Opinion polling for the 1979 United Kingdom general election

In the run-up to the 1979 United Kingdom general election, 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 October 1974 general election until 3 May 1979.

Graphical summaries

The chart below depicts opinion polls conducted for the 1979 United Kingdom general election using a 15-poll moving average.

  Conservatives

  Labour

  Liberals

National Poll Results

All data is from UK Polling Report.

1979

Survey End Date	Polling Organisation/Client	Con	Lab	Lib	Lead
		style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width:60px;" |	style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width:60px;" |	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color; width:60px;" |
3 May	General election results	43.9%	36.9%	13.8%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|7%
2 May	Gallup/Telegraph	49%	38.5%	9%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|10.5%
2 May	NOP/Daily Mail	46%	39%	12.5%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|7%
2 May	Gallup/Telegraph	43%	41%	13.5%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|2%
2 May	MORI/Evening Standard	45%	37%	15%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|8%
1 May	MORI/Express	44.4%	38.8%	13.5%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|5.6%
1 May	Marplan/Sun	45%	38.5%	9%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|6.5%
30 Apr	NOP/Daily Mail	42.4%	43.1%	12.2%	style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|0.7%
26 Apr	MORI/Express	44%	41%	12%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|3%
25 Apr	Gallup/Sunday Telegraph	48%	40%	10.5%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|8%
25 Apr	Research Srv/Observer	49.5%	38%	10%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|11.5%
25 Apr	Marplan/Sun	48%	40%	10%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|8%
23 Apr	MORI/Express	46%	40%	11%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|6%
21 Apr	Gallup/Telegraph	46.5%	41.5%	10%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|5%
19 Apr	Marplan/Sun	50%	40%	9%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|10%
18 Apr	Gallup/Sunday Telegraph	47.5%	42%	9%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|5.5%
18 Apr	Marplan/Sun	51%	41%	6%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|10%
18 Apr	Research Srv/Observer	54%	34%	9.5%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|20%
17 Apr	MORI/Express	50%	38%	10%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|12%
14 Apr	NOP/Daily Mail	48%	42%	8%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|6%
11 Apr	Research Srv/Observer	53%	37%	8%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|16%
9 Apr	Gallup/Telegraph	50%	40%	8%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|10%
9 Apr	MORI/Express	49%	39%	10%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|10%
4 Apr	Research Srv/Observer	54.5%	33.5%	9%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|21%
3 Apr	NOP/Daily Mail	48%	42%	8%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|6%
2 Apr	MORI/Express	51%	38%	10%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|13%
29 Mar	MORI/Thames	51%	42%	5%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|9%
28 Mar	Gallup/Telegraph	47.5%	40.5%	9%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|7%
12 Mar	Gallup/Telegraph	51.5%	37%	8.5%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|14.5%
5 Mar	MORI	52%	39%	7%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|13%
12 Feb	Gallup/Telegraph	53%	33%	11%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|20%
8 Feb	NOP	49%	40.7%	7.4%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|8.3%
1 Feb	MORI	55%	36%	6%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|19%
15 Jan	Gallup/Telegraph	49%	41.5%	6%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|7.5%
4 Jan	NOP	42.5%	49.1%	5.7%	style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|6.6%

1978

Survey End Date	Polling Organisation/Client	Con	Lab	Lib	Lead
		style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width:60px;" |	style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width:60px;" |	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color; width:60px;" |
11 Dec	Gallup/Telegraph	48%	42.5%	6%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|5.5%
7 Dec	NOP	44.7%	47.9%	4.6%	style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|3.2%
13 Nov	Gallup/Telegraph	43%	48%	6.5%	style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|5%
9 Nov	NOP	44.8%	46.8%	6.2%	style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|2%
8 Nov	MORI	47%	46%	5%	style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|1%
23 Oct	Gallup/Telegraph	42%	47.5%	7.5%	style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|5.5%
12 Oct	NOP	44.2%	48.5%	4.7%	style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; color:white;"|4.3%