Norwich South Parliamentary Constituency poll

Among those who are "absolutely certain to vote", 39% of Norwich South residents say they would vote for Labour's Charles Clarke, ahead of the Conservatives (20%), Liberal Democrats (19%) and the Greens (19%).
160An Ipsos survey for the Union of University of East Anglia (UEA) Students, conducted between 3-9th March, shows former Cabinet Minister Charles Clarke ahead of his rivals at that time in the race to win the Norwich South parliamentary constituency, with the Conservatives, Lib Dems and Greens all lying roughly equal in second place. Among those who were "absolutely certain to vote", 39% of Norwich South residents said they would vote for Labour's Charles Clarke, ahead of the Conservatives (20%), Liberal Democrats (19%) and the Greens (19%). Support for Labour is little changed from the notional 2005 result [1] (up from 38% to 39%)[2]. The Conservatives are down slightly: from 22% in 2005 to 20%. By contrast, the Lib Dems, who came second in 2005 have seen their support drop from 30% to 19% with the Greens seeing an increase from 7% to 20%. At the moment there is no clear single challenger to Charles Clarke, but it remains to be seen whether this could change as election day approaches. The University of East Anglia falls within the Norwich South constituency boundaries and the issue of university top-up fees has been the focus of some local campaigning. The survey found little support for the proposal that the government should allow universities to raise fees: only 8% said this was their favoured option. Two in five (40%) think the government should abolish the current system of fees, 19% think the current cap on fees should be reduced and 25% think the government should keep cap at its current level.

    Technical Details Ipsos interviewed a representative sample of 801 adults in the Norwich South constituency aged 18 and over. Interviews were conducted by telephone between 3rd and 9th March 2010. Data are weighted to match the profile of the Norwich South population.The survey found little support for the proposal that the government should allow universities to raise fees: only 8% said this was their favoured option -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Notional results based on the revised constituency boundaries [2] This represents a 1.5 swing from Conservative to Labour, bucking the national trend: Ipsos's March Political Monitor recorded a 4% swing from Labour to Conservative nationally. Our recent research for Reuters found a slightly higher (5.5%) swing to the Conservatives in marginal seats.

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