Opinion polling for the United Kingdom general election, 2001

In the run up to the general election of 2001, several polling organisations carried out opinion polling in regards to voting intention in Great Britain (i.e. the UK excluding Northern Ireland, which is usually excluded from such voting intention surveys). Results of such polls are displayed below.

The election took place on 7 June 2001. The previous general election was held on 1 May 1997, and had seen Labour return to power with a landslide victory after 18 years, led by Tony Blair. Such was the scale of Labour's victory that it was widely accepted - even within the Conservative Party - that the next election would produce another Labour victory, with the best realistic target for other parties being to reduce the Labour majority.

The parliamentary term of 1997-2001 had seen the opinion polls led by the Labour Party, mostly with a lead in excess of 10 points, over the Conservatives (who had replaced John Major with William Hague as their new leader), apart from a brief spell in the autumn of 2000 when fuel protests threatened to bring Britain to a standstill. However, the blockades which had caused the protests were quickly resolved and Labour support recovered to the extent that Blair felt able to call an election for 3 May 2001, although the recent foot and mouth crisis meant that the election was delayed for five weeks until 7 June.

Another rare success for the Conservatives during this parliamentary term came in June 1999, when it enjoyed the largest share of the votes in the European parliament elections, with William Hague vowing to keep the pound at Britain's currency, whereas Tony Blair was refusing to rule out eventually adopting the Euro.

In the event, the election produced a low turnout (with many voters perhaps feeling that another Labour victory was inevitable) and Labour won a second successive landslide, with the British political scene remaining almost completely unchanged with only a few seats changing hands.

