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People's perceptions of Labour leaders.

25 September 2016

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Dr. Roger Mortimore Public Affairs

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Q Here is a list of things both favourable and unfavourable that have been said about various politicians. I would like you to pick out all those statements that you feel fit Mr Callaghan /Mr Foot /Mr Kinnock / Mr Smith / Mr Blair/ Mr Brown/ Mr Miliband/ Mr Corbyn/ Mr Starmer

Base: c. 1,000 – 2,000 British adults 18+

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Mr Callaghan

	Cap	Cri	Wor	Tlk	Nar	Inf	Jud	Hon	Ear	Bri	Ext	Per	Ine	Out	Tru	Any	Sin
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Sep 1978	33	-	-	17	6	-	-	26	32	42	11	23	7	20	-	36	23
Apr 1979	37	-	-	16	10	-	-	24	33	39	12	25	3	20	-	35	26
General Election 3 May 1979

Mr Foot

	Cap	Cri	Wor	Tlk	Nar	Inf	Jud	Hon	Ear	Bri	Pat	Per	Ine	Out	Tru
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Jun 1981	18	-	-	12	12	-	-	22	23	29	-	11	9	12	-
May 1982	9	4	17	8	24	12	9	17	16	19	-	9	17	22	9
Jan 1983	11	5	20	8	21	14	10	19	22	25	-	7	14	17	12
Apr 1983	17	8	29	9	25	17	15	28	26	34	-	9	15	17	18
May 1983	21	9	36	13	27	18	17	27	29	41	-	12	15	20	20
General Election 9 June 1983

Mr Kinnock

	Cap	Cri	Wor	Dow	Nar	Inf	Jud	Hon	Ear	Bri	Pat	Per	Ine	Out
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Nov 1983	24	8	16	5	9	8	15	18	n/a	23	n/a	30	31	5
Mar 1984	30	12	23	8	12	9	20	27	n/a	29	38	35	38	7
Sep 1984	15	5	12	6	14	10	11	19	25	24	n/a	22	49	8
Feb 1985	17	7	14	7	14	11	10	23	24	20	15	18	41	10
Oct 1985	27	9	13	6	10	8	15	24	31	28	13	26	32	7
Nov 1986	26	7	14	7	12	9	13	23	28	27	13	23	31	8
Jan 1987	21	5	15	7	12	9	11	21	27	26	15	23	32	11
Apr 1987	15	4	14	9	15	11	6	18	24	23	15	17	37	13
May 1987	31	12	30	9	21	18	20	29	45	43	35	36	43	12
Jun 1987	34	12	31	11	24	19	24	29	43	45	35	38	48	13
General Election 11 June 1987
Oct 1987	21	7	18	8	16	11	12	21	29	27	19	27	33	9
Jan 1988	22	6	18	8	14	11	12	23	29	29	20	24	32	8
Oct 1988	21	7	19	7	17	14	11	25	32	27	20	22	34	10
Mar 1989	20	6	18	8	17	15	11	24	32	28	23	21	36	11
Sep 1989	24	7	23	9	14	13	14	24	35	31	22	24	32	10
Feb 1990	24	6	20	7	14	11	12	24	33	33	19	23	35	9
Sep 1990	24	8	22	7	13	11	13	23	36	32	21	23	33	8
Feb 1991	23	7	20	11	19	14	12	18	29	31	20	18	20	11
Sep 1991	19	8	19	17	23	17	11	15	27	28	18	16	23	14
Feb 1992	22	7	18	16	21	17	11	16	32	33	20	19	24	14
18-19 Mar 1992	37	15	31	22	24	23	21	22	40	46	32	33	28	13
1-2 Apr 1992	36	14	31	24	27	23	21	20	39	47	31	31	29	18
General Election 9 April 1992

Mr Smith

	Cap	Cri	Wor	Dow	Nar	Inf	Jud	Hon	Ear	Bri	Pat	Per	Ine	Out
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Jul 1992	19	6	11	6	6	5	14	15	21	21	11	12	14	5
Sep 1992	25	7	15	5	6	6	17	17	23	25	10	14	26	5
Feb 1993	22	6	15	8	10	10	14	17	24	31	12	11	29	9
Mar 1993	22	7	16	7	11	9	15	19	24	31	11	11	25	9
Jul 1993	23	8	16	8	9	7	16	17	25	29	12	13	25	10
Feb 1994	23	8	15	9	10	9	17	20	27	28	13	11	21	11

