Opinion polling for the 1951 United Kingdom general election
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In the run-up to the United Kingdom general elections, various organisations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention. Results of such polls are displayed in this article.
The date range for these opinion polls are from the general election until the general election.
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Polling results
All data is from PollBase[1]
1951
| Date(s) conducted/ published |
Pollster | Client | Lab | Con | Lib | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct | 1951 general election[2] | 48.8% | 48% | 2.6% | 0.8% | |
| 22 Oct | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47% | 49.5% | 3.5% | 2.5% |
| 19–23 Oct | Daily Express | 46.5% | 50% | 3.5% | 3.5% | |
| 19 Oct | Research Service Ltd | Daily Graphic | 43% | 50% | 6.5% | 7% |
| 19 Oct | Gallup | News Chronicle | 46.5% | 50% | 3% | 3.5% |
| 17 Oct | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45.5% | 50% | 4.5% | 4.5% |
| 10 Oct | Gallup | News Chronicle | 44% | 50.5% | 4.5% | 6.5% |
| 3 Oct | Gallup | News Chronicle | 43.5% | 50.5% | 5.5% | 7% |
| 26 Sep | Gallup | News Chronicle | 41% | 52% | 6.5% | 11% |
| Aug | Gallup | News Chronicle | 38% | 50.5% | 10.5% | 12.5% |
| Jul | Gallup | News Chronicle | 39% | 49% | 10.5% | 10% |
| Jun | Gallup | News Chronicle | 41% | 48% | 10% | 7% |
| May | Gallup | News Chronicle | 40% | 49% | 9.5% | 9% |
| Apr | Gallup | News Chronicle | 38.5% | 50.5% | 9% | 12% |
| 3–10 Mar | Daily Express | 39% | 52% | 8% | 13% | |
| Mar | Gallup | News Chronicle | 36.5% | 51% | 10.5% | 14.5% |
| 17–25 Feb | Daily Express | 39.5% | 52% | 7.5% | 12.5% | |
| Feb | Gallup | News Chronicle | 37.5% | 51.5% | 9.5% | 14% |
| Feb | Daily Express | 40.5% | 50.5% | 8% | 10% | |
| Jan | Daily Express | 44% | 48% | 7% | 4% | |
| Jan | Gallup | News Chronicle | 38% | 51% | 10% | 13% |
1950
| Date(s) published |
Pollster | Client | Lab | Con | Lib | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec | Daily Express | 44.5% | 47.5% | 7.5% | 3% | |
| Dec | Gallup | News Chronicle | 44% | 43% | 11.5% | 1% |
| Nov | Daily Express | 45% | 47% | 7.5% | 2% | |
| Oct | Daily Express | 45.5% | 45.5% | 8% | Tie | |
| Oct | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45% | 42.5% | 10% | 2.5% |
| Sep | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45.5% | 43% | 10% | 2.5% |
| Aug | Gallup | News Chronicle | 46.5% | 44.5% | 8.5% | 2% |
| Jul | Gallup | News Chronicle | 43.5% | 42% | 11% | 1.5% |
| Jun | Gallup | News Chronicle | 46% | 43.5% | 9% | 2.5% |
| May | Gallup | News Chronicle | 46.5% | 43.5% | 9.5% | 3% |
| Apr | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47% | 45.5% | 7% | 1.5% |
| Mar | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45.5% | 43.5% | 8.5% | 2% |
| 23 Feb | 1950 general election[2] | 46.1% | 43.4% | 9.1% | 2.7% | |
References
- ^ "PollBase: British voting intention opinion polls since 1943". Mark Pack. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ a b Audickas, Lukas; Cracknell, Richard; Loft, Philip (2020). UK Election Statistics: 1918-2019: A Century of Elections (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 12.