Political Polls

Big setback in general election voting intentions for the Labour party after a week of attempting to thwart Brexit in Parliament backfires. Latest polling from Opinion puts the Conservative party 7 points ahead of Labour after a week in Parliament where the majority of Labour MPs led by Labour’s Yvette Cooper tried to block a […]

YouGov polling indicates slightly more eligible British voters believe voting Leave in the 2016 EU referendum was the wrong decision, but the increase support for the remain side is predominantly voters who didn’t participate in the 2016 vote rather than Leave voters changing their minds according to YouGov. YouGov Brexit Poll Question [poll id=”31″] The […]

Below is a poll of polls from Britain Elects based on the results of General Election polling intention polls from BMG, ComRes, Deltapoll, ICM, Ipsos Mori, Opinium, Panelbase, Populus, Survation, TNS and YouGov. The poll of poll covers data from 2015 to the very latest polling data and is updated on a regular basis. Britain […]

The next UK General Election date is technically fixed for May 5th 2022 thanks to the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, but with a weakened Conservative minority government supported by the DUP and Brexit Deadlock an early General Election in 2019 is a possibility. General Election Poll [poll id=”30″] General Election Poll of Polls The Britain […]

The People’s Vote campaign is pushing hard for a 2nd referendum, though at the time of writing (January 2019) the likelihood of a 2nd referendum before the UK exits the European Unions seems unlikely, how would you vote? If there were a 2nd People’s Vote with a simple Leave or Remain question, how would you […]

Will President Trump Make A Good President? It’s February 2017, the Pokemon GO fad has come off the boil and the 70 year old billionaire businessman/reality TV show celebrity Donald J. Trump is the 45th President of the United States of America. Will President Trump Make A Good President Poll? [poll id=”28″] No, this isn’t […]

October 20th 2010 coalition government comprehensive spending review, good fiscal management or ideological led Tory changes to government spending? With government spending cuts expected to be as high as 40% in some government departments over the course of this parliament, are we looking at the Conservatives taking advantage of economic strife by pushing for ideological […]

The Labour Party won the 2005 UK general election with 35.3% of the popular British vote. The Conservative Party was just a few points behind with points behind at 32.3% of the popular vote, but because of the first past the post voting system, the Labour Party had a significant majority with 356 parliamentary seats […]

If there is a Hung Parliament then Nick Clegg will have to jump in bed with one of the two leaders of the opposition. But what I want to ask you is who would you like there to be a coalition government with?? Coalition Government Poll [poll id=”19″]

From the Labour party manifesto they have a policy to bring in ID cards: The new biometric ID scheme which already covers foreign nationals will be offered to an increasing number of British citizens, but will not be compulsory for them. It will help fight the growing threat of identity theft and fraud, as well […]

Not exactly general election politics per se, but interesting all the same. Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit Britain later this year (September 16th 2010) and with the Catholic priests child abuse controversy it’s expected to be a turbulent visit with groups protesting at the Popes stance on issues like pedophilia priests, abortion and gay […]

Saint George (ca. 275/281 – 23 April 303) was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier and priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Church, and the […]

With a hung parliament a serious possibility after the May 6th general election, we could see a coalition government between either the Labour party and the Lib Dems or the Conservative party and the Lib Dems. This throws up the potential of a mixed party government with what would normally be shadow ministers in important […]

At the up coming UK general election there’s a realistic possibility of a hung parliament. All serious polls point to a Conservative election win, but with UKIP’s strong showing in the 2009 EU elections and the Tories appearing to be turning their back on Euroscepticism, could Eurosceptic UKIP split the Conservative vote (Eurosceptic Conservative MPs […]

The National Minimum Wage was legislated for by the Labour government ~10 years ago. At the time the Conservative party argued against the national minimum wage on the grounds it would cost the country jobs, businesses would stop investing in Britain because labor costs would be so high. To date we’ve not seen great job […]

The town of Wootton Bassett is associated with honouring soldiers killed in Afghanistan, every time a fallen soldier returns home the town comes out in force to honor our loss. Very patriotic and no matter how you feel about the Afghanistan war what happens in Wootton Bassett is a very moving event. Makes me proud […]