Ipsos Political Monitor September 2007

The September Political Monitor, mostly conducted during Labour's conference in Bournemouth, includes the public's detailed assessment of the best party on each of the key issues facing the country, as well as updates to the trend questions carried every month. Crime is the issue that most of the public (56%) say will be very important to their vote, and the Conservatives have a clear lead as best party on this issue despite trailing Labour in voting intentions. Meanwhile, David Cameron's satisfaction ratings days before his crucial conference speech dipped to their worst-ever level.

Topline Results

• Ipsos interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,964 adults aged 18+ at 187 sampling points across Great Britain.
• Interviews were conducted face-to-face on 20-26 September 2007.
• Data are weighted to match the profile of the population.
• Full data tabulations (weighted and unweighted) are available on request.
• Download the data tabulations pdf, 604KB

Voting -- all absolutely certain to vote

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 'absolutely certain to vote' (1,037)

Voting -- all

Q1 How would you vote if there were a General Election tomorrow?

(If undecided or refused at Q1)

Which party are you most inclined to support?

Base: All naming a party (1,964)

Q3 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the Government is running the country? Q4 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Brown is doing his job as Prime Minister? Q5 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Cameron is doing his job as leader of the Conservative Party? Q6 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Sir Menzies Campbell is doing his job as leader of the Liberal Democrats? Base: 988 British adults 18+

Q3 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the Government is running the country? Q4 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Brown is doing his job as Prime Minister? Q5 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Cameron is doing his job as leader of the Conservative Party? Q6 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Sir Menzies Campbell is doing his job as leader of the Liberal Democrats? Base: All party supporters

Q7 What would you say is the most important issue facing Britain today? (Spontaneous) Q8 What do you see as other important issues facing Britain today? (Spontaneous) Base: 988 British adults 18+

Q9 Do you think that the general economic condition of the country will improve, stay the same, or get worse over the next 12 months? Base: 988 British adults 18+

Q10 And how likely would you be to vote in an immediate General Election, on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 means you would be absolutely certain to vote, and 1 means that you would be absolutely certain not to vote? Base: 1,964 British adults 18+

Q11 Looking ahead to the next General Election, which, if any, of these issues do you think will be very important to you in helping you decide which party to vote for? Base: 988 British adults 18+

Q12-27 I am going to read out a list of issues facing Britain today and for each one, I would like you to tell me whether you think that the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats or some other party has the best policy on each? Base: All who say each issue is very important (in brackets)