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In the run-up to the 1987 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 1983 general election until 10 June 1987.
All Data from UK polling Report [1]
Survey end date | Pollster | Client | Con | Lab | All | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 Jun | 1987 general election | 42.2% | 30.8% | 22.6% | 11.4% | |
10 Jun | Marplan | The Guardian | 42% | 35% | 21% | 7% |
10 Jun | MORI | The Times | 44% | 32% | 22% | 12% |
9 Jun | Marplan | Today | 43% | 35% | 21% | 8% |
9 Jun | Audience Selection | N/A | 43% | 34% | 21% | 9% |
9 Jun | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 41% | 34% | 23.5% | 7% |
9 Jun | Harris | TV-AM | 42% | 35% | 21% | 7% |
8 Jun | Marplan | The Guardian | 45% | 32% | 21% | 13% |
6 Jun | Harris | TV-AM | 43% | 33% | 22% | 10% |
5 Jun | Marplan | Today | 43% | 35% | 21% | 8% |
5 Jun | Gallup | The Sunday Telegraph | 41.5% | 34.5% | 22.5% | 7% |
4 Jun | Marplan | The Guardian | 44% | 34% | 20% | 10% |
4 Jun | Harris | The Observer | 44% | 33% | 21% | 11% |
4 Jun | MORI | The Sunday Times | 43% | 32% | 24% | 11% |
3 Jun | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 40.5% | 36.5% | 21.5% | 4% |
1 Jun | Marplan | Today | 44% | 33% | 21% | 11% |
31 May | Harris | N/A | 42% | 35% | 21% | 7% |
29 May | Harris | TV-AM | 45% | 32% | 22% | 13% |
29 May | Gallup | The Sunday Telegraph | 41.5% | 34% | 22.5% | 7.5% |
28 May | Marplan | The Guardian | 44% | 32% | 21% | 12% |
28 May | Harris | The Observer | 41% | 37% | 21% | 4% |
28 May | MORI | The Sunday Times | 44% | 32% | 23% | 12% |
27 May | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 44.5% | 36% | 18% | 8.5% |
26 May | Marplan | Today | 42% | 35% | 20% | 7% |
25 May | Harris | TV-AM | 42% | 37% | 21% | 5% |
24 May | MORI | N/A | 44% | 31% | 24% | 13% |
22 May | Gallup | The Sunday Telegraph | 42% | 33% | 23% | 9% |
21 May | Marplan | The Guardian | 41% | 33% | 21% | 8% |
21 May | Harris | TV-AM | 43% | 36% | 20% | 7% |
21 May | MORI | The Sunday Times | 44% | 31% | 24% | 13% |
21 May | Harris | The Observer | 41% | 34% | 22% | 7% |
20 May | Gallup | N/A | 42% | 33% | 23% | 9% |
20 May | NOP | N/A | 41% | 33% | 23% | 8% |
18 May | Marplan | Today | 41% | 33% | 24% | 8% |
18 May | The Dissolution of the 49th Parliament and campaigning officially begins | |||||
17 May | Harris | TV-AM | 42% | 32% | 24% | 10% |
15 May | Harris | The Observer | 42% | 33% | 23% | 9% |
14 May | MORI | The Sunday Times | 44% | 30% | 25% | 14% |
13 May | Marplan | Daily Express | 41% | 30% | 26% | 11% |
12 May | Marplan | The Guardian | 43% | 29% | 25% | 14% |
12 May | MORI | N/A | 44% | 31% | 23% | 13% |
11 May | NOP | Evening Standard | 46% | 28% | 25% | 18% |
11 May | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 39% | 28% | 30% | 9% |
7 May | Harris | London Weekend Television | 44% | 33% | 21% | 11% |
7 May | 1987 local elections [2] | |||||
4 May | NOP | The Independent | 39% | 34% | 25% | 5% |
3 May | Harris | TV-AM | 44% | 30% | 25% | 14% |
30 Apr | MORI | The Sunday Times | 44% | 31% | 23% | 13% |
27 Apr | Harris | Capital Radio | 42% | 31% | 25% | 11% |
27 Apr | Marplan | Today | 39% | 33% | 24% | 6% |
23 Apr | Harris | The Observer | 42% | 31% | 25% | 11% |
