Labour moves ahead of Tories in new poll

Ed Miliband's party opens up a two-point lead in the latest ComRes poll.

By New Statesman Published 02 November 2010

Labour has moved ahead of the Conservatives in a new opinion poll after George Osborne announced dramatic cuts in public spending last month. The latest ComRes survey for the Independent puts Ed Miliband's party up three points to 37 per cent, with the Conservatives down five to 35 per cent and the Liberal Democrats up two to 16 per cent.

The new poll is the first time that ComRes has shown Labour in the lead since September 2007, shortly after Gordon Brown became leader. If repeated at a general election on a uniform swing, the latest figures would leave Labour eight seats short of a majority in a hung parliament.

Meanwhile, the latest daily YouGov/Sun poll put the Conservatives down one point to 41 per cent, with Labour up two points to 39 per cent and the Liberal Democrats down two to 11 per cent.

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4 comments

Wed, 2010-11-03 00:44 — Nick (not verified)

Much as I would like to be able to take this as a sign that this coalition is nearing an end, realistically it is no such thing. The people I speak to are massively out of faith with the Tories (and that includes some previously staunch voters) and Liberals (their damage in the greatest). However, their faith is not in Labour, it is an illustration that people have lost faith in all parties and see little reason to vote with vigour for any of them.

Labour should come down a lot harder on what this coalition is being allowed to get away with. I'm not impressed with Ed Miliband or Alan Johnson on their performance to date. I don't believe the Coalition will go full term, but Labour have to do an awful lot more before they are seen as a credible alternative. Before Labour get anywhere, they need to get the media on side, they will only do so by coming up trumps on viable alternatives.

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Tue, 2010-11-02 10:37 — Clem the Gem

All the signs from recent polls suggest that whilst Labour are improving, we still have a long way to go in the next four years, and that the LibDems have been squeezed.
This seems to show an increasing polarisation, rather than the "New Politics" that Cameron and Clegg are so eager for us to believe in...