Insight

Political Polling – 10th March 2015

10th March 2015

Labour gain a point, and the Conservative lose a point, to give Labour a 2-point lead, the first for 2 weeks.

UKIP are once again unchanged on 14% while the Lib Dems have dropped one point to put them level with the Greens on 7%.

Voting Intention Tracker

Voting intention – all parties

% Change
Conservative 33 -1
Labour 35 +1
Liberal Democrats 7 -1
UKIP 14 n/c
Green 7 n/c
SNP 3 n/c
BNP 0 -1
Plaid Cymru 1 +1
Other 1 n/c

Approval ratings

With a new poll lead, Ed Miliband has also seen an improvement in his ratings, rising seven points to -24%. David Cameron, on the other hand, has seen his net ratings drop slightly by two points to -6%.

Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg are both up slightly on last week, on -21% and -40% respectively.

% Approve % Disapprove Net rating Net rating (own party)
David Cameron 40% 46% -4% +86%
Ed Miliband 26% 50% -24% +50%
Nick Clegg 17% 57% -40% +49%
Nigel Farage 25% 49% -21% +82%

Opinium Research carried out an online survey of 1,947 GB adults aged 18+ from 10th to 12th March 2015. Results have been weighted to nationally representative criteria.