(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - More Britons are voicing support for the governing Labour party, according to a poll by Ipsos-MORI. 41 per cent of respondents would vote for Labour in the next election to the House of Commons.

The opposition Conservative party is second with 35 per cent, followed by the Liberal Democrats with 15 per cent. Nine per cent of respondents would vote for other parties. Support for Labour increased by two points since June, while backing for the Tories fell by one point.

On Jun. 27, Gordon Brown officially took over as prime minister from Tony Blair. Brown—who had worked as chancellor of the exchequer—became Labour's leader on Jun. 24. 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 March 2006, the Liberal Democrats chose foreign affairs spokesman Menzies Campbell as their new leader.

Yesterday, Brown discussed Iran's nuclear program, saying, "I firmly believe that the sanctions policy that we are pursuing will work, but I am not one who is going forward to say that we rule out any particular form of action. (...) We are going to have to consider what we do in future, there will probably be a third (United Nations Security Council) resolution in relation to Iran soon and I believe that that is a way forward that is working and will work."

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.

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