Opinion polling for the 2001 United Kingdom general election explained

In the run up to the general election of 2001, several polling organisations carried out opinion polling in regards to voting intention in Great Britain (i.e. the UK excluding Northern Ireland, which is usually excluded from such voting intention surveys). Results of such polls are displayed below.

The election took place on 7 June 2001. The previous general election was held on 1 May 1997, and had seen Labour return to power with a landslide victory after 18 years, led by Tony Blair. Such was the scale of Labour's victory that it was widely accepted - even within the Conservative Party - that the next election would produce another Labour victory, with the best realistic target for other parties being to reduce the Labour majority (recognised by Cecil Parkinson on Election Night 1997 when he stated on the BBC's broadcast that it "was a two term Labour government").

The parliamentary term of 1997-2001 had seen the opinion polls led by the Labour Party, mostly with a lead in excess of 10 points, over the Conservatives (who had replaced John Major with William Hague as their new leader), apart from a brief spell in the autumn of 2000 when fuel protests threatened to bring Britain to a standstill. However, the blockades which had caused the protests were quickly resolved and Labour support recovered to the extent that Blair felt able to call an election for 3 May 2001, although the recent foot and mouth crisis meant that the election was delayed for five weeks until 7 June.

Another rare success for the Conservatives during this parliamentary term came in June 1999, when it enjoyed the largest share of the votes in the European parliament elections, with William Hague vowing to keep the pound as Britain's currency, whereas Tony Blair was refusing to rule out eventually adopting the Euro.

In the event, the election produced a low turnout (with many voters perhaps feeling that another Labour victory was inevitable) and Labour won a second successive landslide, with the British political scene remaining almost completely unchanged with only a few seats changing hands.

All polling data is from Ipsos MORI, UK polling Report and BBC News.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Exit polls

Two exit polls conducted by MORI for ITV and NOP for BBC was published at the end of voting at 10 pm, predicting the number of seats for each party.^{[4] [5]}

Parties		MORI for ITV		NOP for BBC
		Seats	Change	Seats	Change
	Labour Party	417	2	408	11
	Conservative Party	154	11	177	12
	Liberal Democrats	58	12	44	2
	Others	30	1	30	1
Majority:	175	157

National poll results

2001

Date(s) conducted	Pollster	Client	Sample size	Lab	Con	Lib Dem	Others	Lead
				data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"				data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"
	2001 general election^[6]		–	40.7%	31.7%	18.3%	9.3%	9%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	2,399	47%	30%	18%	?	17%
	MORI	The Times	1,906	45%	30%	18%	?	15%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,009	43%	32%	19%	6%	11%
	ICM	Evening Standard	1,381	47%	30%	18%	?	17%
	Rasmussen	The Independent	?	44%	33%	16%	?	11%
	MORI	The Sunday Telegraph	1,070	50%	27%	17%	?	23%
	ICM	The Observer	1,005	46%	34%	15%	?	12%
	NOP	The Sunday Times	1,105	47%	30%	16%	?	17%
	ICM	Channel 4	1,007	43%	31%	19%	?	12%
	MORI	The Times	1,013	48%	30%	16%	?	18%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,462	47%	31%	16%	?	16%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,000	47%	28%	17%	8%	19%
	Rasmussen	The Independent	?	44%	32%	17%	?	12%
	NOP	The Sunday Times	?	49%	30%	14%	?	19%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,000	48%	32%	15%	?	16%
	MORI	Times	1,066	52%	27%	16%	?	25%
	Rasmussen	The Independent	?	44%	32%	16%	?	12%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,000	45%	32%	17%	7%	13%
	Gallup	BES	?	55%	25%	14%	?	30%
	NOP	The Sunday Times	1,107	49%	30%	14%	?	19%
	MORI	The Times	1,019	54%	28%	12%	6%	26%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,004	48%	32%	13%	7%	16%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,004	46%	31%	16%	7%	15%
	Gallup	BES	?	53%	32%	11%	?	21%
	MORI	The Economist	1,846	54%	26%	14%	6%	28%
	Parliament dissolved and official campaign period begins^[7]
	ICM	Evening Standard	1,437	48%	32%	14%	6%	16%
	Rasmussen	The Independent	1,004	46%	32%	13%	9%	14%
	MORI	The Sunday Telegraph	1,030	51%	31%	13%	5%	20%
	ICM	The Observer	1,011	48%	32%	15%	5%	16%
	NOP	The Sunday Times	1,003	49%	32%	13%	6%	17%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,000	49%	32%	13%	6%	17%
	MORI	The Times	1,046	54%	30%	13%	?	24%
	NOP	Daily Express	1,000	51%	31%	13%	6%	20%
	NOP	Channel 4	1,600	49%	34%	11%	?	15%
	NOP	Channel 4	~2000	51%	29%	13%	5%	22%
	MORI	The Sun	1,008	50%	32%	13%	5%	18%
	MORI	The Times	1,935	50%	30%	13%	7%	20%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,005	47%	33%	14%	6%	14%
	MORI	Daily Mail	1,003	53%	29%	12%	6%	24%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,009	53%	27%	15%	5%	26%
	NOP	Channel 4	1,575	52%	30%	12%	6%	22%
	MORI	The Sunday Telegraph	1,034	48%	32%	15%	5%	16%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,000	49%	34%	13%	4%	15%
	MORI	The Times	1,945	50%	31%	14%	5%	19%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,426	44%	35%	16%	6%	9%
	NOP	The Sunday Times	1,426	51%	31%	13%	5%	20%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,016	55%	29%	12%	3%	26%
	MORI	The Times	1,900	50%	30%	14%	5%	20%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,000	47%	32%	15%	7%	15%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,001	50%	29%	17%	4%	21%
	MORI	Mail on Sunday	1,007	49%	31%	14%	6%	18%
	MORI	The Times	2,083	50%	31%	14%	5%	19%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,004	44%	34%	16%	6%	10%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,006	51%	31%	13%	6%	20%
	MORI	The Sunday Telegraph	1,007	52%	31%	11%	6%	21%
	NOP	The Sunday Times	1,232	48%	33%	14%	5%	15%
	MORI	Mail on Sunday	1,005	46%	35%	14%	5%	11%

