Opinion polling for the 1951 United Kingdom general election explained

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.

Polling results

All data is from PollBase[1]

1951

Date(s)
conducted/
published
PollsterClientLabConLibLead
25 Oct1951 general election[2] 48.8%48%2.6%0.8%
22 OctGallupNews Chronicle47%49.5%3.5%2.5%
19–23 OctDaily Express46.5%50%3.5%3.5%
19 OctResearch Service LtdDaily Graphic43%50%6.5%7%
19 OctGallupNews Chronicle46.5%50%3%3.5%
17 OctGallupNews Chronicle45.5%50%4.5%4.5%
10 OctGallupNews Chronicle44%50.5%4.5%6.5%
3 OctGallupNews Chronicle43.5%50.5%5.5%7%
26 SepGallupNews Chronicle41%52%6.5%11%
AugGallupNews Chronicle38%50.5%10.5%12.5%
JulGallupNews Chronicle39%49%10.5%10%
JunGallupNews Chronicle41%48%10%7%
MayGallupNews Chronicle40%49%9.5%9%
AprGallupNews Chronicle38.5%50.5%9%12%
3–10 MarDaily Express39%52%8%13%
MarGallupNews Chronicle36.5%51%10.5%14.5%
17–25 FebDaily Express39.5%52%7.5%12.5%
FebGallupNews Chronicle37.5%51.5%9.5%14%
FebDaily Express40.5%50.5%8%10%
JanDaily Express44%48%7%4%
JanGallupNews Chronicle38%51%10%13%

1950

Date(s)
published
PollsterClientLabConLibLead
DecDaily Express44.5%47.5%7.5%3%
DecGallupNews Chronicle44%43%11.5%1%
NovDaily Express45%47%7.5%2%
OctDaily Express45.5%45.5%8%Tie
OctGallupNews Chronicle45%42.5%10%2.5%
SepGallupNews Chronicle45.5%43%10%2.5%
AugGallupNews Chronicle46.5%44.5%8.5%2%
JulGallupNews Chronicle43.5%42%11%1.5%
Jun GallupNews Chronicle46%43.5%9%2.5%
MayGallupNews Chronicle46.5%43.5%9.5%3%
AprGallupNews Chronicle47%45.5%7%1.5%
MarGallupNews Chronicle45.5%43.5%8.5%2%
23 Feb1950 general election46.1%43.4%9.1%2.7%

Notes and References

  1. News: PollBase: British voting intention opinion polls since 1943. Mark Pack. 2018-08-19. en-GB.
  2. Book: Audickas, Lukas. UK Election Statistics: 1918-2019: A Century of Elections. Cracknell. Richard. Loft. Philip. House of Commons Library. 2020. 12.