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Labour Gains Three Points in Britain
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Britain’s governing party still trails the opposition but has gained some public support, according to a poll by YouGov. 34 per cent of respondents would vote for the ruling Labour party in the next election to the House of Commons, up three points since late March.
The opposition Conservative party remains ahead with 41 per cent. The Liberal Democrats are third with 16 per cent. 10 per cent of respondents would vote for other parties.
In June 2007, Gordon Brown officially became Labour leader and prime minister, replacing Tony Blair. Brown had worked as chancellor of the exchequer. Blair served as Britain’s prime minister since May 1997, winning majority mandates in the 1997, 2001 and 2005 elections to the House of Commons.
Since December 2005, David Cameron has been the leader of the Conservative party. In December 2007, current parliamentarian Nick Clegg became the new leader of the Liberal Democrats.
On Apr. 6, Brown asserted that he is taking steps to implement agreements reached at the G-20 economic summit celebrated earlier this month in London, saying, "We have got to make sure that all this new regulation and supervision is effected in Britain. We have got to make sure that the tax havens that have got some relationship with Britain are conducting their affairs in such a way to justify the decisions that we made at the G-20 that change is going to happen."
The next election to the House of Commons must be held on or before Jun. 3, 2010. Sitting prime ministers can dissolve Parliament and call an early ballot at their discretion.
Polling Data
If there were a general election tomorrow, which party would you vote for?
|
|
Apr. 4 |
Mar. 26 |
Mar. 13 |
|
Conservative |
41% |
41% |
42% |
|
Labour |
34% |
31% |
30% |
|
Liberal Democrats |
16% |
17% |
16% |
|
Other |
10% |
11% |
11% |
Source: YouGov
Methodology: Online interviews with 2,125 British voters, conducted on Apr. 3 and Apr. 4, 2009. No margin of error was provided.