General Election 2001 - Election Digest
Economist Poll
The MORI poll for the Economist puts Labour on 54%, the Conservatives on 26%, and the Liberal Democrats on 14%. More people think the general economic condition of the country will get worse over the next twelve months (27%), compared with 23% who think it will improve and 41% who say it will stay the same. The MORI Economic Index has improved from -22 points in April's Times poll to -4 points now.
Seven in ten (69%) say they are certain or very likely to vote in the General Election. Health and education are the two main policy areas the public say will be very important in helping them decide who to vote for, followed by law and order, pensions and taxation. Labour has a clear lead on having the best policy on health and education, and a much smaller lead on law and order. Just over half (52%) say Blair will make the most capable Prime Minister, with 13% nominating Hague and 9% Kennedy. Just under two-thirds (63%) say it is very or fairly important to them personally who wins the General Election.
Full questionnaire and results Source: The Economist / MORI, 17 May 2001 Technical details: MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,846 adults aged 18+ at 199 sampling points across Great Britain face-to-face between 10 to 14 May 2001.
More from The Times / MORI Survey
Fewer people now know the name of their MP than they did ten years ago, according to MORI's latest poll for the Times. Forty-one per cent are able to name their MP correctly, compared with 52% in March 1991. Forty-three per cent can name their parliamentary constituency correctly, no change on 1991.
Satisfaction with the way MPs are doing their job is evenly balanced, with 38% satisfied and 37% dissatisfied, an improvement since October 1992. On balance, people tend to be more satisfied with their own local MP - 42% are satisfied with the way their own MP is doing his/her job, against 19% dissatisfied.
One in ten think that the current Labour Government is more sleazy than the previous Conservative Government, compared with 27% who think that it is less sleazy. The majority, however (56%), think that there is no difference between the two.
Full questionnaire and results Source: MORI/The Times, 16 May 2001 Technical details: A representative quota sample of 1,019 adults 18+, interviewed face-to-face, in home, across Great Britain on 15 May 2001.