Graphical Summary

Graph of Polling

Results

Date(s) Conducted	Polling organisation/client	Lab	Con	Lib Dem	Lead
Date(s) Conducted	Polling organisation/client				Lead
7 June 2001	Election Result	40.7%	31.7%	18.3%	9%
6 June 2001	Gallup/Daily Telegraph	47%	30%	18%	17%
5 June 2001	MORI/The Times	45%	30%	18%	15%
4 June 2001	ICM/The Guardian	43%	32%	19%	11%
3 June 2001	ICM/Evening Standard	47%	30%	18%	17%
3 June 2001	Rasmussen/The Independent	44%	33%	16%	11%
2 June 2001	MORI/Sunday Telegraph	50%	27%	17%	23%
1 June 2001	ICM/Channel 4	43%	31%	19%	12%
1 June 2001	ICM/Observer	46%	34%	15%	12%
1 June 2001	NOP/Sunday Times	47%	30%	16%	17%
29 May 2001	Gallup/Telegraph	47%	31%	16%	16%
29 May 2001	MORI/Times	48%	30%	16%	18%
28 May 2001	ICM/Guardian	47%	28%	17%	19%
27 May 2001	Rasmussen/Independent	44%	32%	17%	12%
25 May 2001	NOP/Sunday Telegraph	49%	30%	14%	19%
23 May 2001	Gallup/Telegraph	48%	32%	15%	16%
22 May 2001	MORI	52%	27%	16%	25%
22 May 2001	Rasmussen/Independent	44%	32%	16%	12%
21 May 2001	ICM/Guardian	45%	32%	17%	13%
20 May 2001	Gallup/BES	55%	25%	14%	30%
18 May 2001	NOP/Sunday Times	49%	30%	14%	19%
15 May 2001	Gallup/Telegraph	48%	32%	13%	16%
15 May 2001	MORI/Times	54%	28%	12%	26%
14 May 2001	Gallup/BES	53%	32%	11%	21%
14 May 2001	ICM/Guardian	46%	31%	16%	15%
14 May 2001	MORI/Economist	54%	26%	14%	28%
13 May 2001	ICM/Evening Standard	48%	32%	14%	16%
13 May 2001	Rasmussen/Independent	46%	32%	13%	14%
12 May 2001	MORI/Sunday Telegraph	51%	31%	13%	20%
11 May 2001	ICM/Observer	48%	32%	15%	16%
11 May 2001	NOP/Sunday Times	49%	32%	13%	17%
8 May 2001	Gallup/Telegraph	49%	32%	13%	17%
8 May 2001	MORI/Times	54%	30%	13%	24%
6 May 2001	NOP/Channel 4	49%	34%	11%	15%
6 May 2001	NOP/Express	51%	31%	13%	20%
2 May 2001	NOP/Channel 4	51%	29%	13%	22%
1 May 2001	MORI/Sun	50%	32%	13%	18%
24 April 2001	MORI/Times	50%	30%	13%	20%
22 April 2001	ICM/Guardian	47%	33%	14%	14%
12 April 2001	MORI/Daily Mail	53%	29%	12%	24%
10 April 2001	Gallup/Telegraph	53%	27%	15%	26%
4 April 2001	NOP/Channel 4	52%	30%	12%	22%
31 March 2001	MORI/Sunday Telegraph	48%	32%	15%	16%
30 March 2001	ICM/Guardian	49%	34%	13%	15%
27 March 2001	MORI/Times	50%	31%	14%	19%
18 March 2001	ICM/Guardian	44%	35%	16%	9%
16 March 2001	NOP/Sunday Times	51%	31%	13%	20%
13 March 2001	Gallup/Telegraph	55%	29%	12%	26%
20 February 2001	MORI/Times	50%	30%	14%	20%
18 February 2001	ICM/Guardian	47%	32%	15%	15%
7 February 2001	Gallup/Telegraph	50%	29%	17%	21%
26 January 2001	MORI/Mail on Sunday	49%	31%	14%	18%
22 January 2001	MORI/Times	50%	31%	14%	19%
21 January 2001	ICM/Guardian	44%	34%	16%	10%
16 January 2001	Gallup/Telegraph	51%	31%	13%	20%
13 January 2001	MORI/Sunday Telegraph	52%	31%	11%	21%
12 January 2001	NOP/Sunday Times	48%	33%	14%	15%
6 January 2001	MORI/Mail on Sunday	46%	35%	14%	11%
15 December 2000	MORI/News of the World	47%	32%	16%	15%
13 December 2000	Gallup/Telegraph	47%	32%	14%	15%
12 December 2000	MORI/Times	46%	34%	14%	12%
3 December 2000	ICM/Guardian	44%	34%	16%	10%
28 November 2000	MORI/Times	48%	33%	13%	15%
25 November 2000	MORI/Mail on Sunday	47%	34%	13%	13%
7 November 2000	Gallup/Telegraph	45%	34%	14%	11%
5 November 2000	ICM/Guardian	40%	34%	20%	6%
3 November 2000	MORI/Mail on Sunday	42%	34%	17%	8%
23 October 2000	MORI/Times	45%	32%	17%	13%
16 October 2000	ICM/Guardian	40%	35%	19%	5%
13 October 2000	NOP/Sunday Times	42%	35%	17%	7%
10 October 2000	MORI/Carlton	40%	38%	19%	2%
