Eddisbury By-Election / Hunting Of Wild Mammals With Dogs

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A constituency poll in Eddisbury about the forthcoming by-election and attitudes to a ban on hunting

 

Technical details

  • 500 telephone interviews with Eddisbury constituents aged 18+
  • Conducted 13 July 1999
  • Final results weighted
  • Base all, unless indicated

Q1 Which of these best describes the area where you live most of the time?

  %
In the middle of a city or town 11
In a suburb 12
On the edge of the countryside 42
In the middle of the countryside 34

Q2 How would you vote if there was a General Election tomorrow? ASK Q3 IF UNDECIDED OR REFUSED Q3 Which party are you most inclined to support?

  %
Base: All naming party at Q2 or Q3 (386) Q2 & Q3
Conservative 37
Labour 46
Liberal Democrats (Lib Dem) 14
Other 3
 
Would not vote 7
Undecided 12
Refused 8

Q4 Were you aware that there will be a by-election to elect a new MP in Eddisbury in the next couple of weeks, or not?

  %
Yes 67
No 31
Not sure 2

Q5 And how likely do you think you will be to get along to vote at the by-election (on 22 July)?

  %
Certain to vote 37
Very likely to vote 19
Quite likely to vote 14
Not very likely to vote 11
Certain not to vote 12
Don't know /depends 7

Q6 And if you do vote in this by-election, which party are you most inclined to support?

Base: All naming party (341) %
Conservative 38
Labour 42
Liberal Democrats (Lib Dem) 17
Other 3
 
Would not vote 5
Undecided 19
Refused 8

Now some questions about the hunting of wild mammals with dogs (e.g. fox hunting, deer hunting etc)

Q7 To what extent would you support or oppose a ban on hunting with dogs in Britain?

  %
Strongly support 36
Tend to support 13
Neither support nor oppose 14
Tend to oppose 9
Strongly oppose 23
Don't know / no opinion 6

Q8 The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, recently said on television that the government intends to ban hunting with dogs and indicated this would be done within the lifetime of this Parliament (i.e. before the next general election)

Which of these statements best describes your view of Mr Blair's proposal?

  %
I support it, and wish to see hunting with dogs banned well before the next election 35
I support it, and would like to see hunting banned at some stage before the next election 15
I support it in principle, but do not mind whether hunting is banned before or after the next election 17
I oppose it, as I do not think hunting with dogs should be banned 27
Don't know 6

Q9 And thinking again about the Eddisbury by-election: if the candidate you intended to support stated that he or she was strongly in favour of hunting with dogs, would this make you more likely to support them, less likely or would it make no difference?

  %
A lot more likely to support 7
Slightly more likely to support 3
No difference 44
Slightly less likely to support 13
At lot less likely to support 26
Don't know 6

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