PMQs Poll

The Hansard Society's "Tuned in or Turned off? Public attitudes to Prime Minister's Questions" report includes some of the findings of Ipsos's survey for their 11th annual Audit of Political Engagement. 

The key results are:

• 54% of British adults have seen/heard at least some of PMQs in the last year (16% in full, 38% only in clips) - 36% say they have never seen or heard any of it
• 67% of respondents agree that ‘there is too much party political point-scoring instead of answering the question’ – 5% disagree
• 47% agree that PMQs ‘is too noisy and aggressive’ – 15% disagree
• 40% agree ‘it deals with the important issues facing the country’ – 20% disagree
• 36% agree it is ‘informative’ – 22% disagree
• 33% agree ‘it puts me off politics’ – 27% disagree
• 20% agree that ‘it’s exciting to watch’ – 44% disagree
• 16% agree that ‘MPs behave professionally’ at PMQs – 48% disagree
• 12% agree that PMQs ‘makes me proud of our Parliament’ – 45% disagree

Downloads

• Download full computer tables (PDF)
• Hansard Society's Tuned in or Turned off? Public attitudes to Prime Minister's Questions" report

Technical details

Ipsos interviewed 1,286 adults aged 18+ between 6^th and 12^th December 2013. Interviews were conducted face-to-face in home across Great Britain. Data are weighted to the profile of the population. Results are based on all respondents unless otherwise stated