30 September 2000	ICM/News of the World	38%	37%	20%	1%
30 September 2000	MORI/Sun	43%	36%	16%	7%
29 September 2000	NOP/Sunday Express	43%	37%	13%	6%
26 September 2000	Gallup/Telegraph	39%	36%	20%	3%
26 September 2000	MORI/Times	37%	35%	21%	2%
23 September 2000	NOP/Channel 4	32%	40%	22%	8%
22 September 2000	MORI/Mail on Sunday	35%	39%	21%	4%
19 September 2000	Gallup/Telegraph	35%	40%	16%	5%
19 September 2000	MORI/Salomon Smith Barney	36%	36%	21%	Tie
17 September 2000	ICM/Guardian	34%	38%	22%	4%
16 September 2000	NOP/Sunday Times	37%	37%	21%	Tie
15 September 2000	MORI/News of the World	36%	38%	18%	2%
12 September 2000	Gallup/Telegraph	45%	32%	16%	13%
12 September 2000	MORI	45%	30%	17%	15%
6 September 2000	MORI	48%	32%	13%	16%
21 August 2000	MORI/Times	51%	29%	15%	22%
18 August 2000	MORI/News of the World	51%	32%	12%	19%
13 August 2000	ICM/Guardian	44%	34%	17%	10%
7 August 2000	Gallup/Telegraph	47%	32%	14%	15%
24 July 2000	MORI/Times	49%	33%	12%	16%
22 July 2000	MORI/Mail on Sunday	51%	32%	11%	19%
15 July 2000	ICM/Guardian	42%	35%	17%	7%
14 July 2000	MORI/Mail on Sunday	47%	32%	15%	15%
11 July 2000	Gallup/Telegraph	45%	35%	14%	10%
30 June 2000	MORI/Mail on Sunday	46%	32%	17%	14%
27 June 2000	MORI/Times	47%	33%	13%	14%
26 June 2000	ICM/Guardian	43%	32%	17%	11%
23 June 2000	MORI/News of the World	47%	34%	14%	13%
9 June 2000	MORI/Mail on Sunday	41%	38%	16%	3%
6 June 2000	Gallup/Telegraph	49%	30%	15%	19%
23 May 2000	MORI/Times	48%	32%	15%	16%
19 May 2000	MORI/Daily Mail	46%	33%	14%	13%
15 May 2000	ICM/Guardian	41%	34%	18%	7%
9 May 2000	Gallup/Telegraph	47%	31%	14%	16%
7 May 2000	ICM/Conservative Party	43%	35%	15%	8%
18 April 2000	MORI/Times	51%	27%	15%	24%
15 April 2000	ICM/Guardian	45%	32%	15%	13%
11 April 2000	Gallup/Telegraph	50%	32%	12%	18%
28 March 2000	MORI/Times	50%	29%	14%	21%
19 March 2000	ICM/Guardian	44%	32%	16%	12%
7 March 2000	Gallup/Telegraph	51%	31%	11%	20%
23 February 2000	MORI/Times	50%	29%	15%	21%
14 February 2000	ICM/Guardian	44%	29%	18%	15%
7 February 2000	Gallup/Telegraph	49%	28%	15%	21%
28 January 2000	MORI/Daily Mail	49%	29%	15%	20%
26 January 2000	MORI/Times	50%	30%	15%	20%
18 January 2000	ICM/Guardian	47%	30%	17%	17%
13 January 2000	Gallup/Telegraph	53%	30%	12%	23%
14 December 1999	MORI/Times	54%	28%	13%	26%
12 December 1999	ICM/Guardian	48%	29%	17%	19%
1 December 1999	Gallup/Telegraph	53%	27%	15%	26%
22 November 1999	MORI/Times	55%	25%	14%	30%
14 November 1999	ICM/Guardian	44%	34%	15%	10%
10 November 1999	MORI/Daily Mail	50%	32%	12%	18%
2 November 1999	Gallup/Telegraph	52%	28%	14%	24%
26 October 1999	ICM/Guardian	45%	32%	17%	13%
25 October 1999	MORI/Times	56%	28%	11%	28%
14 October 1999	MORI/Sun	52%	31%	13%	21%
29 September 1999	Gallup/Telegraph	52%	29%	13%	23%
27 September 1999	MORI/Times	52%	25%	17%	27%
19 September 1999	ICM/Guardian	45%	32%	16%	13%
11 September 1999	MORI/Mail on Sunday	49%	32%	13%	17%
1 September 1999	Gallup/Telegraph	52%	27%	13%	25%
23 August 1999	MORI/Times	49%	27%	17%	22%
15 August 1999	ICM/Guardian	48%	30%	16%	18%
4 August 1999	Gallup/Telegraph	51%	30%	12%	21%
26 July 1999	MORI/Times	51%	28%	14%	23%
11 July 1999	ICM/Guardian	48%	31%	16%	17%
21 June 1999	MORI/Times	51%	28%	13%	23%
5 June 1999	ICM/Guardian	46%	29%	19%	17%
2 June 1999	Gallup/Telegraph	52%	24%	16%	28%
24 May 1999	MORI/Times	52%	28%	14%	24%
8 May 1999	ICM/Guardian	51%	28%	16%	23%
1 May 1999	MORI/Mail on Sunday	50%	30%	14%	20%