2000

Date(s) conducted	Pollster	Client	Sample size	Lab	Con	Lib Dem	Others	Lead
				data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"				data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"
	Falkirk West by-election^[8]
	MORI	News of the World	1,003	47%	32%	16%	5%	15%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,011	47%	32%	14%	7%	15%
	MORI	The Times	1,984	46%	34%	14%	6%	12%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,003	44%	34%	16%	6%	10%
	MORI	The Times	1,972	48%	33%	13%	6%	15%
	MORI	Mail on Sunday	1,006	47%	34%	13%	6%	13%
	By-elections in Glasgow Anniesland, Preston and West Bromwich West^[9] ^[10] ^[11]
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,010	45%	34%	14%	6%	11%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,001	40%	34%	20%	7%	6%
	MORI	Mail on Sunday	1,002	42%	34%	17%	7%	8%
	MORI	The Times	2,010	45%	32%	17%	6%	13%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,001	40%	35%	19%	6%	5%
	NOP	The Sunday Times	1,171	42%	35%	17%	6%	7%
	MORI	Carlton TV	1,014	40%	38%	19%	3%	2%
	ICM	News of the World	1,025	38%	37%	20%	6%	1%
	MORI	The Sun	1,006	43%	36%	16%	5%	7%
	NOP	Sunday Express	1,002	43%	37%	13%	7%	6%
	NOP	Labour Party	1,000	?	?	?	?	11%
	MORI	The Times	1,843	37%	35%	21%	7%	2%
	South Antrim by-election^[12]
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,002	39%	36%	20%	5%	3%
	NOP	Channel 4	1,002	32%	40%	22%	6%	8%
	MORI	Mail on Sunday	1,014	35%	39%	21%	5%	4%
	MORI	Schroder Salomon Smith Barney	1,864	36%	36%	21%	7%	Tie
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,006	35%	40%	16%	9%	5%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,055	34%	38%	22%	7%	4%
	NOP	The Sunday Times	1,002	37%	37%	21%	5%	Tie
	MORI	News of the World	1,006	36%	38%	18%	8%	2%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,006	45%	32%	16%	6%	13%
	MORI	N/A	2,004	45%	30%	17%	8%	15%
	Protests over the rising cost of fuel occur across the United Kingdom^[13]
	MORI	N/A	1,818	48%	32%	13%	5%	16%
	MORI	The Times	1,916	51%	29%	15%	5%	22%
	MORI	News of the World	1,004	51%	32%	12%	5%	19%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,050	44%	34%	17%	8%	10%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,005	47%	32%	14%	7%	15%
	MORI	The Times	2,019	49%	33%	12%	6	16%
	MORI	Mail on Sunday	1,011	51%	32%	11%	6%	19%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,056	42%	35%	17%	6%	7%
	MORI	Mail on Sunday	1,003	47%	32%	15%	6%	15%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,016	45%	35%	14%	7%	10%
	MORI	Mail on Sunday	1,004	46%	32%	17%	5%	14%
	MORI	The Times	1,915	47%	33%	13%	7%	14%
	Tottenham by-election^[14]
	ICM	The Guardian	1,061	43%	32%	17%	8%	11%
	MORI	News of the World	1,002	47%	34%	14%	5%	13%
	MORI	Mail on Sunday	1,008	41%	38%	16%	5%	3%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,007	49%	30%	15%	6%	19%
	MORI	The Times	1,891	48%	32%	15%	5%	16%
	MORI	Daily Mail	1,003	46%	33%	14%	7%	13%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,003	41%	34%	18%	7%	7%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,009	47%	31%	14%	7%	16%
	ICM	Conservative Party	1,000	43%	35%	15%	7%	8%
	Local elections in England and Romsey by-election^[15] ^[16]
	MORI	The Times	1,860	51%	27%	15%	7%	24%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,203	45%	32%	15%	8%	13%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,007	50%	32%	12%	6%	18%
	MORI	The Times	1,728	50%	29%	14%	7%	21%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,207	44%	32%	16%	8%	12%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,018	51%	31%	11%	6%	20%
	MORI	The Times	1,938	50%	29%	15%	6%	21%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,205	44%	29%	18%	9%	15%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,024	49%	28%	15%	8%	21%
	Ceredigion by-election^[17]
	MORI	Daily Mail	1,007	49%	29%	15%	7%	20%
	MORI	The Times	2,015	50%	30%	15%	5%	20%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,155	47%	30%	17%	6%	17%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,005	53%	30%	12%	5%	23%

