Latest London poll shows Boris is ahead in the 2012 mayoral race; Boris leads Ken as public preference by 54% to 46% Our latest polling on the London mayoral race shows Boris Johnson pulling ahead of Ken Livingstone, progressing from our previous two polls showed the two main candidates effectively ...
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In advance of this week’s budget, Anthony Wells looks at recent polls on the big budget issues This week's budget comes under a background of deep public pessimism about the state of the economy, with very few Britons who believe the economy is in a good state, and just 1 ...
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Our polls show Labour and Tories neck-and-neck. But should Labour be doing better, asks Anthony Wells A question that has often popped up in recent political commentary is whether Labour 'should be doing better'. This actually covers two different questions. One is 'Should X be doing better...in order to win ...
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Our latest daily poll puts the Tories ahead of Labour for the first time since December 2010. Anthony Wells explains Voting intention in our latest daily poll for the Sun shows the Conservatives at 41%, Labour at 39% and the Liberal Democrats at 10%. This is the first time that ...
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The British public is ‘deeply pessimistic’ about the economy’s future in wake of Chancellor’s statement Following George Osborne's autumn statement, the British people remain deeply pessimistic about the future of the economy. They are negative about the Government's handling of the economy and George Osborne's performance as Chancellor, but prefer ...
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Interpreting results: Anthony Wells explains margin of error and highlights why some results can't always be taken at face value In the small print of opinion polls you'll often find a ‘margin of error’ quoted, normally of plus or minus 3%. This means that 19 times out of 20, the ...
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80% of respondents think it is important for their country that the debt crisis in the Eurozone is solved 42% of Brits and 56% of Germans think it is wrong to spend money trying to save the Eurozone. However, there is support for committing money in France and Denmark Widespread ...
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Last month David Cameron suffered his largest backbench rebellion of this Parliament, which was also the largest ever backbench rebellion on the issue of Europe. Our polling elsewhere found public support for the rebels and for the calls for a referendum on Europe… but what of the effect on perceptions ...
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Our recent polls on the issue of Europe show just how much results can differ when measuring an issue's 'importance' The issue of Europe is a classic example of where polls asking about support for an issue, and polls measuring the importance of an issue give very different pictures. People ...
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This week the independent Boundary Commission for England has reported its provisional recommendations for changes to the Parliamentary boundaries ‒ the constituencies for which MPs are elected. Boundary reviews are a vital part of our electoral system ‒ if everyone is to have a roughly equal say in which party ...
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