15 Apr | NOP | Evening Standard | 44% | 29% | 25% | 15% |
13 Apr | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 40.5% | 28% | 29% | 11.5% |
12 Apr | MORI | Evening Standard | 42% | 29% | 26% | 13% |
10 Apr | Marplan | Press Association | 40% | 30% | 27% | 10% |
7 Apr | Marplan | The Guardian | 38% | 32% | 27% | 6% |
5 Apr | Harris | TV-AM | 43% | 30% | 26% | 13% |
2 Apr | MORI | The Sunday Times | 41% | 29% | 29% | 12% |
2 Apr | Marplan | Daily Express | 39% | 29% | 30% | 9% |
24 Mar | Marplan | Today | 36% | 31% | 31% | 5% |
23 Mar | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 37.5% | 29.5% | 31.5% | 6% |
20 Mar | MORI | The Sunday Times | 39% | 33% | 26% | 6% |
19 Mar | Harris | The Observer | 39% | 33% | 26% | 6% |
17 Mar | Gallup | The Sunday Telegraph | 38.5% | 30% | 30.5% | 8% |
12 Mar | Truro by-election | |||||
10 Mar | Marplan | The Guardian | 38% | 32% | 27% | 6% |
10 Mar | MORI | The Sunday Times | 41% | 32% | 25% | 9% |
2 Mar | NOP | Evening Standard | 39% | 34% | 25% | 5% |
1 Mar | Harris | TV-AM | 36% | 33% | 29% | 3% |
26 Feb | Greenwich by-election | |||||
25 Feb | MORI | The Sunday Times | 41% | 35% | 21% | 6% |
19 Feb | Harris | The Observer | 39% | 37% | 23% | 2% |
16 Feb | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 36% | 34.5% | 27.5% | 1.5% |
10 Feb | Marplan | The Guardian | 38% | 35% | 25% | 3% |
10 Feb | MORI | The Sunday Times | 39% | 36% | 23% | 3% |
9 Feb | NOP | Evening Standard | 39% | 37% | 23% | 2% |
1 Feb | Harris | TV-AM | 37% | 39% | 22% | 2% |
28 Jan | NOP | Channel 4 | 38% | 40% | 20% | 2% |
28 Jan | MORI | The Sunday Times | 39% | 38% | 21% | 1% |
27 Jan | Marplan | Today | 38.5% | 38.5% | 20% | Tie |
22 Jan | Harris | The Observer | 44% | 36% | 18% | 8% |
20 Jan | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 34.5% | 39.5% | 23.5% | 5% |
14 Jan | NOP | Evening Standard | 42% | 37% | 19% | 5% |
12 Jan | Marplan | The Guardian | 38% | 36% | 23% | 2% |
11 Jan | Harris | TV-AM | 42% | 37% | 20% | 5% |
Survey end date | Pollster | Client | Con | Lab | All | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 Dec | MORI | The Sunday Times | 39% | 38% | 21% | 1% |
15 Dec | Gallup | N/A | 41% | 32.5% | 23.5% | 8.5% |
12 Dec | MORI | The Sunday Times | 41% | 39% | 19% | 2% |
8 Dec | Marplan | The Guardian | 39% | 38% | 21% | 1% |
7 Dec | Harris | TV-AM | 41% | 35% | 22% | 6% |
3 Dec | NOP | N/A | 41% | 38% | 19.5% | 3% |
26 Nov | MORI | Evening Standard | 41% | 39% | 18% | 2% |
24 Nov | Marplan | Today | 39% | 38% | 20% | 1% |
17 Nov | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 36% | 39.5% | 22% | 3.5% |
13 Nov | Knowsley North by-election | |||||
12 Nov | MORI | N/A | 39% | 41% | 18% | 2% |
11 Nov | NOP | N/A | 41% | 38% | 18% | 3% |
11 Nov | Marplan | The Guardian | 39% | 36% | 23% | 3% |
4 Nov | MORI | The Sunday Times | 40% | 39% | 18% | 1% |
2 Nov | Harris | TV-AM | 40% | 36% | 21% | 4% |
24 Oct | Marplan | Press Association | 41% | 37.5% | 19% | 3.5% |
22 Oct | MORI | Evening Standard | 39% | 41% | 17% | 2% |
20 Oct | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 37.5% | 37.5% | 22% | Tie |
20 Oct | Marplan | Today | 40% | 41% | 17% | 1% |
9 Oct | N/A | N/A | 36% | 39% | 23% | 3% |
7 Oct | Marplan | The Guardian | 36% | 39% | 23% | 3% |
