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Britain MORI Poll: Labour 36%, Tories 34%

April 28, 2005

(Angus Reid Global Scan) - The governing Labour party holds a smaller lead in Britain's electoral race, according to a poll by MORI published in the Financial Times. 36 per cent of respondents would vote for Labour in next month's ballot.

The Conservative party is in second place with 34 per cent, followed by the Liberal Democrats with 23 per cent. Six per cent of respondents would vote for other parties. The election is scheduled for May 5.

Yesterday, chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown publicly endorsed the government's rationale for war in Iraq, saying, "It was a team decision, a collective decision. The central issue was should you allow Saddam Hussein to continue to ignore for year after year the decisions of the international community. The war was right."

This past weekend, Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy urged the electorate to "view this general election as a referendum on (prime minister Tony Blair's) conduct" on Iraq.

Support for Labour dropped by three per cent, while backing for the Tories increased by two per cent.

Polling Data

How would you vote if there were a general election tomorrow? Which party are you most inclined to support?
(Certain voters)

 

Apr. 21-25

Apr. 18-19

Apr. 15-18

Labour

36%

39%

40%

Conservative

34%

32%

32%

Liberal Democrats

23%

22%

21%

Scottish National Party /
Plaid Cymru

2%

2%

1%

Green Party

2%

2%

2%

UK Independence Party

1%

1%

1%

Other

1%

2%

3%

Source: MORI / Financial Times
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews to 2,256 British voters, conducted from Apr. 21 to Apr. 25, 2005. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

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