The Sun - Party Leader Poll
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?
- MORI interviewed a representative sample of 1,003 adults aged 18+ across Great Britain.
- Interviews were conducted by telephone on 13-14 October 1999.
- Based on all unless otherwise stated.
- Data are weighted to the profile of Great Britain.
- An '*' indicates a finding of less than 0.5%, but greater than zero.
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?
% | |
Conservative | 31 |
Labour | 52 |
Liberal Democrats | 13 |
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist | 3 |
Green Party | 1 |
Democratic | * |
UKIP | * |
Referendum Party | 0 |
Other | 1 |
Would not vote | 11 |
Undecided | 7 |
Refused | 4 |
Voting Intention over the last 12 months & Long Term Trends
Q3 Which party leader, if any, do you think has the most common sense policies, Mr Blair, Mr Hague or Mr Kennedy?
All | Con | Lab | |
% | % | % | |
Blair | 44 | 12 | 82 |
Hague | 20 | 59 | 2 |
Kennedy | 10 | 4 | 5 |
None of these | 14 | 13 | 5 |
Don't know | 12 | 12 | 6 |
Q4 Over the last six months, William Hague has proved that he is a capable leader of the Conservative Party.
All | Con | Lab | |
% | % | % | |
Strongly agree | 7 | 18 | 3 |
Tend to agree | 29 | 47 | 21 |
Neither agree nor disagree | 14 | 9 | 11 |
Tend to disagree | 25 | 18 | 32 |
Strongly disagree | 25 | 8 | 33 |
Don't know | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Q5 Over the last six months, Tony Blair's style of leadership has become more arrogant.
All | Con | Lab | |
% | % | % | |
Strongly agree | 29 | 48 | 13 |
Tend to agree | 30 | 32 | 31 |
Neither agree nor disagree | 10 | 7 | 10 |
Tend to disagree | 21 | 10 | 30 |
Strongly disagree | 9 | 3 | 15 |
Don't know | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Q6 Some people describe their political views as being left wing or right wing. How would you describe your own views, … .?
All | Con | Lab | |
% | % | % | |
Right wing | 10 | 23 | 6 |
Right of centre | 12 | 22 | 7 |
Centre | 38 | 36 | 38 |
Left of centre | 14 | 5 | 21 |
Left wing | 8 | 2 | 13 |
Don't know | 17 | 12 | 16 |
Q7 And how would you describe the views of Tony Blair, … .?
% | |
Right wing | 9 |
Right of centre | 16 |
Centre | 23 |
Left of centre | 19 |
Left wing | 7 |
Don't know | 26 |
Q8 And how would you describe the views of William Hague, … .?
% | |
Right wing | 27 |
Right of centre | 22 |
Centre | 10 |
Left of centre | 5 |
Left wing | 5 |
Don't know | 31 |
Q9 Would you say that the policies the Labour Government is pursuing are more right wing, more left wing, or about what you expected at the time of the General Election?
All | Con | Lab | |
% | % | % | |
More right wing | 25 | 25 | 22 |
More left wing | 8 | 15 | 4 |
About what I expected | 54 | 52 | 65 |
Don't know | 13 | 8 | 10 |
Q10 Would you say that the present policies of the Conservative Party under William Hague are more right wing, more left wing, or about the same as under the Conservative Government before the last General Election?
All | Con | Lab | |
% | % | % | |
More right wing | 24 | 29 | 25 |
More left wing | 9 | 8 | 10 |
About what I expected | 52 | 56 | 50 |
Don't know | 15 | 7 | 15 |
Q11 As you may know, the Prime Minister reshuffled the Cabinet this week, and appointed Peter Mandelson as Northern Ireland Secretary. Do you think the Prime Minister should or should not have appointed Peter Mandelson as Northern Ireland Secretary?
All | Con | Lab | |
% | % | % | |
Should | 25 | 15 | 32 |
Should not | 51 | 69 | 44 |
Don't know | 24 | 16 | 24 |
Q12 If there were a referendum now on whether Britain should stay in or get out of the European Union, how would you vote?
All | All expressing an opinion | |
% | % | |
Stay in | 51 | 55 |
Get out | 41 | 45 |
Don't know | 8 | - |
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