Political Polling – 7th April 2015
7th April 2015
Labour and the Conservatives are both up with the combined share of the major parties reaching 70%.
UKIP have fallen three points to 11%, their lowest for over two years while the Lib Dems and Greens are on 7% and 6% respectively.
Voting intention – all parties
† | % | Change |
Conservative | 36 | +3 |
Labour | 34 | +1 |
Liberal Democrats | 7 | n/c |
UKIP | 11 | -3 |
Green | 6 | -1 |
SNP | 4 | n/c |
BNP | 0 | n/c |
Plaid Cymru | 0 | n/c |
Other | 1 | n/c |
Approval ratings
Apart from David Cameron, who never received anything in the way of a debate bounce, all the leaders have seen their numbers fall back following last week’s boosts.
David Cameron retains his lead with a net approval rating of +2%.
Ed Miliband falls from -15% to -18%. Nigel Farage has slipped back into third place from -13% to -20% and Nick Clegg has dropped from -30% to -33%.
† | % Approve | % Disapprove | Net rating | Net rating (own party) |
David Cameron | 43% | 41% | +2% | +90% |
Ed Miliband | 27% | 45% | -18% | +54% |
Nick Clegg | 18% | 51% | -33% | +57% |
Nigel Farage | 28% | 48% | -20% | +84% |
Opinium Research carried out an online survey of 1,916 GB adults aged 18+ from 8th to 9th April 2015. Results have been weighted to nationally representative criteria.