Most people see healthcare as more important than the economy when voting
For the first time since September 2011, the Conservatives have moved ahead of Labour in the monthly telephone survey conducted by ComRes for The Independent.
The Tories have moved up two points since last month and are now on 31 per cent, while Labour have moved down two points to 30 per cent. UKIP have moved up one point to 17 per cent, the Lib Dems down four points to eight per cent and the Greens up two points to seven per cent.
According to ComRes, three in five of the people surveyed (59 per cent) say that the parties’ policies on healthcare and the NHS will determine their vote more than their policies on the economy.
Only one in three (34 per cent) say that economic policies will be more important than health ones.
On NHS funding, people trust David Cameron about the same amount as Ed Miliband, with 29 per cent saying they trust Cameron to ensure the NHS has enough money and 28 per cent saying the same of the Labour leader.
ComRes interviewed 1,001 British adults between 23 and 25 January 205, weighting the data to ensure it was demographically representative.
45 Responses to “Conservatives polling ahead of Labour for the first time since 2011”
AlanGiles
The problem for Labour is a lack of credibility both in it’s leader and would-be Chancellor. Yesterday Miliband announced he wanted to reduce university fees by £300 – great – but where it the money coming from?. He also wants more GPs and longer care visits – fewer and fewer medical students wish to go into general practice and again where is the money going to come from?. They will keep Trident, so no extra money in that direction. What WILL they cut,if they intend to reduce the deficit and go into surplus?. It all sounds like panic stations frankly.
Kathryn
Osbourne has borrowed more in 4 years than the labour party borrowed in 13. That’s appalling, even accounting for interest rates, etc.
The real problem is how the eff are Labour not spinning this better?
treborc1
The eff in labour are fifteen people the right in labour and Progress are much more, so really the fact is labour are now a right wing party not a left and with Miliband we have one of the weakest leaders . The poor bloke even attacked the Unions when he needed every penny to run his election talk about useless.
madasafish
Labour are not spinning it better because they officially planned to borrow more. They have zero economic credibility .
And in case you did not notice we have had the worst recession in the UK since 1929..
Cole
Which can hardly be blamed on Labour as the rest of the developed world had a recession too. Of course the Conservatives backed the overall Labour spending levels before 2008, which they conveniently firget.