MORI Political Monitor - Political Attitudes in Great Britain

MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 2,018 adults aged 18+ at 195 sampling points across Great Britain. Fieldwork was conducted face-to-face on 23-28 October 2003. Data are weighted to match the profile of the population.

30 October 2003

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: 2,018 British adults 18+	%
Conservative	31
Labour	42
Liberal Democrats (Lib Dem)	20
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist	3
Green Party	1
UK Independence Party	1
Other	2

Lab lead (177%)	+11

Would not vote	14
Undecided	11
Refused	2

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 (1,026)	%
Conservative	35
Labour	38
Liberal Democrats (Lib Dem)	21
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist	3
Green Party	1
UK Independence Party	1
Other	2

Lab lead (177%)	+3

Would not vote	1
Undecided	9
Refused	2

The headline figures are based on all respondents absolutely certain to vote.

Q3-6 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the Government / Mr Blair / Mr Duncan Smith / Mr Kennedy are doing their job?
Base: 1,052 British adults 18+	Satisfied	Dissatisfied	Don't know	Index
	%	%	%	%
Government	25	64	11	-39
Blair	31	60	9	-29
Duncan Smith	22	49	29	-27
Kennedy	38	24	38	+14

Q7 What would you say is the most important issue facing Britain today? Q8 What do you see as other important issues facing Britain today?
Base: 1,052 British adults 18+	Q7	Q7/8
	%	%
National Health Service/Hospitals	13	40
Race relations/immigration/immigrants	19	34
Education/schools	6	26
Crime/law & order/violence/vandalism	10	25
Defence/foreign affairs/international terrorism	9	21
Common Market/EU/Europe/Single European Currency	5	12
Pensions/social security	3	11
Economy/economic situation	5	10
Taxation	2	8
Transport/public transport	1	8
Unemployment/factory closure/lack of industry	2	7
Drug abuse	1	6
Poverty/inequality	2	5
Housing	1	5
Morality/individual behaviour	1	4
Inflation/prices	*	2
Local government/council tax	*	2
Low pay/minimum wage/fair wages	*	2
Nuclear weapons/nuclear war/disarmament	*	2
Pollution/environment	*	2
AIDS	*	1
Countryside/rural life	*	1
Northern Ireland	*	1
Petrol prices/fuel	*	1
Privatisation	*	1
Animal welfare	0	1
GM/GM (Genetically Modified) foods	0	1
Beef/BSE/Mad Cow Disease	*	*
Foot and mouth outbreak/farming crisis	0	*
Pound/exchange rate/value of pound	0	*
Scottish/Welsh Assembly/Devolution Constitutional reform	0	*
Trade unions/strikes	0	*

Other	6	16
Don't know	9	7

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: 1,052 British adults 18+	%
Improve	13
Stay the same	43
Get worse	38
Don't know	6

MORI Economic Optimism Index [EOI]	-25

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: 2,018 British adults 18+	%
10 - absolutely certain to vote	50
9	7
8	7
7	4
6	3
5	8
4	2
3	3
2	2
1 - absolutely certain not to vote	11
Don't know	2
Refused	*

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