Opinion polling for the 1945 United Kingdom general election

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In the run-up to the 1945 general election, various organisations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention. Results of such polls are displayed in this article.

The date range for these opinion polls are from 1943 until late June 1945.

UK opinion polling for the 1945 election
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UK opinion polling for the 1945 election
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Polling results

All data is from PollBase. [1]

1943–1945

Date(s)
conducted
PollsterClient Con Lab Lib Lead
5 July 1945 1945 general election [2] 39.6%48.0%9%8.4%
24–27 Jun 1945 Gallup News Chronicle 41%47%10.5%6%
Jun 1945Centre of Public Opinion Daily Express 45%45%12%Tie
Jun 1945GallupNews Chronicle37%45%15%8%
May 1945GallupNews Chronicle33%45%15%12%
Apr 1945GallupNews Chronicle28%47%14%19%
Feb 1945GallupNews Chronicle27.5%47%12.5%20%
Jan 1944GallupNews Chronicle28%45%12%17%
Dec 1943GallupNews Chronicle31.5%46.5%11.5%15%
Jul 1943GallupNews Chronicle33%47.5%11%14.5%
Jun 1943GallupNews Chronicle36%44%10.5%8%
Nov 1935 1935 general election [2] 53.3%38.0%6.7%15.3%

Before 1943

Date(s)
conducted
PollsterClientGov.Opp.Don't KnowLead
Feb 1940GallupN/A51%27%22%24%
Dec 1939GallupN/A54%30%16%14%
Feb 1939GallupN/A50%44%6%6%

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References

  1. "PollBase: British voting intention opinion polls since 1943". Mark Pack. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 Audickas, Lukas; Cracknell, Richard; Loft, Philip (2020). UK Election Statistics: 1918-2019: A Century of Elections (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 12.