Opinion polling for the 1970 United Kingdom general election

Last updated

In the run-up to the 1970 general election, various organisations carried 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 1966 United Kingdom general election until May 1970.

Contents

Graphical summaries

Opinion polls conducted for the 1970 United Kingdom general election using a 15-poll moving average.
.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}
Conservatives
Labour
Liberals 1970 UK election polling graph.svg
Opinion polls conducted for the 1970 United Kingdom general election using a 15-poll moving average.
  Conservatives
  Labour
  Liberals

Polling results

All Data is from PollBase [1]

1970

FieldworkPollsterClient Lab Con Lib Lead
18 Jun General Election Results 43.146.07.52.9
14-16 JunHarrisDaily Express48.046.05.02.0
14-16 JunGallupDaily Telegraph49.042.07.57.0
13-17 JunORCEvening Standard45.546.56.51.0
12-16 JunNOPDaily Mail48.144.06.44.1
11-14 JunMarplanThe Times50.241.57.08.7
14 JunHarrisDaily Express47.045.07.02.0
7-11 JunGallupDaily Telegraph48.045.55.52.5
3-7 JunNOPDaily Mail51.639.27.912.4
7 JunHarrisDaily Express49.042.08.07.0
11 JunORCEvening Standard49.042.08.07.0
7 JunORCSunday Times47.045.07.02.0
6 JunMarplanThe Times48.144.46.23.7
4 JunORCEvening Standard47.543.08.04.5
3 JunHarrisDaily Express48.043.07.05.0
31-4 MayGallupDaily Telegraph49.544.05.05.5
27-31 MayNOPDaily Mail49.544.44.85.1
23-26 MayGallupDaily Telegraph50.044.54.55.5
31 MayORCSunday Times45.047.05.02.0
20-26 MayNOPDaily Mail48.044.85.93.2
28 MayORCEvening Standard45.043.010.02.0
21 MayORCEvening Standard45.544.57.01.0
13-17 MayGallupDaily Telegraph49.542.56.57.0
20 MayHarrisDaily Express48.046.06.02.0
19 MayMarplanThe Times47.244.56.62.7
5-11 MayNOPDaily Mail47.644.46.73.2
5-9 MayGallupDaily Telegraph49.041.57.57.5
AprHarrisDaily Express46.044.07.02.0
AprORCEvening Standard41.047.09.06.0
21-27 AprNOPDaily Mail44.447.36.92.9
17-19 AprGallupDaily Telegraph42.547.07.54.5
7-13 AprNOPDaily Mail41.349.77.58.4
AprMarplanThe Times46.045.26.80.8
MarHarrisDaily Express42.049.07.07.0
MarORCEvening Standard41.048.08.07.0
13-15 MarGallupDaily Telegraph41.046.59.55.5
4-9 MarNOPDaily Mail42.049.57.17.5
FebHarrisDaily Express40.052.06.012.0
FebORCEvening Standard38.050.09.012.0
12-15 FebGallupDaily Telegraph41.048.09.07.0
4-9 FebNOPDaily Mail40.651.27.110.6
JanHarrisDaily Express40.051.08.011.0
JanORCEvening Standard37.052.09.015.0
15-18 JanGallupDaily Telegraph41.048.57.07.5
7-12 JanNOPDaily Mail41.748.48.46.7
JanMarplanThe Times38.651.38.712.7

