Today we have this year’s batch of local elections. This is the smallest of the four year local election cycle – there are no district or borough councils up for election, it is just the County Councils and a few unitary councils (mostly those that used to be county councils ...
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Our first poll looking back at the legacy of Margaret Thatcher since her death this week shows the majority of people think she was a great or good Prime Minister (indeed, 28% see her as the greatest of Britain's post war Prime Ministers), but that a significant minority regard her ...
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The impact of single issues on voting intention is often overestimated, argues Anthony Wells Regular readers will know that I have often complained about surveys claiming to show that an issue or policy stance will make people more or less likely to vote for a party. I’ve written about it ...
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Compare and contrast - Atul Hatwal writes that a Labour victory from the current position would be unprecedented, Dan Hodges writes that a Tory victory is still the most likely outcome of the election. On the other side of the political fence Paul Goodman writes that a Conservative victory is ...
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Voter turnout for the police and crime commissioner elections is likely to be even lower than the 28% who say they will vote Much of the media speculation about Thursday's elections for Police and Crime Commissioners has focused not upon winners and losers, but how low turnout will fall. With ...
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When the MPs' expenses scandal first broke in 2009 one might have been forgiven for thinking that the reputation of Members of Parliament had reached a nadir, that it couldn't sink any lower. Since then the majority of the MPs who were the most implicated in the expenses scandal have ...
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Conference season is often something of a polling rollercoaster - each party gets a publicity boost in the polls as their conference passes, only to decline again as the next party conference begins and another party enjoys the spotlight for a week. The Labour conference has pushed the party's voting ...
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Lib Dems honour Coalition while Tories have more to gain - Anthony Wells reveals what voters think Following the abandonment of the House of Lords reform and Nick Clegg's announcement that the Liberal Democrats will consequently vote against boundary changes supported by the Conservatives, more people think that the Liberal ...
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Analysis: Regular tracking data shows sharp decline in perceptions of PM as Miliband scores rise Our regular tracking data on how people see the party leaders shows a sharp decline in perceptions of David Cameron since March's budget and and increase for Ed Miliband since Labour's success at the local ...
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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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