MORI interviewed a representative interlocking quota sample of 1,075 adults aged 18+. Interviews were conducted face-to-face in 54 constituency sampling points across Great Britain on 29 March 1979.
Q1 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the government is running the country?
Q2 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Callaghan is doing his job as Prime Minister?
Q3 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mrs Thatcher is doing her job as Leader of the Opposition?
| 160 |
Government |
Callaghan |
Thatcher |
|---|
| 160 |
% |
% |
% |
|---|
| Satisfied |
30 |
43 |
44 |
| Dissatisfied |
63 |
51 |
46 |
| Don't know
|
7 |
6 |
10 |
Q4 How would you vote if there were a General Election on the 3rd May?
(If undecided or refused at Q4)
Q5 Which party are you most inclined to support?
Base: All expressing a voting intention
| 160 |
% |
|---|
| Conservative |
51 |
| Labour |
42 |
| Liberal
|
5 |
| Other |
2 |
Q6 The government lost a vote of confidence in the House of Commons last night and are bound to call an election this Spring. On which of these possible dates do you think that the election should be held?
| 160 |
% |
|---|
| 26th April |
29 |
| 3rd May |
15 |
| 10th May |
24 |
| 17th May |
7 |
| 24th May |
6 |
| 31st May |
4 |
| 7th June |
3 |
| 14th June |
2 |
| Don't know |
10 |
Q7 What do you think are the most important issues facing Britain today?
| 160 |
% |
|---|
| Prices/cost of living/inflation |
59 |
| Trade unions/strikes |
32 |
| Unemployment |
28 |
| Taxation |
14 |
| Common Market |
12 |
| Law and order |
10 |
| Housing/rates/rents |
7 |
| Pensions |
7 |
| Immigration/race relations |
5 |
| Schools/education |
5 |
| National Health Service |
2 |
| Nationalisation |
2 |
| Northern Ireland |
2 |
| Devolution |
1 |
| Rhodesia |
0 |
| ("Other" and don't know responses not recorded |
|
Q8 If there were a referendum tomorrow on whether Britain should stay in or get out of the Common Market, how would you vote?
| 160 |
% |
|---|
| Stay in |
32 |
| Get out |
60 |
| Don't know
|
8
|
160
Q9 Which party do you think will win the next general election?
| 160 |
% |
|---|
| Conservative |
65 |
| Labour |
24 |
| Liberal |
1 |
| Other |
* |
| Don't know
|
10
|
160
Q10 Do you think the fact that a Conservative win would mean a women as Prime Minister will help or hinder the Conservatives at the polls?
| 160 |
% |
|---|
| Help |
25 |
| Hinder |
40
|
| Make no difference |
29 |
| Don't know
|
6
|
160
Q11 Do you approve or disapprove of the Labour government making concessions to certain minority parties in order to gain their support in the House of Commons?
| 160 |
% |
|---|
| Approve |
18 |
| Disapprove |
71 |
| Don't know |
11 |