1969

FieldworkPollsterClient Lab Con Lib Lead
DecORCEvening Standard40.049.08.09.0
11-14 DecGallupDaily Telegraph39.550.09.010.5
10-15 DecNOPDaily Mail44.447.67.13.2
NovHarrisDaily Express40.050.08.010.0
NovORCEvening Standard39.048.010.09.0
13-16 NovGallupDaily Telegraph41.545.010.03.5
10-17 NovNOPDaily Mail40.948.68.97.7
5-10 NovNOPDaily Mail42.248.18.15.9
OctHarrisDaily Express39.051.09.012.0
OctORCEvening Standard42.046.010.04.0
16-19 OctGallupDaily Telegraph44.546.57.02.0
8-13 OctNOPDaily Mail40.150.18.010.0
OctMarplanThe Times42.145.69.83.5
SepHarrisDaily Express35.052.011.017.0
SepORCEvening Standard37.048.012.011.0
17-22 SepNOPDaily Mail37.547.512.710.0
11-14 SepGallupDaily Telegraph37.046.513.09.5
3-8 SepNOPDaily Mail33.753.311.019.6
AugORCEvening Standard33.051.013.018.0
14-17 AugGallupDaily Telegraph34.547.015.512.5
13-18 AugNOPDaily Mail35.250.712.215.5
JulORCEvening Standard33.052.013.019.0
23-28 JulNOPDaily Mail34.252.510.418.3
10-13 JulGallupDaily Telegraph31.555.011.023.5
9-14 JulNOPDaily Mail36.652.010.015.4
JulMarplanThe Times31.951.013.619.1
JunORCEvening Standard33.054.010.021.0
25-30 JunNOPDaily Mail36.151.39.415.2
13-16 JunGallupDaily Telegraph35.051.012.016.0
4-9 JunNOPDaily Mail34.952.010.117.1
MayORCEvening Standard32.053.013.021.0
15-18 MayGallupDaily Telegraph30.552.013.521.5
14-19 MayNOPDaily Mail31.554.611.323.1
30-5 AprNOPDaily Mail31.854.411.422.6
AprORCEvening Standard31.054.012.023.0
18-22 AprGallupDaily Telegraph30.551.013.020.5
9-14 AprNOPDaily Mail32.954.810.321.9
AprMarplanThe Times28.154.913.826.8
MarORCEvening Standard31.056.010.025.0
26-31 MarNOPDaily Mail32.355.49.523.1
14-16 MarGallupDaily Telegraph34.052.510.018.5
6-11 MarNOPDaily Mail35.851.710.115.9
FebORCEvening Standard32.055.010.023.0
20-25 FebNOPDaily Mail32.554.610.022.1
13-16 FebGallupDaily Telegraph32.054.511.022.5
6-11 FebNOPDaily Mail32.156.78.924.6
JanORCEvening Standard33.049.013.016.0
23-28 JanNOPDaily Mail36.947.312.610.4
9-14 JanNOPDaily Mail32.552.212.119.7
9-12 JanGallupDaily Telegraph31.053.011.522.0
JanMarplanThe Times32.252.312.120.1

1968

FieldworkPollsterClient Lab Con Lib Lead
DecORCEvening Standard28.055.013.027.0
11-16 DecNOPDaily Mail33.355.08.421.7
5-9 DecGallupDaily Telegraph29.555.011.025.5
NovORCEvening Standard38.047.011.09.0
7-10 NovGallupDaily Telegraph32.050.514.018.5
6-11 NovNOPDaily Mail37.750.88.713.1
OctORCEvening Standard37.049.010.012.0
23-28 OctNOPDaily Mail42.046.08.94.0
9-14 OctNOPDaily Mail39.749.18.89.4
OctGallupDaily Telegraph39.047.09.58.0
25 OctMarplanThe Times39.247.19.37.9
SepORCEvening Standard32.051.013.019.0
18-23 SepNOPDaily Mail37.247.810.810.6
12-15 SepGallupDaily Telegraph37.047.011.510.0
4-9 SepNOPDaily Mail39.549.08.79.5
AugORCEvening Standard37.049.010.012.0
14-19 AugNOPDaily Mail37.047.811.710.8
AugGallupDaily Telegraph34.549.511.515.0
JulORCEvening Standard34.049.011.015.0
17-22 JulNOPDaily Mail35.751.29.215.5
4-7 JulGallupDaily Telegraph30.050.013.020.0
3-8 JulNOPDaily Mail35.549.411.413.9
JunORCEvening Standard34.050.012.016.0
12-17 JunNOPDaily Mail33.352.89.319.5
7-9 JunGallupDaily Telegraph28.051.514.023.5
MayORCEvening Standard31.054.011.023.0
22-27 MayNOPDaily Mail33.051.211.518.2
10-13 MayGallupDaily Telegraph28.056.011.028.0
1-6 MayNOPDaily Mail30.953.311.522.4
30-7 AprGallupDaily Telegraph30.054.512.524.5
AprORCEvening Standard28.056.011.028.0
3-8 AprNOPDaily Mail32.155.59.023.4
MarORCEvening Standard35.048.012.013.0
6-11 MarNOPDaily Mail35.950.010.414.1
MarGallupDaily Telegraph31.050.015.019.0
FebORCEvening Standard34.050.011.016.0
7-12 FebNOPDaily Mail33.650.812.217.2
3-11 FebGallupDaily Telegraph30.052.512.522.5
JanORCEvening Standard34.051.011.017.0
24-29 JanNOPDaily Mail34.853.69.918.8
6-14 JanGallupDaily Telegraph39.545.011.05.5