1999

Date(s) conducted	Pollster	Client	Sample size	Lab	Con	Lib Dem	Others	Lead
				data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"				data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"
	MORI	The Times	1,967	54%	28%	13%	5%	26%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,201	48%	29%	17%	6%	19%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,011	53%	27%	15%	5%	26%
	Kensington & Chelsea by-election^[18]
	MORI	The Times	1,935	55%	25%	14%	6%	30%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,119	44%	34%	15%	7%	10%
	MORI	Daily Mail	1,003	50%	32%	12%	7%	18%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,002	52%	28%	14%	6%	24%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,084	45%	32%	17%	6%	13%
	MORI	The Times	1,965	56%	28%	11%	5%	28%
	MORI	The Sun	1,003	52%	31%	13%	7%	21%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,012	52%	29%	13%	7%	23%
	MORI	The Times	1,823	52%	25%	17%	6%	27%
	By-elections in Hamilton South and Wigan^[19] ^[20]
	ICM	The Guardian	1,202	45%	32%	16%	6%	13%
	MORI	Mail on Sunday	1,002	49%	32%	13%	6%	17%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,000	52%	27%	13%	7%	25%
	MORI	The Times	1,862	49%	27%	17%	7%	22%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,204	48%	30%	16%	6%	18%
	Charles Kennedy is elected leader of the Liberal Democrats^[21]
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,008	51%	30%	12%	7%	21%
	MORI	The Times	2,13	51%	28%	14%	7%	23%
	Eddisbury by-election^[22]
	ICM	The Guardian	1,200	48%	31%	16%	5%	17%
	MORI	The Times	2,028	51%	28%	13%	8%	23%
	European Parliament election and Leeds Central by-election^[23] ^[24]
	ICM	The Guardian	1,205	46%	29%	19%	7%	17%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,000	52%	24%	16%	8%	28%
	MORI	The Times	2,046	52%	28%	14%	6%	24%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,205	51%	28%	16%	6%	23%
	Local Elections in England and Wales, Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections^[25] ^[26] ^[27]
	MORI	Mail on Sunday	1,008	50%	30%	14%	6%	20%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,006	52%	29%	13%	7%	23%
	MORI	The Times	1,966	56%	25%	13%	6%	31%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,205	52%	29%	16%	4%	23%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,014	54%	27%	13%	7%	27%
	MORI	The Times	1,907	54%	27%	13%	6%	27%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,217	52%	29%	16%	4%	23%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,002	52%	30%	11%	6%	22%
	MORI	The Times	1,907	51%	30%	14%	6%	21%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,211	49%	28%	16%	6%	21%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,069	53%	29%	13%	5%	24%
	MORI	The Times	1,930	56%	24%	14%	6%	32%
	NOP	Evening Standard	1,600	57%	25%	12%	6%	32%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,017	52%	29%	13%	5%	23%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,209	50%	30%	15%	5%	20%

