Political Attitudes in Great Britain for July 1999

• MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 2,013 adults aged 18+ at 167 sampling points across Great Britain.
• Fieldwork was conducted face-to-face on 23-26 July 1999.
• Base: All respondents, unless stated.
• The voting intention figures exclude those who say they would not vote (13%), are undecided (6%) or refuse to name a party (1%).
• All figures are in percentages. Where percentages do not sum to 100, this may be due to multiple responses, the exclusion of don't knows or computer rounding. Data were weighted to match the profile of the population.
• An asterisk (*) denotes a figure between zero and 0.5%.

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: 2,013

Conservative	28%
Labour	51%
Liberal Democrats	14%
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist	4%
Green Party	2%
Democratic/UKIP/Referendum Party	1%
Other	0%
Would not vote	13%
Undecided	6%
Refused	1%

Voting Intention over the last 12 months & Long Term Trends

Q3 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the Government is running the country? Q4 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Blair is doing his job as Prime Minister? Q5 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Hague is doing his job as leader of the Conservative Party? Q6 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Mr Ashdown is doing his job as Leader of the Liberal Democrats? Base: 1,006

Satisfaction Ratings over the last 12 months & Long Term Trends

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: 1,006

Important Issues over the last 12 months & Long Term Trends

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: 1,006

Improve	26%
Stay the same	45%
Get worse	23%
Don't know	6%
Economic Optimism Index (EOI)	+3

Economic Condition over the last 12 months & Long Term Trends

Q10 Looking ahead to the next General Election, which, if any of these issues do you think will be very important to you in helping you decide which party to vote for? Base: 1,006

Animal welfare	11%
Constitution / devolution	8%
Defence	12%
Education	52%
Europe	30%
Health care	61%
Housing	21%
Law and order	43%
Managing the economy	28%
Northern Ireland	15%
Pensions	32%
Protecting the natural environment	22%
Public transport	28%
Taxation	32%
Trade Unions	4%
Unemployment	42%
Other	3%
Don't know	6%

Q11-26 I am going to read out a list of problems facing Britain today and for each one, I would like you to tell me whether you think that the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats or some other party has the best policy on each. Base: 1,006

* (includes main Northern Ireland parties - DUP 0%, UUP 1%, Sinn Fein *%, SDLP *%, Other N Ire party 0%)

Q11-26 I am going to read out a list of problems facing Britain today and for each one, I would like you to tell me whether you think that the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats or some other party has the best policy on each. Base = All those thinking issues very important

* (incl.s main Northern Ireland parties - DUP 0%, UUP 3%, Sinn Fein 0%, SDLP 0%, Other N Ire party 0%)