3 Oct | Harris | The Observer | 38% | 41% | 20% | 3% |
23 Sep | Marplan | Today | 34% | 40% | 24% | 6% |
23 Sep | MORI | Evening Standard | 35% | 37% | 26% | 2% |
15 Sep | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 32.5% | 38% | 27.5% | 5.5% |
9 Sep | Marplan | The Guardian | 34% | 40% | 24% | 6% |
27 Aug | Marplan | Today | 35% | 38% | 24% | 3% |
19 Aug | MORI | Evening Standard | 37% | 37% | 24% | Tie |
11 Aug | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 30% | 36.5% | 30% | 6.5% |
11 Aug | Marplan | The Guardian | 32% | 38% | 27% | 6% |
31 Jul | MORI | The Times | 32% | 41% | 25% | 9% |
29 Jul | Marplan | Today on S | 29.5% | 41% | 27.5% | 11.5% |
22 Jul | MORI | Evening Standard | 36% | 37% | 25% | 1% |
17 Jul | Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election | |||||
14 Jul | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 33% | 38% | 27% | 5% |
14 Jul | Marplan | The Guardian | 31% | 38% | 28% | 7% |
24 Jun | MORI | Evening Standard | 34% | 40% | 23% | 6% |
16 Jun | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 34% | 39% | 24.5% | 5% |
16 Jun | Marplan | The Guardian | 33% | 39% | 26% | 6% |
12 Jun | Harris | The Observer | 31% | 40% | 25% | 9% |
21 May | MORI | Evening Standard | 32% | 40% | 26% | 8% |
19 May | Marplan | The Guardian | 28% | 39% | 30% | 9% |
12 May | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 27.5% | 37% | 32.5% | 4.5% |
8 May | West Derbyshire & Ryedale by-elections [3] | |||||
8 May | 1986 local elections [4] | |||||
2 May | MORI | The Sunday Times | 36% | 38% | 23% | 2% |
22 Apr | MORI | Evening Standard | 34% | 39% | 25% | 5% |
21 Apr | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 33.5% | 38% | 26% | 4.5% |
14 Apr | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 28% | 38.5% | 31.5% | 7% |
10 Apr | Fulham by-election | |||||
8 Apr | Marplan | The Guardian | 32% | 35% | 30% | 3% |
26 Mar | MORI | N/A | 34% | 36% | 28% | 2% |
24 Mar | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 29.5% | 34% | 34.5% | 0.5% |
21 Mar | MORI | The Sunday Times | 31% | 39% | 28% | 8% |
10 Mar | Marplan | The Guardian | 32% | 35% | 31% | 3% |
26 Feb | MORI | Evening Standard | 34% | 35% | 30% | 1% |
12 Feb | MORI | The Sunday Times | 33% | 37% | 29% | 4% |
10 Feb | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 29.5% | 35.5% | 33.5% | 2% |
10 Feb | Marplan | The Guardian | 27% | 36% | 35% | 1% |
24 Jan | Harris | The Observer | 31% | 36% | 30% | 5% |
23 Jan | 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections [5] | |||||
13 Jan | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 29.5% | 34% | 35% | 1% |
12 Jan | Marplan | The Guardian | 29% | 36% | 33% | 3% |
12 Jan | Harris | ITN | 32% | 33% | 31% | 2% |
8 Jan | MORI | Evening Standard | 33% | 38% | 28% | 5% |
Survey end date | Pollster | Client | Con | Lab | All | Lead |
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9 Dec | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 33% | 32.5% | 32.5% | 0.5% |
9 Dec | Marplan | The Guardian | 35% | 33% | 30% | 2% |
8 Dec | MORI | N/A | 35% | 35% | 28% | Tie |
5 Dec | Tyne Bridge by-election | |||||
24 Nov | MORI | Evening Standard | 36% | 36% | 25% | Tie |
