John Humphrys asks: was UKIP’s success in Thursday’s elections just a protest vote, or is UKIP now serious contender for office?
New data from YouGov Profiles reveals the very different characteristics of UKIP voters with a Tory or Labour past
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 ...
UKIP voters: older and poorer than Tories – but LESS right-wing, Peter Kellner analyses
UKIP continues to be viewed as the most 'sleazy and disreputable' party – and UKIP voters are hesitant about their local 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
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" ...
British people tend to see UKIP as the most right-wing party, but that's not how UKIP voters view themselves
Conservatives could get a five point jump if UKIP don’t field candidates
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 ...
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 ...
In the first survey of its kind in the UK, YouGov provides a detailed insight into the UKIP party membership
Just under a third (32%) of Tories say they would vote for UKIP in European Parliament elections
YouGov has repeated some questions we asked in May 2009. Our results challenge five myths about Ukip's performance
The new, widely criticised, UKIP adverts are not considered racist, offensive or ignorant by the public
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. ...
17% of British people heard the UKIP Calypso – and most of them didn’t like it
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
Hello and welcome to today’s big questions. When are (a) 29% a triumph, (b) 30% defeat and (c) 31% disaster? The answers, of course, are (a) 2014, (b) 2010 and (c) 1997. 29% is UKIP’s current support in this month’s elections to the European Parliament. It is vying for first ...
31% of UKIP voters think there will be an apocalyptic disaster in their lifetime compared to 21% of Conservatives