(Angus Reid Global Scan) - Just days before an expected election call, Britain's top political parties are tied, according to a poll by MORI published in the Financial Times. 37 per cent of respondents would vote for Labour, while 37 per cent would support the Conservatives.

The Liberal Democrats are third with 20 per cent. Two per cent of respondents would support either of the two regional nationalist parties—the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru (Party of Wales)—while one per cent would vote for the Green Party and one per cent for the United Kingdom Independence Party.

Britain must renew the House of Commons by June 2006. There is growing speculation that an election will take place in May 2005. Last October, prime minister Tony Blair announced that he intends to lead the Labour party into the next parliamentary ballot, and retire at the end of what would be his third term in office.

Michael Howard—a former interior minister under John Major in the early 1990s—substituted Iain Duncan Smith as the country's top Tory politician in November 2003. Charles Kennedy has headed the Liberal Democrats since August 1999.

This week, Blair is expected to detail a strategy to allow every secondary school student to access computers at home. An increase in funds for information technology investments was included in the budget presented by chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown on Mar. 16.

Polling Data

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

Archive Search

Over 19,300 Polls
Search the Angus Reid Global Monitor Polls & Research archive.