In a study for fraud and IT specialist Detica conducted by MORI , two in five (39%) British adults say they are concerned about electoral fraud. Almost six in 10 (58%) say they believe that the introduction of identity cards would make electoral fraud harder to commit.
In the run-up to the general election, surveys of British opinion have been showing a "perception gap" over public services — a divergence between the personal experience people report and their views of the trend in the quality of services generally.
February's Political Monitor, conducted for the Financial Times, shows the highest level of voting intentions for the Conservative Party recorded by MORI for 18 months.
MORI's December Political Monitor gives the Liberal Democrats their highest share of the vote all year among those who say they are absolutely certain to vote in an immediate General Election, as measured by MORI's monthly survey. Their vote share, on 26%, is up by 3 points from November, and up eight points from the year's low back in May. Labour remain unchanged, on 35%, and the Conservatives are down 1 point, on 30%, since our November survey. If these figures were replicated at a General Election, and assuming a national uniform swing, we would expect a Labour majority of over 100 seats, with the Liberal Democrats still in third place but with as many as 75 MPs in total.
MORI's first election special Political Monitor, conducted exclusively for The Observer in January shows a six-point lead for the Labour Party over the Tories (38% to 32%) with the Liberal Democrats on 22% (down from 26% in December).
