MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,854 adults aged 18+. Interviews were conducted face-to-face in 154 constituency sampling points across Great Britain on 21 November-2 December 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 Mrs Thatcher is doing her job as Prime Minister?
Q3 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Callaghan is doing his job as Leader of the Opposition?
| |
Government |
Thatcher |
Callaghan |
|---|
| |
% |
% |
% |
|---|
| Satisfied
|
30 |
41 |
45 |
| Dissatisfied
|
58 |
49 |
33 |
| Don't know |
12 |
9 |
22 |
Q4 How would you vote if there were a General Election tomorrow?
(If undecided or refused at Q4)
Q4a Which party are you most inclined to support?
Base: All expressing a voting intention (1,618)
| |
% |
|---|
| Conservative |
40 |
| Labour |
45 |
| Liberal
|
13 |
| Other |
3 |
Q5 Do you think that the general economic condition of the country will improve, stay the same, or get worse over the next 12 months?
| |
% |
|---|
| Improve |
13 |
| Stay the same |
11 |
| Get worse
|
71 |
| Don't know |
5 |
| Net economic optimism (improve minus get worse)
|
-58 |
Q6 Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher or Mr Callaghan?
| |
% |
|---|
| Thatcher |
37 |
| Callaghan |
44 |
| Don't know |
18 |
Q7 If Mr Callaghan resigned and Denis Healey became leader of the Labour Party, who do you think would make the better Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher or Mr Healey?
Q8 If Tony Benn was leader of the Labour Party, who do you think would make the better Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher or Mr Benn?
Q9 If John Silkin was leader of the Labour Party, who do you think would make the better Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher or Mr Silkin?
Q10 And finally, if Peter Shore was leader of the Labour Party, who do you think would make the better Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher or Mr Shore?
| |
Healey |
Benn |
Silkin |
Shore |
|---|
| |
% |
% |
% |
% |
|---|
| Thatcher |
40 |
52 |
38 |
38 |
| Healey/Benn/Silkin/Shore |
37 |
21 |
20 |
22 |
| Don't know |
23 |
27 |
42 |
40 |
Q11 Which of these groups do you think should be involved in choosing the members of the Committee of Inquiry into the structure and finances of the Labour Party?
Q13 Which of these groups do you think should have a vote in the selection of Mr Callaghan's successor?
Q14 Which of these groups do you think should decide what goes into the Labour Party manifesto?
Base: Labour Party supporters (719)
| |
Q11
Committee of Inquiry
|
Q13
Leadership |
Q14
Manifesto |
|---|
| |
% |
% |
% |
|---|
| The party leader |
19 |
n/a |
15 |
| The shadow cabinet |
11 |
12 |
11 |
| Labour MPs |
33 |
43 |
36 |
| Local Labour councillors |
18 |
15 |
15 |
| Trade unions |
13 |
8 |
10 |
| Labour members of the House of Lords |
8 |
8 |
6 |
| NEC (National Executive Committee) |
10 |
6 |
8 |
| Labour Party constituency agents |
9 |
7 |
6 |
| Constituency workers |
12 |
10 |
10 |
| Headquarters (Transport House staff) |
4 |
2 |
3 |
| Delegates to the Party conference |
9 |
8 |
11 |
| None of these |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Don't know |
24 |
23 |
29 |
Q12 Would you say that the political views of the Committee of Inquiry will be too left wing, too right wing or will be about right?
Base: Labour Party supporters (719)
| |
% |
|---|
| Too left wing |
22 |
| Too right wing |
4 |
| About right |
31 |
| Don't know |
43 |
Q15 If Mr Callaghan does decide to resign as leader of the Labour Party, when do you think he should resign?
Base: Labour Party supporters (719)
| |
% |
|---|
| Immediately |
17 |
| Between now and the Labour Party Conference in October |
13 |
| After the next Conference but before the election |
19 |
| Not until after the next election |
38 |
| Don't know |
13 |
