MORI interviewed a representative interlocking quota sample of 532 adults aged 18+. Interviews were conducted face-to-face in 54 constituency sampling points across Great Britain on 24 May 1978.
Q1 How would you vote if there were a General Election tomorrow?
(If undecided or refused at Q1)
Q2 Which party are you most inclined to support?
Base: All expressing a voting intention
NOTE: BECAUSE OF THE SMALL SAMPLE SIZE, THE VOTING INTENTION FIGURES WERE NOT PUBLISHED WHEN THE POLL WAS RELEASED IN 1978
| |
% |
|---|
| Conservative |
45 |
| Labour |
46 |
| Liberal
|
6 |
| Other |
3 |
Q3 If there were a referendum now on whether Britain should stay in or get out of the Common Market, how would you vote?
| |
All
|
Men |
Women |
|---|
| |
% |
% |
% |
|---|
| Stay in |
43 |
48 |
37 |
| Get out
|
48 |
46 |
51 |
| Don't know |
9 |
6 |
12 |
Q4 Do you think Britain's membership in the Common Market over the past few years has or has not...?
| |
|
Has |
Has
not
|
Don't
know |
|---|
| ...made Britain more prosperous than it would have been?
|
% |
21 |
64 |
15 |
| ...reduced Britain's control over her own destiny?
|
% |
72 |
21 |
8 |
| ...increased the political stability of Europe?
|
% |
45 |
33 |
22 |
| ...made food prices go up more than they would have done?
|
% |
82 |
14 |
4 |
Q5 Next year Britain will be going to the polls to elect its representatives for the European Parliament? How likely will you be to vote at that election?
| |
% |
|---|
| I will definitely vote |
41 |
| I will probably vote |
22 |
| Not sure whether I will vote or not |
11 |
| I will probably not vote |
9 |
| I will definitely not vote |
13 |
| Don't know |
4 |
Q6 If you do vote, which party would you vote for?
(If undecided or refused at Q6)
Q6a Which party would you be most inclined to support?
Base: All except those who would "definitely not vote" (414)
| |
% |
|---|
| Conservative |
45
|
| Labour |
47
|
| Liberal
|
6
|
| Other |
2
|
Q7 Do you think it is a good thing or a bad thing to have the proceedings of the House of Commons broadcast on the radio?
| |
% |
|---|
| Good thing |
67 |
| Bad thing |
23 |
| Don't know |
10 |
Q8 Have you ever listened to any broadcast of the proceedings of the House of Commons?
| |
% |
|---|
| Yes |
70 |
| No |
30 |
| Don't know/can't remember |
1 |
Q9 Who do you think comes across best from the broadcasts, Mr Callaghan or Mrs Thatcher?
Base: Those who have ever listened to the broadcasts
| |
% |
|---|
| Mr Callaghan |
46
|
| Mrs Thatcher |
27
|
| Neither |
18
|
| Don't know |
8 |
