Labour Extends Lead in Britain as Liberal Democrat Slide Continues
The approval rating for the three main party leaders did not go through significant changes this month.
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(11/28/11) -
The opposition Labour Party remains the most popular option for British voters, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
The online survey of a representative sample of 2,006 British adults also shows that support for the Liberal Democrats has reached the lowest since the last General Election.
Voting Intention
Across Britain, 42 per cent of decided voters and leaners (+1 since October) say they would support the Labour candidate in their constituency in the next General Election.
The Conservative Party is second with 33 per cent (=), followed by their coalition partners—the Liberal Democrats—with eight per cent (-2).
The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) is in fourth place with seven per cent, followed by the Scottish National Party (SNP) with four per cent, the Green Party with three per cent, the British National Party (BNP) with two per cent, and Plaid Cymru with one per cent.
Labour maintains sizeable leads over the Tories in the North (54% to 26%) and Midlands and Wales (43% to 35%). Labour is barely ahead of the Conservatives in London (42% to 39%), while the Tories keep a seven-point lead in the South (41% to 34%).
In Scotland, the SNP remains in first place (43%) followed by Labour (36%).
Approval
The approval rating for Prime Minister David Cameron remains below the 40 per cent mark for the second consecutive month (37%, -1). There was little change in the numbers for Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (25%, =) and Labour leader Ed Miliband (31%, -1).
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Mario Canseco, Vice President, Angus Reid Public Opinion
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Methodology: From November 23 to November 24, 2011, Angus Reid Public Opinion conducted an online survey among 2,006 randomly selected British adults who are Springboard UK panelists. The margin of error—which measures sampling variability—is +/- 2.2%. The results have been statistically weighted according to the most current education, age, gender and region data to ensure samples representative of the entire adult population of Great Britain. Discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding.
