
Anthony Wells is Director of YouGov's political and social opinion polling and currently runs their media polling operation for the Sun and Sunday Times.
Anthony also runs the UKPollingReport website; an independent blog on opinion polling that was one of the most popular blogs during the 2010 election and is a widely used source for academics and journalists.
Prior to joining YouGov in 2005 he worked in the Leader of the Opposition’s Office for William Hague, Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard. He holds a degree in British Politics and Legislative Studies from the University of Hull.
You can find Anthony on Twitter @anthonyjwells.
- Article - A summary of YouGov’s review into our 2024 general election performance- YouGov’s model was the most accurate in terms of seats and the second most accurate for vote share – but there are ways we could have been more accurate still 18 Dec 2024
- Article - Final YouGov MRP shows Labour on course for historic election victory- Tory seat total would also be a record low 03 Jul 2024
- Article - Second 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 - YouGov at the 2024 local and mayoral elections- Anthony Wells reviews YouGov's performance 10 May 2024
- Article - Remainers blame Brexit for recent food shortages; Leave voters do not- How people voted at the referendum even affects the extent to which they've noticed the shortages at all 07 Sep 2021
- Article - Scottish voting intention: SNP 52%, Con 20%, Lab 19% (2-4 May)- A pro-independence majority is likely 04 May 2021
- Article - Budget 2021 measures prove popular with Britons- Our snap polling last night found people approved of the 2021 Budget by 46% to 11%. Overnight we conducted more detailed polling about the contents of the Budget and what people think of the state of the economy. 04 Mar 2021
- Article - Few Britons think the government is handling coronavirus well- Despite this, they are split on whether anyone could have done a better job than Boris Johnson 25 Oct 2020
- Article - How YouGov does ethnic minority polling- Anthony Wells, YouGov's director of political and social research, sets out the challenges the polling industry faces when it comes to surveying BAME Britons 26 Jun 2020
- Article - Budget 2020: what tax changes would be popular?- Brits are happy to levy more money from rich people, businesses, tobacco and alcohol, but want inheritance tax and fuel duty cut 10 Mar 2020