Conservatives today are licking their wounds after they crowed about a YouGov poll for The Sun which they said showed the Tories had increased their lead to 12%, when in reality the poll showed that the Tories have slumped to their lowest support for more than a year. The ConservativeHome blog reported the poll’s supposed

As the dust settles on the fallout from the 4 June elections and the failed coup against Gordon Brown, the Conservatives, under David Cameron, should be riding high on opinion poll ratings of 45 per cent or more, and preparing to wave goodbye to the last months of a Labour government.

PoliticsHome has published a YouGov poll in 238 marginal constituencies. It shows that the Conservatives are heading for a massive majority, as they take seats off both Labour and the LibDems. The poll was actually carried out in late July but more than 37,500 voter interviews were carried out, which makes it the largest of its kind. According to the poll the Conservatives would end up on 398 seat...

The last opinion poll before Christmas continues to indicate increasing Labour support, though still showing a gap of 9 points between Labour and the Tories. But the picture looks much better where real votes were cast last month, in local by-elections. Analysis of twelve by-elections in November shows Labour neck and neck with the Tories,

There's a new poll in the Sunday Telegraph tomorrow giving the Conservatives a whopping 17 point lead over Labour, who have dropped to 26%. The Tories are in 43% and the LibDems on 21%, up 3%. The Tories are down one. Other interesting aspects of the poll are that 75% say dumping Brown would not affect their vote. Only 11% said it would make them more likely to vote Labour, while 13% said it ...

Ruling executives at the Ulster Unionist party agree to run on a joint ticket with the Conservatives to fight Northern Ireland seats in the next European and Westminster elections

An 8 point lead for the Labour Party in one opinion poll is just one poll, though the party has good reasons to be confident about its prospects not only in Oldham East and Saddleworth on Thursday, but also in national elections in Scotland and Wales as well major local elections in four months time. But this may tell us something about how the government is turning voters off - and about how most...

Reports suggest Conservatives may come top in the European elections in Wales, and UKIP could win one of the four seats.

Labour has fallen to its lowest ever opinion poll rating in a YouGov poll for The Sun. On the general election question, the Tories were at 41 down two from the last YouGov poll, Labour on 22 down five and the Lib Dems up one on 19. The Sun calculates that this would deliver the Tories a majority of 152. However, the poll contains numbers that should worry the Tories and show just how badly the ma...

The Conservatives will fail to win an overall majority in the general election, a new poll has revealed.