1998

Date(s) conducted	Pollster	Client	Sample size	Lab	Con	Lib Dem	Others	Lead
				data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"				data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"
	NOP	Evening Standard	1,600	55%	27%	12%	7%	28%
	MORI	The Times	1,864	54%	27%	12%	6%	27%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,123	49%	29%	16%	6%	20%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,021	55%	29%	11%	5%	26%
	MORI	The Times	1,883	53%	29%	13%	5%	24%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,210	51%	27%	17%	5%	24%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,036	54%	28%	14%	5%	26%
	MORI	The Times	1,775	53%	26%	16%	5%	27%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,120	51%	29%	15%	5%	22%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,028	57%	23%	15%	5%	34%
	MORI	The Times	1,789	56%	24%	15%	5%	32%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,178	48%	29%	17%	6%	19%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,005	54%	28%	12%	6%	26%
	MORI	The Times	1,886	52%	28%	14%	6%	24%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,203	47%	31%	17%	4%	16%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,003	53%	28%	13%	5%	25%
	MORI	The Times	1,796	53%	28%	14%	5%	25%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,203	52%	27%	17%	4%	25%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,006	52%	28%	14%	6%	24%
	MORI	The Times	1,760	56%	27%	13%	4%	29%
	MORI	The Sun	1,000	51%	28%	15%	6%	23%
	Election to the Northern Ireland Assembly^[28]
	ICM	The Guardian	1,201	51%	29%	16%	4%	22%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,011	54%	28%	12%	6%	26%
	MORI	The Times	1,832	55%	26%	14%	5%	29%
	Good Friday Agreement Referendum^[29]
	ICM	The Guardian	1,101	50%	29%	16%	5%	21%
	Local elections in England and the Greater London Authority referendum^[30]
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,050	54%	25%	16%	4%	29%
	MORI	The Times	1,926	55%	27%	14%	4%	28%
	MORI	The Sun	804	54%	30%	13%	3%	24%
	ICM	The Observer	1,000	52%	29%	16%	3%	23%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,212	48%	31%	16%	6%	17%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	985	54%	26%	16%	4%	28%
	MORI	The Times	1,879	53%	28%	14%	5%	25%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,200	46%	33%	17%	5%	13%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	999	51%	29%	14%	6%	22%
	MORI	The Times	1,792	52%	28%	15%	5%	24%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,200	47%	31%	18%	4%	16%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,041	54%	29%	11%	5%	25%
	MORI	The Times	1,870	54%	28%	14%	4%	26%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,200	48%	30%	17%	5%	18%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,014	56%	26%	12%	5%	30%

1997

Date(s) conducted	Pollster	Client	Sample size	Lab	Con	Lib Dem	Others	Lead
				data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"				data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"
	MORI	The Times	2,122	55%	26%	15%	4%	29%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,200	50%	29%	17%	4%	21%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,011	57%	21%	17%	5%	36%
	MORI	The Times	1,879	56%	24%	16%	4%	32%
	By-elections in Beckenham and Winchester^[31] ^[32]
	MORI	The Sun	603	56%	30%	11%	3%	26%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,200	52%	30%	14%	4%	22%
	Paisley South by-election^[33]
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,021	63%	23%	11%	4%	40%
	MORI	The Times	1,772	60%	24%	12%	4%	36%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,211	59%	23%	13%	4%	36%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,014	60%	22%	14%	4%	38%
	MORI	The Times	1,916	59%	25%	13%	3%	34%
	Welsh devolution referendum^[34]
	Scottish devolution referendum^[35] ^[36]
	ICM	The Guardian	1,206	60%	24%	10%	6%	36%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,023	58%	26%	12%	5%	32%
	MORI	The Times	1,758	54%	28%	15%	3%	26%
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	1,203	58%	25%	12%	4%	33%
	Uxbridge by-election^[37]
	MORI	The Times	1,901	57%	23%	15%	5%	34%
	ICM	The Guardian	1,200	61%	23%	12%	4%	38%
	MORI	The Times	1,852	58%	24%	15%	3%	34%
	William Hague is elected leader of the Conservative Party^[38]
	Gallup	The Daily Telegraph	996	59%	23%	13%	5%	36%
	Local elections in Northern Ireland^[39]
	Local elections in England^[40]
	1997 general election^[41]		–	43.2%	30.7%	16.8%	9.3%	12.5%

Nations polling

Northern Ireland

Data from BBC News^[42]