28 April 1999	Gallup/Telegraph	52%	29%	13%	23%
26 April 1999	MORI/Times	56%	25%	13%	31%
17 April 1999	ICM/Guardian	52%	29%	16%	23%
7 April 1999	Gallup/Telegraph	54%	27%	13%	27%
22 March 1999	MORI/Times	54%	27%	13%	27%
7 March 1999	ICM/Guardian	52%	29%	16%	23%
4 March 1999	Gallup/Telegraph	52%	30%	11%	22%
22 February 1999	MORI/Times	51%	30%	14%	21%
7 February 1999	ICM/Guardian	49%	28%	16%	21%
3 February 1999	Gallup/Telegraph	53%	29%	13%	24%
25 January 1999	MORI/Times	56%	24%	14%	32%
12 January 1999	NOP/Evening Standard	57%	25%	12%	32%
6 January 1999	Gallup/Telegraph	52%	29%	13%	23%
3 January 1999	ICM/Guardian	50%	30%	15%	20%
15 December 1998	NOP/Evening Standard	55%	27%	12%	28%
14 December 1998	MORI/Times	54%	27%	12%	27%
7 December 1998	ICM/Guardian	49%	29%	16%	20%
2 December 1998	Gallup/Telegraph	55%	29%	11%	26%
23 November 1998	MORI/Times	53%	29%	13%	24%
6 November 1998	ICM/Guardian	51%	27%	17%	24%
4 November 1998	Gallup/Telegraph	54%	28%	14%	26%
26 October 1998	MORI/Times	53%	26%	16%	27%
4 October 1998	ICM/Guardian	51%	29%	15%	22%
30 September 1998	Gallup/Telegraph	57%	23%	15%	34%
21 September 1998	MORI/Times	56%	24%	15%	32%
6 September 1998	ICM/Guardian	48%	29%	17%	19%
3 September 1998	Gallup/Telegraph	54%	28%	12%	26%
24 August 1998	MORI/Times	52%	28%	14%	24%
9 August 1998	ICM/Guardian	47%	31%	17%	16%
5 August 1998	Gallup/Telegraph	53%	28%	13%	25%
21 July 1998	MORI/Times	53%	28%	14%	25%
4 July 1998	ICM/Guardian	52%	27%	17%	25%
1 July 1998	Gallup/Telegraph	52%	28%	14%	24%
30 June 1998	MORI/Times	56%	27%	13%	29%
26 June 1998	MORI/Sun	51%	28%	15%	23%
6 June 1998	ICM/Guardian	51%	29%	16%	22%
3 June 1998	Gallup/Telegraph	54%	28%	12%	26%
24 May 1998	MORI/Times	55%	26%	14%	29%
19 May 1998	ICM/Guardian	50%	29%	16%	21%
29 April 1998	Gallup/Telegraph	54%	25%	16%	29%
27 April 1998	MORI/Times	55%	27%	14%	28%
26 April 1998	MORI/Sun	54%	30%	13%	24%
22 April 1998	ICM/Observer	52%	29%	16%	23%
5 April 1998	ICM/Guardian	48%	31%	16%	17%
1 April 1998	Gallup/Telegraph	54%	26%	16%	28%
23 March 1998	MORI/Times	53%	28%	14%	25%
8 March 1998	ICM/Guardian	46%	33%	17%	13%
4 March 1998	Gallup/Telegraph	51%	29%	14%	22%
23 February 1998	MORI/Times	52%	28%	15%	24%
8 February 1998	ICM/Guardian	47%	31%	18%	16%
4 February 1998	Gallup/Telegraph	54%	29%	11%	25%
26 January 1998	MORI/Times	54%	28%	14%	26%
11 January 1998	ICM/Guardian	48%	30%	17%	18%
7 January 1998	Gallup/Telegraph	56%	26%	12%	30%
15 December 1997	MORI/Times	55%	26%	15%	29%
6 December 1997	ICM/Guardian	50%	29%	17%	21%
3 December 1997	Gallup/Telegraph	57%	21%	17%	36%
24 November 1997	MORI/Times	56%	24%	16%	32%
14 November 1997	MORI/Sun	56%	30%	11%	26%
8 November 1997	ICM/Guardian	52%	30%	14%	22%
4 November 1997	Gallup/Telegraph	63%	23%	11%	40%
27 October 1997	MORI/Times	60%	24%	12%	36%
6 October 1997	ICM/Guardian	59%	23%	13%	36%
1 October 1997	Gallup/Telegraph	60%	22%	14%	38%
29 September 1997	MORI/Times	59%	25%	13%	34%
8 September 1997	ICM/Guardian	60%	24%	10%	36%
3 September 1997	Gallup/Telegraph	58%	26%	12%	32%
25 August 1997	MORI/Times	54%	28%	15%	26%
6 August 1997	Gallup/Telegraph	58%	25%	12%	33%
28 July 1997	MORI/Times	57%	23%	15%	34%
28 June 1997	ICM/Guardian	61%	23%	12%	38%
23 June 1997	MORI/Times	58%	24%	15%	34%
4 June 1997	Gallup/Telegraph	59%	23%	13%	36%
1 May 1997	Election Result	43.2%	30.7%	16.8%	12.5%

External links

1997-2001 Polls

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