Polling Breakdown: What did the UK polls say in May 2026?At the start of May, many eyes were looking towards the elections taking place across large areas of England, as well as in Scotland and Wales, for a sense of what it meant for party...Posted 04 Jun 2026
How would each party have done if May’s elections were across all of Britain?The elections held across the UK on 7 May 2026 produced a series of dramatic outcomes, and the political ramifications of those results are still playing out. Different areas of Britain vote differently, and each...Posted 18 May 2026
What did the UK polls say in April 2026?While polling can give us an idea of what the public thinks, there is nothing like real votes to test the mood of the country. With elections across large areas of England, plus Scotland and...Posted 06 May 2026
Polling breakdown from March 2026: Latest polls see continued fragmentationSince February 2025, we at the Electoral Reform Society have been collecting data on UK general election voting intention polls published by British Polling Council (BPC) members. The year since has seen the continuation of...Posted 02 Apr 2026
Latest UK polling: As voters spread their support, our voting system can’t keep upWhere elections often used to be a two-horse race between Labour and the Conservatives, voters are now spreading their support across an increasingly crowded field – and our voting system is struggling to keep up....Posted 04 Mar 2026
Latest YouGov poll shows multi-party Britain breaking the voting systemIf there were a general election tomorrow, who would form the next government? It sounds like a simple question if you have access to the latest polls. But when the latest YouGov poll, released on...Posted 28 Oct 2025
New polling finds proportional representation still much more popular than First Past the PostEvery six months or so, since November 2019, the pollster YouGov have been asking the British public the following question regarding electoral reform. Some people support a change in the British voting system to proportional...Posted 11 Dec 2024
New polling finds three quarters of public say politics needs to improve significantlyLast week we had extremely concerning news about the state of our democracy. A significant study by the National Centre for Social Research found more people ‘than ever before’ ‘almost never’ trust the British government...Posted 20 Jun 2024
New polling reveals just how powerless people feel over WestminsterTwo-thirds of the public feel powerless over decision making and feel that they have little or no opportunities to influence decisions made at Westminster’, according to new Savanta ComRes polling. In a week that has...Posted 09 Apr 2021