11 Nov | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 35% | 34% | 29.5% | 1% |
11 Nov | Marplan | The Guardian | 34% | 35% | 29% | 1% |
21 Oct | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 32% | 38% | 28% | 6% |
20 Oct | MORI | Evening Standard | 37% | 36% | 25% | 1% |
19 Oct | NOP | Mail on Sunday | 37% | 34% | 28% | 3% |
14 Oct | Marplan | The Guardian | 32% | 34% | 32% | 2% |
4 Oct | Harris | The Observer | 32% | 39% | 27% | 7% |
3 Oct | MORI | The Times | 34% | 36% | 28% | 2% |
29 Sep | Harris | Thames | 33% | 32% | 32% | 1% |
22 Sep | MORI | Evening Standard | 30% | 33% | 35% | 2% |
16 Sep | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 29% | 29.5% | 39% | 9.5% |
16 Sep | Marplan | The Guardian | 31% | 32% | 36% | 4% |
8 Sep | MORI | Evening Standard | 31% | 37% | 31% | 6% |
7 Sep | Harris | London Weekend Television | 35% | 36% | 26% | 1% |
3 Sep | Marplan | The Guardian | 30% | 34% | 35% | 1% |
18 Aug | MORI | Evening Standard | 31% | 35% | 31% | 4% |
12 Aug | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 24% | 40% | 34% | 6% |
12 Aug | Marplan | The Guardian | 31% | 36% | 31% | 5% |
9 Aug | MORI | The Sunday Times | 33% | 37% | 29% | 4% |
21 Jul | MORI | Evening Standard | 33% | 34% | 31% | 1% |
15 Jul | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 27.5% | 38% | 32.5% | 5.5% |
8 Jul | Marplan | The Guardian | 31% | 34% | 33% | 1% |
4 Jul | Brecon and Radnor by-election | |||||
23 Jun | MORI | Evening Standard | 35% | 36% | 27% | 1% |
21 Jun | MORI | The Sunday Times | 32% | 40% | 26% | 8% |
17 Jun | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 34.5% | 34.5% | 30% | Tie |
10 Jun | Marplan | The Guardian | 31% | 36% | 32% | 4% |
26 May | MORI | Evening Standard | 33% | 35% | 30% | 2% |
13 May | MORI | The Sunday Times | 34% | 36% | 28% | 2% |
13 May | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 30.5% | 34% | 33.5% | 0.5% |
13 May | Marplan | The Guardian | 29% | 35% | 35% | Tie |
2–15 May | 1985 local elections [6] [7] | |||||
28 Apr | MORI | Evening Standard | 38% | 37% | 24% | 1% |
22 Apr | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 34% | 37.5% | 26.5% | 2.5% |
15 Apr | Marplan | The Guardian | 33% | 38% | 28% | 5% |
25 Mar | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 33% | 39.5% | 25.5% | 6.5% |
24 Mar | MORI | Evening Standard | 36% | 40% | 23% | 4% |
22 Mar | MORI | The Sunday Times | 37% | 39% | 22% | 2% |
11 Mar | Marplan | The Guardian | 36% | 36% | 27% | Tie |
8 Mar | NOP | Mail on Sunday | 35% | 35% | 26% | Tie |
7 Mar | Harris | The Observer | 40% | 38% | 19% | 2% |
25 Feb | Marplan | The Guardian | 38% | 36% | 25% | 2% |
24 Feb | MORI | Evening Standard | 39% | 35% | 24% | 4% |
18 Feb | MORI | London Weekend Television | 38% | 40% | 19% | 2% |
11 Feb | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 35% | 32% | 31.5% | 3% |
11 Feb | Marplan | The Guardian | 38% | 35% | 26% | 3% |
6 Feb | MORI | The Sunday Times | 37% | 37% | 24% | Tie |
14 Jan | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 39% | 33% | 25.5% | 6% |
14 Jan | Marplan | The Guardian | 41% | 33% | 25% | 8% |
7 Jan | MORI | Evening Standard | 42% | 34% | 21% | 8% |
8 Jan | NOP | Daily Mail | 33% | 38% | 28% | 5% |
Survey end date | Pollster | Client | Con | Lab | All | Lead |
