Political Poll for The Independent

Political poll for The Independent published 9 June 2009.

Date Published: 07 Jun 2009

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Description

Savanta ComRes asked voters their standard voting intention question which found the Tory lead had extended from 8% to 16% in the space of just ten days.  They then asked how people would vote if each of the main Labour leadership contenders were leading the Party.

The results show Alan Johnson to be the only candidate (including Gordon Brown) who would deny the Tories an overall majority:

	Con	Lab	LD
Alan Johnson	36%	26%	19%	Con short 6 of majority
Jack Straw	36%	25%	19%	Con majority of 10
David Miliband	37%	25%	19%	Con majority of 30
Ed Balls	37%	23%	20%	Con majority of 46
Jon Cruddas	36%	22%	21%	Con majority of 42
Voting Intention	38%	22%	20%	Con majority of 74
Harriet Harman	38%	22%	20%	Con majority of 74
James Purnell	38%	21%	21%	Con majority of 94

 Alan Johnson is also the candidate (including Gordon Brown) who would attract most 2005 voters back to Labour:

LABOUR SUPPORT	% voted Lab in 2005
Alan Johnson	66%
David Miliband	63%
Voting Intention	63%
Jack Straw	61%
Ed Balls	59%
Jon Cruddas	58%
Harriet Harman	56%
James Purnell	55%