1967

FieldworkPollsterClient Lab Con Lib Lead
DecORCEvening Standard36.047.012.011.0
9-17 DecGallupDaily Telegraph32.049.512.017.5
6-11 DecNOPDaily Mail37.845.512.57.7
NovORCEvening Standard39.046.010.07.0
NovGallupDaily Telegraph36.046.511.510.5
15-20 NovNOPDaily Mail38.944.912.36.0
1-6 NovNOPDaily Mail38.646.811.68.2
OctORCEvening Standard41.047.010.06.0
11-6 OctNOPDaily Mail44.442.510.71.9
OctGallupDaily Telegraph38.045.014.07.0
27-2 SepNOPDaily Mail41.643.512.31.9
SepORCEvening Standard40.045.011.05.0
13-18 SepNOPDaily Mail40.146.611.06.5
3-10 SepGallupDaily Telegraph41.545.010.53.5
31-4 AugNOPDaily Mail41.547.09.95.5
AugORCEvening Standard41.044.012.03.0
16-21 AugNOPDaily Mail41.345.910.14.6
6-13 AugGallupDaily Telegraph42.043.013.01.0
JulORCEvening Standard45.040.012.05.0
20-25 JulNOPDaily Mail44.143.110.91.0
6-11 JulNOPDaily Mail45.243.59.11.7
2-9 JulGallupDaily Telegraph41.043.513.02.5
JunORCEvening Standard46.042.010.04.0
22-27 JunNOPDaily Mail48.142.28.15.9
7-12 JunNOPDaily Mail46.042.89.23.2
5-11 JunGallupDaily Telegraph41.048.09.57.0
MayORCEvening Standard40.046.011.06.0
?-15 MayNOPDaily Mail43.345.68.42.3
8-14 MayGallupDaily Telegraph40.046.512.06.5
19-24 AprNOPDaily Mail44.346.67.62.3
12-16 AprGallupDaily Telegraph41.545.511.04.0
30-3 MarNOPDaily Mail49.338.310.811.0
27-5 MarGallupDaily Telegraph42.542.512.5Tie
15-20 MarNOPDaily Mail47.441.99.25.5
15-20 FebNOPDaily Mail45.041.711.13.3
6-12 FebGallupDaily Telegraph48.537.013.011.5
1-6 FebNOPDaily Mail47.439.611.27.8
18-23 JanNOPDaily Mail48.239.011.79.2
9-15 JanGallupDaily Telegraph45.542.510.53.0
4-9 JanNOPDaily Mail46.440.011.76.4

1966

FieldworkPollsterClient Lab Con Lib Lead
6-12 DecNOPDaily Mail47.042.58.64.5
5-11 DecGallupDaily Telegraph46.042.010.54.0
23-28 NovNOPDaily Mail46.642.19.44.5
9-14 NovNOPDaily Mail46.339.012.97.3
7-13 NovGallupDaily Telegraph42.044.012.52.0
OctGallupDaily Telegraph44.543.011.51.5
5-10 OctNOPDaily Mail51.336.011.315.3
21-26 SepNOPDaily Mail46.639.512.27.1
7-12 SepNOPDaily Mail50.538.49.912.1
2-6 SepGallupDaily Telegraph45.042.511.52.5
29-2 AugGallupDaily Telegraph44.044.510.50.5
27-1 JulNOPDaily Mail48.138.811.49.3
14-19 JulGallupDaily Telegraph48.541.08.57.5
6-11 JulNOPDaily Mail53.436.69.016.8
22-27 JunNOPDaily Mail55.237.36.817.9
3-7 JunGallupDaily Telegraph52.039.57.512.5
6-10 MayGallupDaily Telegraph53.535.510.018.0
5-9 MayNOPDaily Mail55.234.19.621.1
21-15 AprNOPDaily Mail55.035.68.719.4
14-19 AprGallupDaily Telegraph54.535.58.519.0
18 Jun General Election Results 48.041.98.56.1

