In the run-up to the 1950 United Kingdom general elections, 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 1945 general election til the 1950 general election.
UK opinion polling for the 1950 election
Conservative
Labour
Liberal
Polling results
All data is from PollBase[1]
1950
Date Published |
Polling Organisation / Client |
Con |
Lab |
Lib |
Lead |
|
|
|
23 Feb 1950 |
General election results |
43.4% |
46.1% |
9.1% |
2.7% |
17–23 Feb 1950 |
DE Polling |
45% |
44% |
10% |
1% |
17–22 Feb 1950 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
43.5% |
45% |
10.5% |
1.5% |
Feb 1950 |
Daily Mail |
45.5% |
42.5% |
12% |
3% |
20 Feb 1950 |
DE Polling |
46% |
44.5% |
9% |
1.5% |
17 Feb 1950 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
42.5% |
45% |
12% |
2.5% |
13 Feb 1950 |
DE Polling |
45% |
45% |
9.5% |
Tie |
10 Feb 1950 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
43% |
44.5% |
12% |
1.5% |
6 Feb 1950 |
DE Polling |
45% |
44% |
10% |
1% |
30 Jan 1950 |
DE Polling |
47.5% |
42.5% |
8.5% |
5% |
30 Jan 1950 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
44% |
45.5% |
10% |
1.5% |
23 Jan 1950 |
DE Polling |
48% |
42% |
9% |
6% |
20 Jan 1950 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
44% |
41.5% |
12.5% |
2.5% |
1949
Date Published |
Polling Organisation / Client |
Con |
Lab |
Lib |
Lead |
|
|
|
Dec 1949 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
45% |
41% |
12.5% |
4% |
Nov 1949 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
48% |
38% |
11% |
10% |
Nov 1949 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
43.5% |
40% |
14% |
3.5% |
Nov 1949 |
1950 General Election book |
50% |
39% |
8% |
11% |
Oct 1949 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
45.5% |
39.5% |
12.5% |
6% |
Sep 1949 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
46% |
40% |
12% |
6% |
Aug 1949 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
46.5% |
40.5% |
11.5% |
6% |
Jul 1949 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
44.5% |
40.5% |
12.5% |
4% |
Jun 1949 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
46% |
41.5% |
10% |
5.5% |
May 1949 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
46% |
40% |
11% |
6% |
Apr 1949 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
42% |
43.5% |
13% |
1.5% |
Mar 1949 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
41.5% |
43% |
13% |
1% |
Feb 1949 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
44.5% |
43.5% |
9.5% |
1% |
Jan 1949 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
44% |
40.5% |
13% |
3.5% |
1948
Date Published |
Polling Organisation / Client |
Con |
Lab |
Lib |
Lead |
|
|
|
Nov 1948 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
46% |
43% |
8.5% |
3% |
Oct 1948 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
46.5% |
41.5% |
9.5% |
5% |
Sep 1948 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
47.5% |
41.5% |
10% |
6% |
Aug 1948 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
48% |
41% |
8.5% |
7% |
Jul 1948 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
48% |
39.5% |
9% |
8.5% |
May 1948 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
45% |
41.5% |
11% |
3.5% |
Apr 1948 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
42.5% |
41% |
10.5% |
1.5% |
Mar 1948 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
46% |
43% |
8.5% |
3% |
Feb 1948 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
46% |
42% |
8.5% |
4% |
Jan 1948 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
44.5% |
43.5% |
10.5% |
1% |
1947
Date Published |
Polling Organisation / Client |
Con |
Lab |
Lib |
Lead |
|
|
|
Nov 1947 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
45% |
45% |
12% |
Tie |
Sep 1947 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
44.5% |
39.5% |
11.5% |
5% |
Aug 1947 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
44.5% |
41% |
11% |
3.5% |
Jul 1947 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
42.5% |
42.5% |
12.5% |
Tie |
June 1947 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
42.5% |
42.5% |
12.5% |
Tie |
Mar 1947 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
43.5 |
43.5% |
10.5% |
Tie |
Jan 1947 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
41% |
44.5% |
12% |
3.5% |
1946
Date Published |
Polling Organisation / Client |
Con |
Lab |
Lib |
Lead |
|
|
|
May 1946 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
40% |
43.5% |
13% |
3.5% |
Jan 1946 |
Gallup/News Chronicle |
32% |
52.5% |
11% |
20.5% |