In the run-up to the 1950 general election, 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 1945 general election until the general election.
Polling results
editAll data is from PollBase[1]
1950
editDate(s) conducted/ published |
Pollster | Client | Lab | Con | Lib | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
23 Feb | 1950 general election[2] | 46.1% | 43.4% | 9.1% | 2.7% | |
17–23 Feb | Daily Express | 44% | 45% | 10% | 1% | |
17–22 Feb | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45% | 43.5% | 10.5% | 1.5% |
5–15 Feb | Daily Mail | News Chronicle | 42.5% | 45.5% | 12% | 3% |
20 Feb | Daily Express | 44.5% | 46% | 9% | 1.5% | |
17 Feb | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45% | 42.5% | 12% | 2.5% |
13 Feb | Daily Express | 45% | 45% | 9.5% | Tie | |
10 Feb | Gallup | News Chronicle | 44.5% | 43% | 12% | 1.5% |
6 Feb | Daily Express | 44% | 45% | 10% | 1% | |
30 Jan | Daily Express | 42.5% | 47.5% | 8.5% | 5% | |
30 Jan | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45.5% | 44% | 10% | 1.5% |
23 Jan | Daily Express | 42% | 48% | 9% | 6% | |
20 Jan | Gallup | News Chronicle | 41.5% | 44% | 12.5% | 2.5% |
1949
editDate Published |
Pollster | Client | Lab | Con | Lib | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec | Gallup | News Chronicle | 41% | 45% | 12.5% | 4% |
Nov | Gallup | News Chronicle | 38% | 48% | 11% | 10% |
Nov | Gallup | News Chronicle | 40% | 43.5% | 14% | 3.5% |
Nov | 1950 General Election book | 39% | 50% | 8% | 11% | |
Oct | Gallup | News Chronicle | 39.5% | 45.5% | 12.5% | 6% |
Sep | Gallup | News Chronicle | 40% | 46% | 12% | 6% |
Aug | Gallup | News Chronicle | 40.5% | 46.5% | 11.5% | 6% |
Jul | Gallup | News Chronicle | 40.5% | 44.5% | 12.5% | 4% |
Jun | Gallup | News Chronicle | 41.5% | 46% | 10% | 5.5% |
May | Gallup | News Chronicle | 40% | 46% | 11% | 6% |
Apr | Gallup | News Chronicle | 43.5% | 42% | 13% | 1.5% |
Mar | Gallup | News Chronicle | 43% | 41.5% | 13% | 1% |
Feb | Gallup | News Chronicle | 43.5% | 44.5% | 9.5% | 1% |
Jan | Gallup | News Chronicle | 40.5% | 44% | 13% | 3.5% |
1948
editDate Published |
Pollster | Client | Lab | Con | Lib | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov | Gallup | News Chronicle | 43% | 46% | 8.5% | 3% |
Oct | Gallup | News Chronicle | 41.5% | 46.5% | 9.5% | 5% |
Sep | Gallup | News Chronicle | 41.5% | 47.5% | 10% | 6% |
Aug | Gallup | News Chronicle | 41% | 48% | 8.5% | 7% |
Jul | Gallup | News Chronicle | 39.5% | 48% | 9% | 8.5% |
May | Gallup | News Chronicle | 41.5% | 45% | 11% | 3.5% |
Apr | Gallup | News Chronicle | 41% | 42.5% | 10.5% | 1.5% |
Mar | Gallup | News Chronicle | 43% | 46% | 8.5% | 3% |
Feb | Gallup | News Chronicle | 42% | 46% | 8.5% | 4% |
Jan | Gallup | News Chronicle | 43.5% | 44.5% | 10.5% | 1% |
1947
editDate Published |
Pollster | Client | Lab | Con | Lib | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45% | 45% | 12% | Tie |
Sep | Gallup | News Chronicle | 39.5% | 44.5% | 11.5% | 5% |
Aug | Gallup | News Chronicle | 41% | 44.5% | 11% | 3.5% |
Jul | Gallup | News Chronicle | 42.5% | 42.5% | 12.5% | Tie |
June | Gallup | News Chronicle | 42.5% | 42.5% | 12.5% | Tie |
Mar | Gallup | News Chronicle | 43.5% | 43.5% | 10.5% | Tie |
Jan | Gallup | News Chronicle | 44.5% | 41% | 12% | 3.5% |
1946
editDate Published |
Pollster | Client | Lab | Con | Lib | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May | Gallup | News Chronicle | 43.5% | 40% | 13% | 3.5% |
Jan | Gallup | News Chronicle | 52.5% | 32% | 11% | 20.5% |
July 1945 | 1945 general election[2] | 48.0% | 39.6% | 9% | 8.4% |
References
edit- ^ "PollBase: British voting intention opinion polls since 1943". Mark Pack. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ 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.