A political poll of behalf of the Independent on Sunday and the Sunday Mirror.
Date Published: 18 Jun 2011
Categories: Energy | Media | Politics | Public and communities | Technology & Telecoms | UK
Description
Ed Miliband’s leadership rating drops 10 points in month
Voting intentionCon 37% (-1)
Lab 37% (-2)
LD 11% (-)
Others 15% (+3)
Change since Independent on Sunday/Sunday Mirror ComRes online poll published 15 May.
Ed Miliband is turning out to be a good leader of the Labour Party.
Dec Jan Apr May June
Agree: 17% 22% 24% 22% 18%
Disagree: 32% 35% 38% 39% 45%
Don’t know: 50% 43% 37% 39% 37%
Net agree: -15 -13 -14 -17 -27
Andrew Hawkins, ComRes chairman, comments: “The problem for Ed Miliband is that when voters come off the fence, they are more likely to disagree that he is turning out to be a good leader.”
Of Labour voters 41% agree; but 25% disagree and 34% say that they do not know
Nick Clegg is turning out to be a good leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Dec Jan Apr May June
Agree: 26% 28% 24% 21% 20%
Disagree: 49% 49% 55% 56% 57%
Don’t know: 25% 23% 21% 24% 23%
Net agree: -15 -21 -31 -35 -37
· 52% of Lib Dem voters agree as well as 33% of Conservative voters
David Cameron is turning out to be a good Prime Minister.
Dec Jan Apr May June
Agree: 38% 38% 37% 39% 37%
Disagree: 41% 43% 46% 43% 44%
Don’t know: 21% 19% 17% 18% 19%
Net agree: -3 -5 -9 -4 -7
We asked whether David Miliband, Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper would be a better Labour leader.
David Miliband would be a better Labour leader than Ed Miliband
Agree: 27%
Disagree: 17%
Don’t know: 57%
Ed Balls would be a better Labour leader than Ed Miliband
Agree: 10%
Disagree: 40%
Don’t know: 50%
Yvette Cooper would be a better Labour Leader than Ed Miliband
Agree: 7%
Disagree: 37%
Don’t know: 57%
Andrew Hawkins, ComRes chairman, comments: “Worryingly for Ed Miliband, more Labour voters agree that David would be a better leader than disagree – 29% to 19% with 51% who don’t know. David Miliband appeals far more to men, and – importantly – to the wealthier income group AB.”
The Labour party is unelectable as the party of government as long as Ed Miliband is its leader
Agree: 33%
Disagree: 28%
Don’t know: 39%
· 17% of Labour voters agree (52% disagree)
The NHS would be safer under Labour than under the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition
Agree: 34%
Disagree:37%
Don’t know: 30%
Nick Clegg
Nick Clegg deserves some credit for making the Conservatives think again about their NHS changes.
May June
Agree: 49% 49%
Disagree: 26% 27%
Don’t know: 25% 24%
The Liberal Democrats would be more popular if they replaced Nick Clegg as leader
Agree: 25%
Disagree: 34%
Don’t know: 40%
Spending cuts
The Government is cutting public spending in a way that is fair to every section of society
Nov Dec Feb June
Agree 32% 30% 25% 25%
Disagree 52% 53% 59% 60%
I expect to be worse off personally as a result of the spending cuts
Nov Dec Feb June
Agree 65% 66% 69% 67%
Disagree 16% 16% 16% 16%
Methodology note:
ComRes interviewed 2,008 GB adults online on 15 and 16 June 2011. Data were weighted to be representative of all adults and by past vote recall. ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules.