‘Westminster’ Archives
End is begin
Apologies if you are looking for the earlier version of this article -- there was a server glitch and we had to roll back to an earlier version. In Stratford on Avon the Lib Dem vote rose by 1.7% -- higher than the national rise of 1%. Two weeks ago, our poll figures were putting us in contention to win this seat, but the change in the national [...]
Voter intention 36:36:24
Following tonight's final debate, ComRes have polled for voter intention, and the result is Lib Dems 36%, Conservatives 36%, Labour 24%. This is an important result, because it shows the aggregate effect of all the debates and everything else that has happened. Conservatives were quick to jump on two early polls which suggested Cameron had won the [...]
Clegg edges Cameron out 2:1
In four polls after tonight's debate, Cameron came first in one, Clegg in two, and they were equal in the fourth. Brown was last in three out of four polls, and joint second with Cameron in one poll. YouGov: Cameron 36 per cent, Clegg 32 per cent, Brown 29 per cent ComRes: Clegg 33 per cent Brown 30 per cent, Cameron 30 per cent. Angus [...]
Decisive victory for Clegg
Following the first leaders' debate on ITV tonight, Nick Clegg took 46% in the ComRes poll (Clegg 46, Cameron 26, Brown 20) — as much as Brown and Cameron put together. In the YouGov poll he took 51 points against Cameron 29 and Brown 19. There were, of course, a number of unscientific polls conducted on newspaper websites, but they do nothing [...]
