(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many adults in Britain believe the Labour party should find a new leader, according to a poll by YouGov published in The Sun. 49 per cent of respondents think Gordon Brown should be replaced as prime minister.

In addition, 32 per cent of respondents think Conservative leader David Cameron would make the best head of government, followed by Brown with 24 per cent, and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg with seven per cent.

In June 2007, 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, Cameron has been the leader of the Conservative party. In October 2007, Cameron challenged Brown to call a snap election, but the prime minister later announced he would not hold an early ballot.

In December 2007, current parliamentarian Clegg became the new leader of the Liberal Democrats, defeating environment spokesman Chris Huhne in a leadership ballot by just over 500 votes.

On Sept. 26, Brown discussed the economic situation in Britain, saying, "We are doing everything in our power to ensure that there is stability, and that is stability for people’s jobs, for people’s mortgages, for people’s standards of living."

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

In your view, should Gordon Brown stay on as prime minister or should the Labour Party replace him with someone else?

Who would make the best prime minister?

Source: YouGov / The Sun
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,536 British voters, conducted on Sept. 23 and Sept. 24, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

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