Opinion polling for the 1951 United Kingdom general election

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In the run-up to the 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 general election until the general election.

UK opinion polling for the election
  Conservative
  Labour
  Liberal

Polling results

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All data is from PollBase[1]

1951

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Date(s)
conducted/
published
Pollster Client Lab Con Lib Lead
25 Oct 1951 general election[2] 48.8% 48% 2.6% 0.8%
22 Oct Gallup News Chronicle 47% 49.5% 3.5% 2.5%
19–23 Oct Daily Express 46.5% 50% 3.5% 3.5%
19 Oct Research Service Ltd Daily Graphic 43% 50% 6.5% 7%
19 Oct Gallup News Chronicle 46.5% 50% 3% 3.5%
17 Oct Gallup News Chronicle 45.5% 50% 4.5% 4.5%
10 Oct Gallup News Chronicle 44% 50.5% 4.5% 6.5%
3 Oct Gallup News Chronicle 43.5% 50.5% 5.5% 7%
26 Sep Gallup News Chronicle 41% 52% 6.5% 11%
Aug Gallup News Chronicle 38% 50.5% 10.5% 12.5%
Jul Gallup News Chronicle 39% 49% 10.5% 10%
Jun Gallup News Chronicle 41% 48% 10% 7%
May Gallup News Chronicle 40% 49% 9.5% 9%
Apr Gallup News Chronicle 38.5% 50.5% 9% 12%
3–10 Mar Daily Express 39% 52% 8% 13%
Mar Gallup News Chronicle 36.5% 51% 10.5% 14.5%
17–25 Feb Daily Express 39.5% 52% 7.5% 12.5%
Feb Gallup News Chronicle 37.5% 51.5% 9.5% 14%
Feb Daily Express 40.5% 50.5% 8% 10%
Jan Daily Express 44% 48% 7% 4%
Jan Gallup News Chronicle 38% 51% 10% 13%

1950

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Date(s)
published
Pollster Client Lab Con Lib Lead
Dec Daily Express 44.5% 47.5% 7.5% 3%
Dec Gallup News Chronicle 44% 43% 11.5% 1%
Nov Daily Express 45% 47% 7.5% 2%
Oct Daily Express 45.5% 45.5% 8% Tie
Oct Gallup News Chronicle 45% 42.5% 10% 2.5%
Sep Gallup News Chronicle 45.5% 43% 10% 2.5%
Aug Gallup News Chronicle 46.5% 44.5% 8.5% 2%
Jul Gallup News Chronicle 43.5% 42% 11% 1.5%
Jun Gallup News Chronicle 46% 43.5% 9% 2.5%
May Gallup News Chronicle 46.5% 43.5% 9.5% 3%
Apr Gallup News Chronicle 47% 45.5% 7% 1.5%
Mar Gallup News Chronicle 45.5% 43.5% 8.5% 2%
23 Feb 1950 general election[2] 46.1% 43.4% 9.1% 2.7%

References

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  1. ^ "PollBase: British voting intention opinion polls since 1943". Mark Pack. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b Audickas, Lukas; Cracknell, Richard; Loft, Philip (2020). UK Election Statistics: 1918-2019: A Century of Elections (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 12.

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