Labour Still Ahead, No Olympic Bounce for Tories in Britain
The approval rating for Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg hit an all-time low of 19 per cent.
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(08/17/12) -
While public support for the Labour Party has dropped since June, the party still enjoys a comfortable lead in Britain, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative of 2,012 British adults, 41 per cent of decided voters (-4) would support the Labour candidate in their constituency if a General Election were held tomorrow. The bulk of support for Labour comes from respondents in the North (53%), London (44%) and Scotland (44%).
The Conservative Party is second with 30 per cent (+1). The Tories remain popular in the South of England (39%), but are only supported by one-in-four decided voters in London (24%).
The Liberal Democrats are third with 11 per cent (+2), followed by the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) with nine per cent—the party’s highest level of support in an Angus Reid Public Opinion poll.
Support is lower for the Scottish National Party (SNP) (3% nationally, 30% in Scotland), the Green Party (3%), the British National Party (BNP) (2%) and Plaid Cymru (1%).
The approval rating for Prime Minister David Cameron remains at 33 per cent, eight points below the level he attained in September 2011. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg posted the lowest numbers of his tenure (19%, with 67% of respondents disapproving of his performance). Three-in-ten respondents (30%) are satisfied with the way Ed Miliband is handling his duties as Leader of the Opposition.
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Mario Canseco, Vice President, Angus Reid Public Opinion
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mario.canseco@angus-reid.com
Methodology: From August 14 to August 15, 2012, Angus Reid Public Opinion conducted an online survey among 2,012 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.
