mustered some movement. Although only Redfield &amp; Wilton, so far, has shown a shift...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-06-06T09:50:20+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[All Leading Politicians and Parties are Viewed Unfavourably By Voters]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/all-leading-politicians-and-parties-are-viewed-unfavourably-by-voters" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9bf255d0-3729-4230-85f3-9c39b217f80b</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Frank D'Anconia]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Ipsos' monthly pulse is out and it reinforces just how disenchanted the electorate are with politics and politicians in general. Leading Tories and Rishi Sunak in particular are all in...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-06-06T09:46:04+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Rwanda Policy Has Already Failed Politically]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/rwanda-policy-has-already-failed-politically" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9b9c181a-c560-4e7a-b7c7-d58ec7b44aa5</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Frank D'Anconia]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[New research from polling firm Savanta for the Daily Telegraph suggests there's been a significant drop in Conservative voters believing the Rwanda scheme will reduce small boats crossings, ahead of...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-05-24T19:00:49+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Is Lee Anderson Actually Better Off in Ashfield Not Running as a Tory?]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/is-lee-anderson-actually-better-off-in-ashfield-not-running-as-a-tory" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9b7de91c-0412-4542-b823-1c96cfe87aa4</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Frank D'Anconia]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Above is the UK Polling Report default forecast predicting Ashfield to go Labour with a comfortable double digit margin. Ashfield was in 2019 an unusual seat as the result below...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-05-24T19:00:28+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Labour Still Well-Poised for Rutherglen Despite 11% National SNP Lead]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/snp-extend-lead-by-7-points-casting-doubt-on-labours-rutherglen-lead" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9a237bb7-309f-4705-9298-e69b5626ffbe</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Callum Jones]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Polling from YouGov, released today, shows the SNP extending their lead over Labour by 7 points to 11%. Although it will certainly be well received in SNP circles, for the...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-04-11T18:38:47+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[All to Play for in Mid Bedfordshire By-Election]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/all-to-play-for-in-mid-bedfordshire-by-election" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9a016fed-adb7-4208-8b40-bcdf7d37047c</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Callum Jones]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[With Nadine Dorries finally finding the time to send off her resignation letter, we will soon have a date for the Mid Bedfordshire By-Election that's been months in the making....]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2024-03-06T11:36:05+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Vast Majority of Voters Agree the Government is "Tired" and "Led by Events"]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/vast-majority-of-voters-agree-the-government-is-tired-and-led-by-events" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9a0fa6cc-ee7d-4fe5-9c02-f30e70ff9160</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Callum Jones]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Keir Starmer has just completed a reshuffle of his top team, bringing some fresh blood into his party's leadership, and it looks like the government could do with following suit....]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2023-09-15T13:45:45+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Handing Over the Baton]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/handing-over-the-baton" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/97c5f6b1-a9b8-4b00-8131-3304697a5396</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Anthony Wells]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Exactly a year ago I announced I was closing down UKPollingReport. I started running it back in 2005 - that was before I was a pollster, when I was an...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2023-09-13T14:00:13+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Public Support for Voter ID Unmoved by Controversy]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/public-support-for-voter-id-unmoved-by-controversy" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9a1bcc24-aa05-4bc8-ac63-47a6c06c958e</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Callum Jones]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[The roll-out of voter ID in 2023 has not come without controversy. In March, UNISON called the move "a threat to our democracy", in the May local elections there were...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2023-09-12T15:35:33+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[British Voters the Least Likely to Say Work is Important to Them]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/british-voters-the-least-likely-to-say-work-is-important-to-them" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9a13aed8-c1b0-4db2-974e-93c113e8b189</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Callum Jones]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[British voters were less likely to rank work as an important part of their life than those in twenty three other countries included in a recent study. Research from Kings...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2023-09-11T15:23:15+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Conservative Voters Overwhelmingly Support Security State Expansion]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/conservative-voters-overwhelmingly-support-security-state-expansion" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9a07b408-d0be-4048-9c48-1f2d7a018284</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Callum Jones]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Despite the best wishes of some on the libertarian wing of the parliamentary Conservative Party, the party's core voters are overwhelmingly supportive of authoritarian measures to enhance security powers. Even...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2023-09-07T14:53:32+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Latest Polling Leaves Labour Well Placed for Rutherglen By-Election]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/latest-polling-leaves-labour-well-placed-for-rutherglen-by-election" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/99e74921-be9f-4523-ba59-9cfb96a636d1</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Callum Jones]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Keir Starmer was up in Scotland ahead of the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, and based on the most recent polling he has good reason to be confident of his...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2023-09-05T14:24:09+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[A Tale of Two Cities: ULEZ Expansion Divides Londoners by Location]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/a-tale-of-two-cities-ulez-expansion-divides-londoners-by-location" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/9a038c11-8061-40d4-8216-af7a66e865a2</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Callum Jones]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[After much debate, Sadiq Khan's flagship ULEZ expansion finally came into effect yesterday, and Londoners are divided on their response to the policy. In the city as a whole, the...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2023-09-01T16:45:18+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Brexit Regrets Reach All-Time High - Majority Now Wants to Re-Join]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/brexit-regrets-reach-all-time-high-majority-now-wants-to-re-join" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/99baf978-ec16-492b-b26f-a91d519cbd8c</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Callum Jones]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[The British public now regrets Brexit more than at any other point since the referendum, according to two separate pollsters: YouGov and Deltapoll. Last week, YouGov recorded their highest ever...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2023-08-30T14:40:00+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Voters Want More Homes to Be Built... Yet Even Young Voters Aren't Keen on Developing the Green Belt]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/voters-want-more-homes-to-be-built-yet-even-young-voters-arent-keen-on-developing-the-green-belt" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/99eb4ba1-6ad9-4481-aa0f-77df13bddd5b</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Callum Jones]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Although British voters overwhelmingly agree that housing is unaffordable, by a margin of 55% to 22%, and generally want more homes need to be built, by 45% to 27%, there...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2023-08-29T14:56:36+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Constituency Poll Shows Labour On Course for Mid Bedfordshire Win]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/constituency-poll-shows-labour-on-course-for-mid-bedfordshire-win" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/99930e92-4b96-4d50-bff6-3c18dcfd18cc</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Callum Jones]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[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...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2023-08-18T15:16:55+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Daily Mail's Misleading Headline Shows Shows How Not to Use "Polling"]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/mails-misleading-headline-shows-shows-how-not-to-use-polling" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/999f2528-6a28-49c2-a921-5361b0edd90f</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Callum Jones]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[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...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2023-08-17T11:24:06+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[The Confusing Contradictions of Climate Polling]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/the-confusing-contradictions-of-climate-polling" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/99d5333a-fe86-4894-bdd7-8fb8f8c695e8</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Callum Jones]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Close followers of recent news coverage could be forgiven for not having a clear appreciation of where, exactly, public opinion stands. From just one Opinium poll, released over the weekend,...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2023-08-17T11:23:52+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Help Us Prepare for Boundary Changes and the General Election]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pollingreport.uk/articles/help-us-prepare-for-boundary-changes-and-the-general-election" />
            <id>https://pollingreport.uk/99dd66b8-7f98-4b8b-8ee1-ca46eeecca77</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Editor]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[As the relaunched UK Polling Report approaches its first anniversary, we're looking to make some changes to the site in preparation for next year's general election. First of all, we...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2023-08-11T15:40:36+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
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