Political Monitor


Politics Survey

2014 on course to have lowest ever combined voting shares for Conservative and Labour

New polling and analysis from Ipsos shows that after 11 months of the year, 2014 is on course to have the lowest combined voting share for the Conservative and Labour parties since we started regular polling in 1978.
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Seven in ten doubt David Cameron will get a good deal for Britain in Europe

The majority of Britons lack confidence that David Cameron will get a good deal for Britain in negotiations with other European leaders, including half of Conservatives, new polling from Ipsos reveals.
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Eight in ten Britons have felt little or no impact of economic growth

Latest polling from Ipsos shows eight in ten Britons (80%) have felt little, if any, impact on their standard of living from the UK's economic recovery.
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Labour support lowest since before 2010 general election

Support for the Labour Party is at the lowest level since the final days of Gordon Brown's premiership, November's Ipsos Political Monitor reveals.
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Six in ten back UK military intervention against IS

Polling from Ipsos, in association with Lord Hennessy, shows public backing for intervention against 'Islamic State' - with support for intervention increasingly humanitarian.
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Support for EU membership highest for 23 years, even as UKIP rises in the polls

Ipsos polling shows increasing numbers backing Britain's EU membership, despite UKIP's rise
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Personal allowances rise the most popular of conference season tax pledges

Polling from Ipsos shows that tax pledges from each party were welcomed by the British public, but with the rise in personal allowances the stand-out favourite.
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Voting UKIP no longer seen as a wasted vote, as the party reaches its highest ever vote share

October's Ipsos Political Monitor shows that, in the aftermath of Douglas Carswell's by-election win for the party, more of the British public now disagree that voting UKIP in a general election is a wasted vote than agree.
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Labour are the most popular party, but their leader lags behind

The Ipsos Political Monitor for September 2014 shows Ed Miliband is still to convince the public of his own qualities, despite presiding over the most popular party.