Opinion polling for the 1979 United Kingdom general election
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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.
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Conservatives
Labour
Liberals
National Poll Results
All data is from UK Polling Report.[1]
1979
Survey End Date | Polling Organisation/Client | Con | Lab | Lib | Lead |
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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 |
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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% |
1977
1976
1975
1974
References
- ^ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-16.