Talk:Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election
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Polls started on last election day edit
"Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election is being carried out continually by various organisations to gauge voting intention. [...] The dates for these opinion polls range from the 2019 general election on 12 December to the present day."
To me, this reads as if one or more polls for the next election were carried out actually on the last election day, 12 December 2019, which seems a bit unlikely. If in fact this is not meant then perhaps the wording could be improved. 2A00:23C8:7B0C:9A01:543C:A619:5528:AB57 (talk) 18:33, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
New seat prediction edit
Electoral Calculus has a new seat predicition (at the 29th of March): https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/prediction_main.html
I don't know how to insert it correctly, so maybe someone else can help. Tulpenliebhaber (talk) 19:48, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Labour Together? Really??? edit
Get this poll off this site forthwith. We should not be including internal polls or party-sponsored polls in any form. 2603:7000:603A:342B:4964:A243:AFC1:71EF (talk) 03:11, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- The name makes clear its origin. Readers can decide how much weight to give their results, which are in line with others. The layout of their tables is almost exactly like YouGov. I wouldn't be surprised if it was contracted out to them. Speaking of YouGov, their founders were Conservatives, Nadhim Zahawi and Stephan Shakespeare, an owner of ConservativeHome. I doubt we can ever exclude all political bias in polls, especially given the ownership of the UK press. --Cavrdg (talk) 08:20, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- It is not an internal poll; it was done using standard polling methodology. It is not a party-sponsored poll; Labour Together are a think tank and not part of the Labour Party (although they are Labour supporting). We include all polls done by pollsters who are members of the British Polling Council. Bondegezou (talk) 08:22, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- Labour Together are not a member of the BPC. 38.96.180.251 (talk) 00:01, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
May 2024 elections edit
My personal preference is to include the following as the line for last Thursday's elections:
United Kingdom local elections, Police and crime commissioner elections in England and Wales and the Blackpool South by-election
This shows: local elections in England, the PCC elections and the Blackpool by-election.
I must object to the phrase 'Local elections in England and Wales' there were no local elections in Wales and I can't see how huge police area elections can be classed as anything remotely local. We have a specific results page complete with the usual info box and breakdown for the PCC elections. Kalamikid (talk) 10:45, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
- Our article at 2024 United Kingdom local elections includes the PCC elections. The BBC page on the local elections covers the PCC elections. They are elections for local areas, albeit relatively large ones. I think it is unnecessarily nitpicky to separate them out in a note on a polling table. Bondegezou (talk) 10:49, 8 May 2024 (UTC)