Mr Blair

	Cap	Cri	Wor	Dow	Nar	Inf	Jud	Hon	Ear	Bri	Pat	Per	Ine	Out
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Sep 1994	19	4	10	5	3	2	10	16	16	24	8	25	29	6
Feb 1995	28	7	14	9	5	5	14	22	18	31	12	26	36	7
Sep 1995	26	6	13	12	8	8	13	20	19	29	11	30	36	10
Feb 1996	30	7	14	11	6	6	15	19	19	30	11	27	29	9
Oct 1996	33	9	20	11	7	7	19	20	22	34	16	33	27	9
Mar 1997	39	9	17	12	7	6	19	20	23	36	14	35	35	10
General Election 1 May 1997
Oct 1997	58	18	31	9	3	6	27	36	37	48	26	50	19	6
Apr 1998	53	25	37	13	5	7	24	29	29	44	26	42	20	13
Oct 1998	47	21	37	12	6	10	20	26	28	40	24	40	17	18
Apr 1999	51	33	38	18	6	10	26	27	24	37	29	37	12	16
Oct 1999	44	23	28	23	10	11	15	21	19	34	17	32	8	24
Apr 2000	43	20	28	23	11	16	17	20	20	31	20	32	9	27
Sep 2000	29	12	19	37	21	29	12	16	13	22	17	21	12	54
Apr 2001	33	15	22	25	15	16	13	17	18	25	15	24	11	36
General Election 7 June 2001
Nov 2001	51	44	39	19	9	11	22	25	25	33	27	28	6	28
Sep 2003	30	23	23	24	17	19	10	8	11	20	17	23	4	43
Sep 2004	30	20	19	22	17	20	6	11	13	20	16	22	5	44
Apr 2005	34	19	24	27	15	20	9	10	15	25	16	25	3	36
General Election 5 May 2005
Sep 2006	25	17	21	29	18	28	8	8	10	20	16	22	3	51

The same question asked about Gordon Brown (before he became leader)

Mr Brown

	Cap	Cri	Wor	Dow	Nar	Inf	Jud	Hon	Ear	Bri	Pat	Per	Ine	Out
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
May 2010 (immediately post resignation)	22	21	28	22	16	21	12	15	14	30	20	3	3	28

Mr Miliband

	Cap	Cri	Wor	Dow	Nar	Inf	Jud	Hon	Ear	Bri	Pat	Per	Ine	Out	Vis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Sep 2013	28	20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	32	N/A	N/A	52	N/A	19	N/A	49	N/A
Sep 2014	30	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	36	N/A	N/A	53	N/A	20	N/A	46	43
April 2015	33	24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	35	N/A	N/A	50	N/A	20	N/A	42	45

Mr Corbyn

	Cap	Cri	Wor	Dow	Nar	Inf	Jud	Hon	Ear	Bri	Pat	Per	Ine	Out	Vis
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Sep 2015	32	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	32	54	N/A	49	37	41	N/A	39	47
Apr 2016	27	19	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	31	47	N/A	48	42	28	N/A	33	N/A
Sep 2016	24	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	30	52	N/A	44	49	32	N/A	44	38
Sep 2017	38	30	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	40	55	N/A	52	46	47	N/A	32	N/A
Apr 2018	32	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	31	47	N/A	47	44	39	N/A	39	N/A
June 2019	23	19	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	21	32	N/A	39	39	22	N/A	47	N/A

Mr Starmer

	Cap	Cri	Wor	Dow	Nar	Inf	Jud	Hon	Ear	Bri	Pat	Per	Ine	Out	Vis	Con	Sty	Rep
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Sep 2020	44	31	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	43	36	N/A	50	43	25	N/A	27	N/A	29	21	42
June 2021	26	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	26	29	N/A	37	38	16	N/A	41	N/A	15	28	25
Dec 2021	33	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	38	36	N/A	46	45	17	N/A	33	N/A	22	26	34
May 2022	32	19	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	31	31	N/A	41	39	15	N/A	35	N/A	22	25	29
Sept 2022	34	28	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	49	36	N/A	51	48	23	N/A	34	N/A	23	26	31
Dec 2022	34	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	34	35	N/A	43	41	18	N/A	33	N/A	23	25	29
Sept 2023	35	23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	32	30	N/A	44	44	21	N/A	47	N/A	22	32	30

The author(s)

Dr. Roger Mortimore Public Affairs

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