New data from YouGov Profiles reveals the very different characteristics of UKIP voters with a Tory or Labour past

UKIP continues to be viewed as the most 'sleazy and disreputable' party – and UKIP voters are hesitant about their local candidates

Immigration and the European Union are the only two issues cited by a majority of Ukip voters Results continue to come in, but it is so far clear that Ukip are set to make major gains at today's local election: at the time of this writing, Ukip have won 42 ...

British people tend to see UKIP as the most right-wing party, but that's not how UKIP voters view themselves

John Humphrys asks: was UKIP’s success in Thursday’s elections just a protest vote, or is UKIP now serious contender for office?

UKIP voters: older and poorer than Tories – but LESS right-wing, Peter Kellner analyses

Conservatives could get a five point jump if UKIP don’t field candidates

Most voters who have an opinion expect UKIP to win the Clacton by-election – and 36% of those who voted Conservative in 2010 say they would vote for UKIP if they lived there

The new, widely criticised, UKIP adverts are not considered racist, offensive or ignorant by the public

Government ‘crackdown’ well received – but UKIP still leads Tories on Immigration UKIP are by far the most trusted party to deal with immigration issues, a YouGov poll reveals today. With 24% of the public’s trust, UKIP lead on the Tories 19% and beat Labour’s 12% two-fold. <iframe src="https://charts-datawrapper.s3.amazonaws.com/vo3SS/index.html?rev=93" ...

The UK Independence Party is on course to win this May’s elections to the European Parliament. YouGov’s first survey in the run-up to the election puts UKIP on 26%, six points behind Labour and three ahead of the Conservatives. In past euro-elections, UKIP’s support has increased as the election approaches. ...

YouGov has repeated some questions we asked in May 2009. Our results challenge five myths about Ukip's performance

In our poll this morning for the Sun the Conservatives had 33% support, Labour 40%, the Liberal Democrats 9% and UKIP 11%. While it would be a gross exaggeration to say all of UKIP's support comes from the Conservative party, they do gain a disproportionate amount of support from ex-Tories ...

In the first survey of its kind in the UK, YouGov provides a detailed insight into the UKIP party membership

The Liberal Democrats have emerged victorious  from the Coalition dust-up that was the Eastleigh by-election. But in a surprise turn, Nigel Farage’s insurgent Ukip won 28% of the vote, putting the Eurosceptic party’s candidate in 2nd place and landing a symbolic body blow to ...

17% of British people heard the UKIP Calypso – and most of them didn’t like it

Labour and UKIP are running neck-and-neck in YouGov’s final survey for the elections to the European Parliament. UKIP’s one-point lead over Labour is within the margin of error – as is the Greens’ one-point lead over the Liberal Democrats in the battle for fourth place. The Conservatives are heading for ...

Just under a third (32%) of Tories say they would vote for UKIP in European Parliament elections

Peter Kellner: Mr Farage's opponents try to neutralise his appeal by offering policies for a better tomorrow – but what Ukip’s voters want is a programme for a better yesterday

By 48-36% British people tend to think that UKIP is here to stay – but Conservatives say Mark Reckless was more badly behaved than Douglas Carswell