Abbey is a Research Manager in the Political Team at YouGov, having joined the company in 2016. During this time, she has worked with a range of high-profile clients including political parties, charities and academics. She specialises in conducting regional surveys, particularly London, and has experience running multi-country projects in Europe and further afield.
ArticleSecond YouGov 2024 election MRP shows Conservatives on lowest seat total in history
Labour are on course to win a record-breaking number of seats
19 Jun 2024- Article
By 48% to 38% Londoners think Sadiq Khan is doing badly as Mayor
For the first time since YouGov started asking in 2017, more Londoners think Sadiq Khan is doing badly than well
27 Jan 2022 - Article
Labour now 32 points ahead of the Conservatives in London
Labour’s lead in the capital has almost doubled from May last year
19 Jan 2022 - Article
London mayoral voting intention: Khan 43%, Bailey 31% (2-4 May)
Labour candidate set to win comfortably once second preferences are taken into account
04 May 2021 - Article
Sadiq Khan holds 21 point lead in London mayoral race
Latest YouGov poll shows boost for Shaun Bailey after Rory Stewart drops out, but current Mayor Sadiq Khan still heading for victory
28 Nov 2020 - Article
Liverpool City Region: 80% think the government have handled COVID-19 badly
With the Liverpool City Region perhaps the area of the country hardest hit by the second wave of coronavirus – it was the first to be placed in the “very high” COVID alert tier – it is perhaps no surprise that the results of a new YouGov survey find residents have an overwhelmingly negative view of the government’s performance.
10 Nov 2020 - Article
Third of Britons believe they’d be a better PM than Johnson
Margaret Thatcher is the only PM that the public think they’d do a worse job than
11 Dec 2019 - Article
The key findings from our final MRP poll
After much anticipation, YouGov’s second and final MRP poll of the 2019 general election is here. The model which correctly called 93% of seats in 2017 currently shows that a small Conservative majority is likely. This is the final public polling YouGov will conduct before Thursday’s vote
10 Dec 2019 - Article
Three quarters of No Deal supporters intend to vote Conservative
Support for the Brexit Party among Leavers has plummeted since the European Parliament elections in May, leaving Boris Johnson and the Conservatives favourite in the general election among those who want to see No Deal
05 Dec 2019 - Article
Boris Johnson fans now outweigh his detractors
More Britons now consider Boris Johnson to be likeable than dislikeable, but Jeremy Corbyn is still struggling in the polls and falls some way short of the Prime Minister
08 Nov 2019