Will Patterson·Nov 2The Month in Polling: a Labour majority?With Conference Season over and the Budget now done, it’s clear that the Burnham Bounce persists, and the Farage Fall remains in progress…
Will Patterson·Oct 4The Month in Polling: A refreshed tactical voting modelAs political parties gather for Conference Season, the polls look good for Labour: not only are they now ahead with every polling company…
Will Patterson·Aug 31The Month in Polling: Labour back on topIt’s clear that momentum remains with Andy Burnham and his Labour Party: for the first time since before the 2025 Local Elections, Labour…
Will Patterson·Jul 27The Month in Polling: The Burnham BounceI said last month that it could all be over by the time I wrote this column, and so it has proven: Andy Burnham is now Prime Minister…
Will Patterson·Jun 29The Month in Polling: A state of fluxWell, I described last month as “quite a month”, but this month eclipses it. We’ve had three by-elections, with Makerfield in particular…
Will Patterson·Jun 1The Month in Polling: A brief Reform bounce, but a bigger Burnham bounce to come?It’s been quite a month, hasn’t it? The full challenge to Keir Starmer’s leadership of the Labour Party hasn’t yet materialised, despite…
Will Patterson·May 6The Day in Polling: Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrowAs expected, YouGov published their Westminster Voting Intention figures today, as did More in Common, while Find Out Now published a day…
Will Patterson·May 4The Week in Polling: three days to goThere are now three days to go, so I’ll be once again upping the frequency until Thursday.
Will Patterson·Apr 27The Week in Polling: this week could have been worse for LabourI was expecting that this week’s polls would be tough for Labour in the wake of the latest Mandelson revelations and Olly Robbins appearing…
Will Patterson·Apr 6The Week in Polling: nominations have closed in ScotlandWith the first nominations in for next month’s elections, and polling day now less than a month away, it seems a sensible time to step up…
