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In the run–up to the 1955 general election, various polling organisations conducted opinion polling to gauge voting intention amongst the general public. Such polls, dating from the previous election in 1955 to polling day on 26 May 1955, are listed in this article.
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Graphical summaries
Polling results
In the run–up to the 1955 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 1951 general election until the 1955 general election.
All polling data is from PollBase[1]
1955
Date(s) Conducted |
Pollster | Client | Lab | Con | Lib | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 May | 1955 general election[2] | 46.4% | 49.7% | 2.7% | 3.3% | |
21–24 May | Daily Express | 47.2% | 50.2% | 2.2% | 3% | |
21–24 May | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47.5% | 51% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
17–20 May | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47% | 51% | 2% | 4% |
15–17 May | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47% | 50.5% | 2.5% | 3.5% |
8–10 May | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47% | 49.5% | 3% | 2.5% |
1–3 May | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47.5% | 48.5% | 3% | 1% |
Apr | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47% | 47.5% | 5% | 0.5% |
Apr | Gallup | News Chronicle | 44% | 48% | 7% | 4% |
Mar | Gallup | News Chronicle | 44.5% | 46.5% | 8% | 2% |
Feb | Gallup | News Chronicle | 44.5% | 46.5% | 8% | 2% |
Jan | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45.5% | 46.5% | 7% | 1% |
1954
Date(s) Conducted |
Pollster | Client | Lab | Con | Lib | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47% | 46% | 6% | 1% |
Oct | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45.5% | 45% | 8% | 0.5% |
Sep | Gallup | News Chronicle | 48% | 43% | 8% | 5% |
Aug | Gallup | News Chronicle | 48.5% | 42.5% | 8% | 6% |
Jun | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47.5% | 45% | 7% | 2.5% |
May | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47.5% | 45.5% | 6.5% | 2% |
16–27 Apr | Gallup | News Chronicle | 46% | 46.5% | 7% | 0.5% |
31 Mar | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45.5% | 46% | 7% | 0.5% |
20–21 Mar | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45.5% | 46.5% | 7% | 1% |
26 Feb | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45.5% | 47% | 7% | 1.5% |
18–28 Feb | Gallup | News Chronicle | 44.5% | 45% | 9% | 0.5% |
21–31 Jan | Gallup | News Chronicle | 46.5% | 45.5% | 7% | 1% |
1953
Date(s) Conducted |
Pollster | Client | Lab | Con | Lib | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47% | 45% | 7% | 2% |
Oct | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47.5% | 45% | 7% | 2.5% |
Sep | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47.5% | 44.5% | 8% | 3% |
Aug | Gallup | News Chronicle | 46% | 45% | 8% | 1% |
Jun | Gallup | News Chronicle | 46% | 46% | 7% | Tie |
May | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45% | 47% | 7.5% | 2% |
Apr | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45% | 47% | 7.5% | 2% |
Mar | Gallup | News Chronicle | 44.5% | 46.5% | 8% | 2% |
Feb | Gallup | News Chronicle | 46% | 42.5% | 10% | 3.5% |
Jan | Gallup | News Chronicle | 46% | 42.5% | 10% | 3.5% |
1952
Date(s) Conducted |
Pollster | Client | Lab | Con | Lib | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45.5% | 44% | 9.5% | 1.5% |
Nov | Gallup | News Chronicle | 46.5% | 43.5% | 9% | 3% |
Oct | Gallup | News Chronicle | 48% | 41.5% | 9% | 6.5% |
Sep | Gallup | News Chronicle | 48.5% | 41% | 9% | 7.5% |
Aug | Gallup | News Chronicle | 48% | 40% | 10.5% | 8% |
July | Gallup | News Chronicle | 50% | 40% | 8.5% | 10% |
Jun | Gallup | News Chronicle | 49% | 40.5% | 9.5% | 8.5% |
May | Gallup | News Chronicle | 49% | 43.5% | 7% | 5.5% |
Apr | Gallup | News Chronicle | 49% | 43.5% | – | 5.5% |
Mar | Gallup | News Chronicle | 48% | 41.5% | 9.5% | 6.5% |
Feb | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47% | 41% | 10.5% | 6% |
Jan | Gallup | News Chronicle | 48% | 44.5% | 6% | 3.5% |
1951
Date(s) Conducted |
Pollster | Client | Lab | Con | Lib | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec | Gallup | News Chronicle | 47% | 45% | 6.5% | 2% |
25 Oct | 1951 general election[2] | 48.8% | 48% | 2.5% | 0.8% |
References
- ^ "PollBase: Opinion polls database from 1943-today". Mark Pack. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ 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.