The Week in Polls

Should Labour move left or right? Neither? The situation Labour face today looks so similar to that which faced the Conservatives in 2024.

Should Labour move left or right?

The Iran conflict and British public opinion - Opinium Download the briefing document here. This briefing document presents findings from the latest Opinium / Observer polling series examining UK public

The Iran conflict and British public opinion

The misleading mystique of "internal polling" Last week I wrote about how political polling is often more boring than it seems. This week, let’s apply the same editorially self-destructive line to ‘leaked internal polling’.

The misleading mystique of 'internal polling':

Voting intention: 4th March 2026 - Opinium See the full data tables here. Reform UK continues to lead the latest Opinium voting intention poll, maintaining a clear lead despite small shifts among

Voting intention: 4th March 2026

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40% of Britons haven’t read a single book in the last 12 months The median Briton has read just three books in the past year

40% of Britons haven’t read a single book in the last 12 months

UK public opinion on the US-Iran conflict This page will be updated with additional data as and when further surveys are conducted

UK public opinion on the US-Iran conflict

How well known are notable women’s rights figures? The vast majority of Britons have never heard of the founder of International Women’s Day

How well known are notable women’s rights figures?

UK voters say no to joining Trump's Iran war, poll shows An exclusive poll for The i Paper shows almost half of responders are against air strikes

UK voters say no to joining Trump's Iran war, poll shows

Almost a third of Gen Z men globally agree a wife should obey her husband Our 2026 International Women's Day study, conducted in 29 countries via the Ipsos Global Advisor platform, finds that young men today are more likely than those in older generations to hold traditional...

Almost a third of Gen Z men globally agree a wife should obey her husband, according to Ipsos survey

Voting intention: 4-6th March 2026 Our ongoing voting intention tracker finds a clear boost for the Greens since their victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election

Voting intention: 4-6th March 2026 - Find Out Now

Public mood on Iran: caution, scepticism, and no appetite for further UK involvement

Understanding Labour's 'revolt on the left' Who are progressive defectors, who are they not and what influences them?

Understanding Labour's 'revolt on the left'

The Gorton and Denton effect Lola Hylander looks at what Labour should take on board from last week's by-election

The Gorton and Denton effect

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Voting intention - Restore Britain and Your Party (March 2026) - Find Out Now

City AM / Freshwater Strategy March Polling Data - Freshwater Strategy Our latest exclusive polling in partnership with City A.M. is now live. This month’s research explores public opinion on whether the UK is heading in the

City AM / Freshwater Strategy March Polling Data

More in Common research for the Plaid Cymru Spring Conference

Dignity in Dying Scotland MRP - Opinium Opinium conducted MRP analysis of Scottish Parliament boundaries based on a sample of 5,000 adults aged 18 and over in Scotland. Fieldwork was conducted

Dignity in Dying Scotland MRP

Starmer is being squeezed from all directions Labour and the Conservatives have lost public trust and are being challenged by insurgents on both the left and the right, new polling shows

Starmer is being squeezed from all directions: Freshwater poll

Preferred coalitions, the pensions triple lock, what does Labour believe in, should Starmer resign, and are Reform UK like the Tories? - Lord Ashcroft Polls My latest polling looks at preferred coalitions and tactical voting, which parties have momentum, whether Reform UK are like the Conservatives (and in a good or bad way), whether Keir Starmer should resign,...

Preferred coalitions, the pensions triple lock, what does Labour believe in, should Starmer resign, and are Reform UK like the Tories?

Topical Issues Poll – BBC Scotland / BBC Wales – 2 March 2026 - Savanta A poll of Scottish and Welsh adults on topical, political issues.

Topical Issues Poll – BBC Scotland / BBC Wales

Assisted dying: what the polls say Welcome to the 202nd edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), and this week, I take a look at the opinion polling about legalising assisted dying.

Assisted dying: what the polls say

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Voting intention: 25th February 2026 - Find Out Now

The Left at each others' throats. Disdain for the 'failed Tories' in Reform. But can resurgent Kemi take advantage? - Lord Ashcroft Polls This article was first published in the Mail on Sunday   THAT WENT WELL, THEN. Labour’s message to the voters of Gorton and Denton was that only they could stop Reform. The Greens, and the voters,...

The Left at each others’ throats. Disdain for the ‘failed Tories’ in Reform. But can resurgent Kemi take advantage?

Voting intention: 25th February 2026 - Opinium See the full data tables here. Keir Starmer’s approval rating has fallen to its lowest point yet, as Reform maintains its national lead and tactical

Voting intention: 25th February 2026

Things continue to go badly for Labour By Stephen Fisher, 27 February 2026 Yesterday Labour lost the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election. This was a constituency were they took 50.8% of the vote at the 2024 general ele…

Things continue to go badly for Labour

Scottish polling for The National - February 2026 Find Out Now have conducted a survey on Scottish independence on behalf of The National, finding 50% ‘Yes’, 45% ‘No’ and 5% ‘Don’t know’. The survey also included Holyrood and Westminster...

Scottish polling for The National - February 2026 - Find Out Now

Defibrillator polling Find Out Now surveyed 1,000 GB adults about defibrillators on 25th February 2026, filtered to be nationally representative by age, gender and region

Defibrillator polling - Find Out Now

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