Ipsos poll finds public divided on David Davis

Ipsos's recent survey about former Conservative MP and Shadow Home Secretary David Davis suggests that the public are somewhat divided on the issue of his resignation.

While almost half (48%) feel that Mr Davis was wrong to resign his House of Commons seat to stand again in his constituency to protest against the 42-day limit on detaining terrorist suspects, two in five (39%) think he was right. Men are more likely than women to think that Mr Davis' decision was wrong (51% of men think it was wrong, compared to 44% of women), and older people are also more likely to think it was the wrong decision.

However, when asked if they think they would vote for or against Mr Davis in the by-election (if they lived in his constituency), more than a third (35%) say that they would vote for him, and under a quarter (23%) would vote against him, with a further third (33%) saying that they would not vote.

The topline results are available here

The full tables are available here

Technical Note 

The survey was conducted between 13 and 15 July 2008, and consists of 1,012 telephone interviews with British adults age 18 and over.