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1970 United Kingdom general election</span>

The 1970 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 18 June 1970. It resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, which defeated the governing Labour Party under Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The Liberal Party, under its new leader Jeremy Thorpe, lost half its seats. The Conservatives, including the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), secured a majority of 30 seats. This general election was the first in which people could vote from the age of 18, after passage of the Representation of the People Act the previous year, and the first UK election where party, and not just candidate names were allowed to be put on the ballots.

An opinion poll, often simply referred to as a survey or a poll, is a human research survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions of a population by conducting a series of questions and then extrapolating generalities in ratio or within confidence intervals. A person who conducts polls is referred to as a pollster.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards

Sheffield Hallam is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Olivia Blake of the Labour Party.

In the run-up to the general election of 2010, several polling organisations carried out opinion polling in regards to voting intention in Great Britain. Results of such polls are displayed below.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Opinion polling for the 2015 United Kingdom general election</span>

In the run up to the general election on 7 May 2015, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. Most of the polling companies listed are members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abide by its disclosure rules.

In the run up to the general election of 2005, several polling organisations carried out opinion polling in regards to voting intention in Great Britain. Results of such polls are displayed below.

Prior to the 2015 general election, various polling organisations conducted opinion polling in specific constituencies. The results of publicised opinion polling for individual constituencies are detailed in this article. However, most opinion polling covers Great Britain, where the results are published in this article here.

In the run-up to the general election on 8 June 2017, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intentions. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. Most of the polling companies listed are members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abide by its disclosure rules.

Prior to the 2019 United Kingdom general election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intentions. Results of such polls are displayed in this list. Most of the pollsters listed are members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abide by its disclosure rules. Opinion polling about attitudes to the leaders of various political parties can be found in a separate article.

General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 July 2018. Since the previous general election, several pollsters conducted opinion polls at both the national and provincial levels.

In the run-up to the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, various organisations conducted opinion polls to gauge voting intentions. Results of such polls are displayed in this list. Most of the pollsters listed were members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abided by its disclosure rules.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Opinion polling for the 1945 United Kingdom general election</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Opinion polling for the 1950 United Kingdom general election</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Opinion polling for the 1951 United Kingdom general election</span>

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.

In the run–up to the 1955 general election, various polling organisations conducted opinion polling to gauge voting intention amongst the general public. Such polls, dating from the previous election in 1955 to polling day on 26 May 1955, are listed in this article.

In the run-up to the 1959 general election, various polling organisations conducted opinion polling to gauge voting intention amongst the general public. Such polls, dating from the previous election in 1955 to polling day on 8 October 1959, are listed in this article.

Opinion polling for the 2024 United Kingdom general election was carried out by various organisations to gauge voting intention. Most of the polling companies listed are members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abide by its disclosure rules. The dates for these opinion polls range from the previous election on 12 December 2019 to the eve of the 2024 election. The date of the election was Thursday, 4 July 2024.

In the run-up to the 1964 general election, various polling organisations conducted opinion polling to gauge voting intention amongst the general public. Such polls, dating from the previous election in 1959 to polling day on 15 October 1964, are listed in this article

In the run-up to the 1966 general election, various polling organisations conducted opinion polling to gauge voting intention amongst the general public. Such polls, dating from the previous election in 1964 to polling day on 31 March 1966, are listed in this article.

In the years running up to the next Italian general election, which will occur no later than 22 December 2027, various organisations are carrying out opinion polls to gauge voting intention in Italy. The date range is from after the 2022 Italian general election, held on 25 September, to the present day. Poll results are reported at the dates when the fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication; if such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. Under the Italian par condicio law, publication of opinion polls is forbidden in the last two weeks of an electoral campaign.

References

  1. "PollBase: British voting intention opinion polls since 1943". Mark Pack. Retrieved 15 February 2021.