Opinion polling for the 1950 United Kingdom general election

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In the run-up to the 1950 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 the 1945 general election until the general election.

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

All data is from PollBase [1]

1950

Date(s)
conducted/
published
PollsterClient Lab Con Lib Lead
23 Feb 1950 general election [2] 46.1%43.4%9.1%2.7%
17–23 FebDaily Express44%45%10%1%
17–22 FebGallupNews Chronicle45%43.5%10.5%1.5%
5–15 FebDaily MailNews Chronicle42.5%45.5%12%3%
20 FebDaily Express44.5%46%9%1.5%
17 FebGallupNews Chronicle45%42.5%12%2.5%
13 FebDaily Express45%45%9.5%Tie
10 FebGallupNews Chronicle44.5%43%12%1.5%
6 FebDaily Express44%45%10%1%
30 JanDaily Express42.5%47.5%8.5%5%
30 JanGallupNews Chronicle45.5%44%10%1.5%
23 JanDaily Express42%48%9%6%
20 JanGallupNews Chronicle41.5%44%12.5%2.5%

1949

Date
Published
PollsterClient Lab Con Lib Lead
DecGallupNews Chronicle41%45%12.5%4%
NovGallupNews Chronicle38%48%11%10%
NovGallupNews Chronicle40%43.5%14%3.5%
Nov1950 General Election book39%50%8%11%
OctGallupNews Chronicle39.5%45.5%12.5%6%
SepGallupNews Chronicle40%46%12%6%
AugGallupNews Chronicle40.5%46.5%11.5%6%
JulGallupNews Chronicle40.5%44.5%12.5%4%
JunGallupNews Chronicle41.5%46%10%5.5%
MayGallupNews Chronicle40%46%11%6%
AprGallupNews Chronicle43.5%42%13%1.5%
MarGallupNews Chronicle43%41.5%13%1%
FebGallupNews Chronicle43.5%44.5%9.5%1%
JanGallupNews Chronicle40.5%44%13%3.5%

1948

Date
Published
PollsterClient Lab Con Lib Lead
NovGallupNews Chronicle43%46%8.5%3%
OctGallupNews Chronicle41.5%46.5%9.5%5%
SepGallupNews Chronicle41.5%47.5%10%6%
AugGallupNews Chronicle41%48%8.5%7%
JulGallupNews Chronicle39.5%48%9%8.5%
MayGallupNews Chronicle41.5%45%11%3.5%
AprGallupNews Chronicle41%42.5%10.5%1.5%
MarGallupNews Chronicle43%46%8.5%3%
FebGallupNews Chronicle42%46%8.5%4%
JanGallupNews Chronicle43.5%44.5%10.5%1%

1947

Date
Published
PollsterClient Lab Con Lib Lead
NovGallupNews Chronicle45%45%12%Tie
SepGallupNews Chronicle39.5%44.5%11.5%5%
AugGallupNews Chronicle41%44.5%11%3.5%
JulGallupNews Chronicle42.5%42.5%12.5%Tie
JuneGallupNews Chronicle42.5%42.5%12.5%Tie
MarGallupNews Chronicle43.5%43.5%10.5%Tie
JanGallupNews Chronicle44.5%41%12%3.5%

1946

Date
Published
PollsterClient Lab Con Lib Lead
MayGallupNews Chronicle43.5%40%13%3.5%
JanGallupNews Chronicle52.5%32%11%20.5%
July 1945 1945 general election [2] 48.0%39.6%9%8.4%

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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.