A third of voters who decided not to use their ballot in this summer's European Parliament elections only made their decision in the final days of the election campaign, according to a European Parliament Eurobarometer survey conducted in the month following the June poll.

..but yet another poll points to a Cameron-landslide What is probably the final poll of July, from YouGov in the Daily Telegraph, is out this morning and the numbers show a minor improvement for Labour compared with the latest survey from the firm earlier in the month. Note that my comparisons are with that poll, not

But does the poll ask the wrong question? The Guardian’s ICM poll for August is out and has the following shares compared with the last survey from the pollster earlier in the month - CON 44% (- 1): LAB 29% (nc): LD 19% (+3) So broadly little change except that that the dreadful rating for the Lib

Britain could be on course for a hung parliament after the next general election, a survey suggested.

A new poll published in yesterday's Observer has further stoked speculation that a recent reverse in public support for the Conservatives may bring about a hung parliament at the next general election. Whereas last month's Ipsos-Mori poll saw a 7% jump in the Conservative rating, this month's results - following the announcement of David Cameron's new EU policy - shows a stark ...

I read today of the latest British Social Attitudes survey and wondered what possible use such a survey can be. As I understand it the survey is a massive opinion poll in which people are asked their views on a range of issues. I have no reason to doubt that the company undertaking the survey tries to be as objective as possible in its questioning, but there seem to me to be fundamental flaws in s...

Tory lead cut in post-PBR poll 6 hours ago Labour has narrowed the Conservative lead to just four points in the first opinion poll taken since Monday's Pre-Budget Report. The YouGov survey for the Daily Telegraph puts the Tories on 40% (down two points on a similar poll last month), Labour on 36% (up three) and Liberal Democrats on 14% (down one). Because of Labour's inbuilt electoral ad...

The second visit to Athens this month by a team from the bank highlights its deepening involvement with Greece's struggling socialist government

Another poll showing 7 out of 10 want an English Parliament The Campaign for an English Parliament welcomes the findings of the ICM poll commissioned by Power 2010 which confirms that 7 out of 10 people support for an English Parliament. This result backs up last year’s poll for the Jury Team and the last two independent polls commissioned

Germany is at loggerheads with other eurozone countries over how much interest to charge debt-ridden Greece if it calls on the emergency loans package agreed in Brussels last month