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28 Dec | MORI | The Sunday Times | 38% | 36% | 25% | 2% |
14 Dec | Enfield Southgate by-election | |||||
10 Dec | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 39.5% | 31% | 27.5% | 8.5% |
10 Dec | Marplan | The Guardian | 41% | 32% | 26% | 9% |
10 Dec | MORI | N/A | 40% | 36% | 22% | 4% |
7 Dec | MORI | The Sunday Times | 41% | 37% | 20% | 4% |
19 Nov | MORI | Evening Standard | 43% | 35% | 19% | 8% |
12 Nov | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 44.5% | 30.5% | 23.5% | 14% |
5 Nov | Marplan | The Guardian | 42% | 33% | 24% | 9% |
22 Oct | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 44.5% | 32% | 21.5% | 12.5% |
22 Oct | MORI | Evening Standard | 44% | 35% | 20% | 9% |
8 Oct | Marplan | The Guardian | 38% | 37% | 23% | 1% |
4 Oct | MORI | The Sunday Times | 43% | 35% | 19% | 8% |
24 Sep | Marplan | The Guardian | 38% | 36% | 24% | 2% |
21 Sep | MORI | Evening Standard | 42% | 36% | 20% | 6% |
11 Sep | Marplan | The Guardian | 39% | 38% | 21% | 1% |
10 Sep | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 37% | 36% | 25.5% | 1% |
10 Sep | MORI | The Times | 40% | 39% | 19% | 1% |
29 Aug | MORI | The Sunday Times | 39% | 40% | 19% | 1% |
20 Aug | MORI | Evening Standard | 39% | 39% | 21% | Tie |
13 Aug | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 36% | 39% | 22.5% | 3% |
13 Aug | Marplan | The Guardian | 36% | 39% | 24% | 3% |
23 Jul | MORI | N/A | 37% | 40% | 20% | 3% |
16 Jul | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 37.5% | 38.5% | 22% | 1% |
10 Jul | Marplan | The Guardian | 34.5% | 39% | 25.5% | 4.5% |
25 Jun | MORI | Evening Standard | 39% | 39% | 21% | Tie |
16 Jun | Marplan | Sunday Mirror | 38% | 39% | 22% | 1% |
14 Jun | Portsmouth South by-election [8] | |||||
14 Jun | 1984 European Parliament election [9] | |||||
11 Jun | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 37.5% | 38% | 23% | 0.5% |
11 Jun | Marplan | The Guardian | 37% | 38% | 23% | 1% |
8 Jun | MORI | The Sunday Times | 42% | 38% | 18% | 4% |
29 May | MORI | Evening Standard | 40% | 38% | 21% | 2% |
14 May | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 38.5% | 36.5% | 23% | 2% |
14 May | Marplan | The Guardian | 38% | 37% | 23% | 1% |
3 May | Cynon Valley, Stafford and South West Surrey by-elections | |||||
3 May | 1984 local elections [10] | |||||
1 May | MORI | Evening Standard | 40% | 39% | 20% | 1% |
25 Apr | MORI | The Sunday Times | 42% | 36% | 20% | 6% |
17 Apr | Harris | The Observer | 40% | 36% | 22% | 4% |
16 Apr | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 41% | 36.5% | 20.5% | 4.5% |
16 Apr | Marplan | The Guardian | 40% | 37% | 21% | 3% |
20 Mar | MORI | Evening Standard | 41% | 40% | 17% | 1% |
19 Mar | Marplan | The Guardian | 39% | 39% | 22% | Tie |
19 Mar | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 41% | 38.5% | 19.5% | 2.5% |
3 Mar | MORI | The Sunday Times | 38% | 41% | 18% | 3% |
1 Mar | Chesterfield by-election | |||||
20 Feb | MORI | Evening Standard | 41% | 38% | 19% | 3% |
13 Feb | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 43% | 33.5% | 21.5% | 9.5% |
13 Feb | Marplan | The Guardian | 39% | 40% | 20% | 1% |
20 Jan | Harris | The Observer | 43% | 36% | 18% | 7% |
