Tory lead reduced to five points

Ipsos's poll carried out exclusively for The Mirror (conducted by telephone between 10-11 December 2008 among 1,007 British adults age 18+) shows that among those absolutely certain to vote, the Labour party's share has risen by four points to 36% since our previous voting intention poll carried out Nov 27-28. The Conservative vote share has dropped two points to 41%, and the Liberal Democrat share is on 11%.

Ipsos's poll carried out exclusively for The Mirror (conducted by telephone between 10-11 December 2008 among 1,007 British adults age 18+) shows that among those absolutely certain to vote, the Labour party's share has risen by four points to 36% since our previous voting intention poll carried out Nov 27-28. The Conservative vote share has dropped two points to 41%, and the Liberal Democrat share is on 11%. 160

The160poll also finds the public are evenly divided on whether Brown is doing a good or bad job160at handling the global economic crisis (45% each). More than one in five (22%) Conservative supporters and more than a third (35%) of LibDem160supporters think Brown is doing a good job160on this measure. 160

Brown leads over Cameron on being160most trusted to get Britain out of its economic problems in 2009: 41% choose Brown, compared to 29% choosing Cameron and just 7% choosing Clegg -- although about one in six (15%) say 'none of these'. One in ten (10%) Conservative supporters and 29% of LibDem supporters favour Brown on this measure.

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Ipsos interviewed a representative sample of 1,007 adults aged 18+ across Great Britain. Interviews were conducted by telephone 10th-11th December 2008.160 Data are weighted to match the profile of the population. Where percentages do not sum to 100, this may be due to computer rounding, the exclusion of "don't know" categories, or multiple answers.160 An asterisk (*) denotes any value of less than half a per cent.

Voting intention figures exclude those who say they would not vote, are undecided or refuse to name a party.

Technical Note

Ipsos interviewed a representative sample of 1,007 adults aged 18+ across Great Britain. Interviews were conducted by telephone 10th-11th December 2008.160 Data are weighted to match the profile of the population. Where percentages do not sum to 100, this may be due to computer rounding, the exclusion of "don't know" categories, or multiple answers.160 An asterisk (*) denotes any value of less than half a per cent.

Voting intention figures exclude those who say they would not vote, are undecided or refuse to name a party.

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