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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