20 Jan | NOP | Mail on Sunday | 45% | 33% | 20% | 12% |
16 Jan | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 41.5% | 38% | 19.5% | 3.5% |
16 Jan | Marplan | The Guardian | 42% | 38% | 19% | 4% |
9 Jan | MORI | Evening Standard | 42% | 37% | 19% | 5% |
Survey end date | Pollster | Client | Con | Lab | All | Lead |
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17 Dec | MORI | The Sunday Times | 40.5% | 39.5% | 18% | 2% |
12 Dec | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 42.5% | 36% | 19.5% | 6.5% |
9 Dec | MORI | N/A | 42% | 37% | 19% | 5% |
7 Dec | Marplan | The Guardian | 41% | 37% | 21% | 4% |
3 Dec | MORI | The Sunday Times | 44% | 37% | 18% | 7% |
21 Nov | MORI | N/A | 39% | 37% | 22% | 2% |
14 Nov | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 43.5% | 36% | 19.5% | 7.5% |
9 Nov | Marplan | The Guardian | 42% | 35% | 22% | 7% |
7 Nov | NOP | Daily Mail | 44% | 32% | 22% | 12% |
5 Nov | MORI | The Sunday Times | 43% | 35% | 20% | 8% |
24 Oct | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 42% | 35.5% | 20.5% | 6.5% |
24 Oct | MORI | Evening Standard | 42% | 37% | 19% | 5% |
12 Oct | Marplan | The Guardian | 42% | 37% | 20% | 5% |
6 Oct | Harris | The Observer | 42% | 39% | 18% | 3% |
2 Oct | Neil Kinnock is elected leader of the Labour Party [11] | |||||
26 Sep | MORI | N/A | 45% | 27% | 26% | 18% |
12 Sep | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 45.5% | 24.5% | 29% | 16.5% |
22 Aug | MORI | Daily Star | 46% | 30% | 22% | 16% |
15 Aug | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 44.5% | 25% | 29% | 15.5% |
10 Aug | Marplan | The Guardian | 45% | 30% | 24% | 15% |
28 Jul | Penrith and the Border by-election | |||||
25 Jul | MORI | Daily Express | 44% | 30% | 25% | 14% |
11 Jul | Gallup | The Daily Telegraph | 44% | 28.5% | 26% | 15.5% |
20 Jun | MORI | Daily Star | 43% | 27% | 29% | 14% |
13 Jun | David Owen becomes leader of the Social Democratic Party [12] | |||||
9 Jun | 1983 general election | 42.4% | 27.6% | 25.4% | 14.8% |
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The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 12 December 2019. It resulted in the Conservative Party receiving a landslide majority of 80 seats. The Conservatives made a net gain of 48 seats and won 43.6% of the popular vote – the highest percentage for any party since 1979.
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.
In the run up to the 1992 general election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in the United Kingdom. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls are from the election to 8 April.
In the run-up to the 1983 general election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. The date ranges for these opinion polls are from the 1979 general election until 6 June 1983.
A by-election was held in the UK Parliament constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire on 1 August 2019 after Chris Davies, who had held the seat for the Conservatives since the 2015 general election, was unseated by a recall petition. The by-election was won by Jane Dodds of the Liberal Democrats.
In the run-up to the 1979 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 October general election until 3 May 1979.