Date(s) conducted	Pollster	Client	Sample size	UUP	SDLP	SF	DUP	Alliance	Lead
				data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"			data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"
	2001 general election^[43]		–	26.8%	21%	21.7%	22.5%	3.6%	4.3%
	South Antrim by-election
	Ulster Marketing Survey	Belfast Telegraph	1,031	25%	25%	16%	14%	5%	Tie
	Election to the Northern Ireland Assembly
	Good Friday Agreement Referendum
	Local elections held
	1997 general election^[44]		–	32.7%	24.1%	16.1%	13.6%	8%	8.6%

Scotland

Data from BBC News^[45]

Date(s) conducted	Pollster	Client	Sample size	Lab	SNP	Con	Lib Dem	SSP	Lead
				data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"			data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"
	2001 general election^[46]		–	43.3%	20.1%	15.6%	16.3%	3.1%	23.2%
	ICM	The Scotsman	1,013	43%	24%	14%	14%	4%	19%
	System Three	The Herald	1,048	47%	26%	13%	11%	3%	21%
	System Three	The Herald	3,019	50%	25%	12%	9%	3%	25%
	ICM	The Scotsman	1,000	44%	25%	16%	12%	–	19%
	System Three	The Herald	1,028	47%	27%	12%	9%	–	20%
	System Three	The Herald	1,009	52%	25%	12%	8%	–	27%
	ICM	News of the World	1,000	46%	22%	18%	11%	–	24%
	System Three	The Herald	955	45%	29%	16%	9%	–	16%
	ICM	Scotland on Sunday	1,003	42%	22%	16%	10%	–	20%
	System Three	The Herald	1,014	46%	28%	13%	11%	–	18%
	System Three	The Herald	1,025	46%	28%	13%	9%	–	18%
	Falkirk West by-election
	System Three	The Herald	1,022	48%	24%	16%	9%	–	24%
	Glasgow Anniesland by-election
	System Three	The Herald	1,001	48%	27%	13%	10%	–	21%
	Henry McLeish is elected leader of Scottish Labour and First Minister^[47]
	System Three	The Herald	1,020	33%	33%	15%	17%	–	Tie
	John Swinney is elected leader of the Scottish National Party^[48]
	ICM	The Scotsman	1,000	36%	27%	22%	13%	–	9%
	System Three	The Herald	1,027	45%	28%	15%	9%	–	17%
	System Three	The Herald	951	46%	26%	15%	9%	–	20%
	System Three	The Herald	1,015	39%	31%	17%	11%	–	8%
	System Three	The Herald	968	48%	24%	14%	10%	–	24%
	System Three	The Herald	999	44%	26%	17%	9%	–	18%
	System Three	The Herald	991	40%	29%	16%	11%	–	11%
	System Three	The Herald	1,030	45%	27%	15%	10%	–	18%
	System Three	The Herald	1,008	49%	24%	14%	11%	–	25%
	System Three	The Herald	978	50%	27%	12%	9%	–	23%
	Hamilton South by-election
	Local elections held and Scottish Parliament election^[49]
	Paisley South by-election
	Scottish devolution referendum
	1997 general election^[50]		–	45.6%	22.1%	17.5%	13%	N/A	23.5%

Wales

Data from BBC News^[51]

Date(s) conducted	Pollster	Client	Sample size	Lab	Con	Lib Dem	PC	Lead
				data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"			data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" style="background:;"
	2001 general election		–	48.6%	21%	13.8%	14.3%	27.6%
	NOP	Harlech Television	1,003	52%	22%	10%	14%	30%
	NOP	Harlech Television	1,000	45%	25%	13%	15%	20%
	NOP	Harlech Television	1,000	51%	25%	9%	13%	26%
	Beaufort	BBC Wales	1,000	50%	20%	12%	16%	30%
	Rhodri Morgan is elected leader of Welsh Labour and as First Secretary^[52]
	Ceredigion by-election
	NOP	Harlech Television	1,002	56%	21%	8%	13%	35%
	Local elections held and Welsh Assembly election^[53]
	Alun Michael is elected leader of Welsh Labour^[54]
	Beaufort	BBC Wales	1,015	54%	20%	9%	16%	34%
	NOP	Harlech Television	?	58%	20%	9%	12%	38%
	Beaufort	BBC Wales	1,002	62%	15%	8%	14%	47%
	Ron Davies is elected leader of Welsh Labour^[55]
	NOP	Harlech Television	1,500	58%	11%	8%	21%	37%
	Beaufort	BBC Wales	1,000	62%	16%	8%	13%	46%
	Welsh devolution referendum
	1997 general election		–	54.7%	19.6%	12.3%	9.9%	35.1%

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