The Week in Polls

Whose support has Labour been losing?

Welcome to the 203rd edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), taking a look at a new and detailed study on who has switched away from Labour and why.

Mar 8

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Assisted dying: what the polls say

Welcome to the 202nd edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), and this week, I take a look at the opinion polling about legalising assisted dying.

Mar 1

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February 2026

Gorton & Denton Parliamentary by-election: what three constituency polls tell us

Welcome to the 200th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which takes a look at the polling published for the Gorton and Denton Parliamentary…

Feb 22

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Three risks for Reform hiding in the data

Welcome to the 199th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which takes a look at a trio of reasons why, despite its continued poll lead, the poll data…

Feb 15

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How Keir Starmer's polling encourages both change and paralysis

Welcome to the 199th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which this week takes a look at how Keir Starmer’s polling compares with that for the Labour…

Feb 8

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The latest Scottish and Welsh election polling

Welcome to the 198th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), and a particularly warm hello to a double wave of new readers driven by last week’s edition…

Feb 1

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January 2026

Andy Burnham vs Keir Starmer: how their polling compares

Welcome to the 196th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which takes a look at how the polling for Prime Minister Keir Starmer compares with that of…

Jan 25

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Is the fall in Reform's poll ratings a mirage?

Welcome to the 196th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which dives into the data to see if it is true that the apparent fall in Reform’s support in…

Jan 18

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In which I fail to debunk a polling story

Welcome to the 195th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which took an unexpected twist while it was being written as it turned out that the details of…

Jan 11

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What council by-elections tell us about the changing political system

Welcome to the 194th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which takes a look at trends from the last half-year of council by-elections.

Jan 4

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December 2025

What to look out for in 2026

Welcome to the 193rd edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), the final edition of 2025 and so a good time to take a look at what to watch out for in the…

Dec 28, 2025

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Do the Lib Dems win more seats by winning more votes?

Welcome to the 192nd edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which takes a look at the relationship between seats and votes for the Liberal Democrats.

Dec 21, 2025

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