Opinion polling for the 1951 United Kingdom general election

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

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The date range for these opinion polls are from the 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]

1951

Date(s)
conducted/
published
PollsterClient Lab Con Lib Lead
25 Oct 1951 general election [2] 48.8%48%2.6%0.8%
22 OctGallupNews Chronicle47%49.5%3.5%2.5%
19–23 OctDaily Express46.5%50%3.5%3.5%
19 OctResearch Service LtdDaily Graphic43%50%6.5%7%
19 OctGallupNews Chronicle46.5%50%3%3.5%
17 OctGallupNews Chronicle45.5%50%4.5%4.5%
10 OctGallupNews Chronicle44%50.5%4.5%6.5%
3 OctGallupNews Chronicle43.5%50.5%5.5%7%
26 SepGallupNews Chronicle41%52%6.5%11%
AugGallupNews Chronicle38%50.5%10.5%12.5%
JulGallupNews Chronicle39%49%10.5%10%
JunGallupNews Chronicle41%48%10%7%
MayGallupNews Chronicle40%49%9.5%9%
AprGallupNews Chronicle38.5%50.5%9%12%
3–10 MarDaily Express39%52%8%13%
MarGallupNews Chronicle36.5%51%10.5%14.5%
17–25 FebDaily Express39.5%52%7.5%12.5%
FebGallupNews Chronicle37.5%51.5%9.5%14%
FebDaily Express40.5%50.5%8%10%
JanDaily Express44%48%7%4%
JanGallupNews Chronicle38%51%10%13%

1950

Date(s)
published
PollsterClient Lab Con Lib Lead
DecDaily Express44.5%47.5%7.5%3%
DecGallupNews Chronicle44%43%11.5%1%
NovDaily Express45%47%7.5%2%
OctDaily Express45.5%45.5%8%Tie
OctGallupNews Chronicle45%42.5%10%2.5%
SepGallupNews Chronicle45.5%43%10%2.5%
AugGallupNews Chronicle46.5%44.5%8.5%2%
JulGallupNews Chronicle43.5%42%11%1.5%
JunGallupNews Chronicle46%43.5%9%2.5%
MayGallupNews Chronicle46.5%43.5%9.5%3%
AprGallupNews Chronicle47%45.5%7%1.5%
MarGallupNews Chronicle45.5%43.5%8.5%2%
23 Feb 1950 general election [2] 46.1%43.4%9.1%2.7%

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References

  1. "PollBase: British voting intention opinion polls since 1943". Mark Pack. Retrieved 19 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.