Conservatives polling ahead of Labour for the first time since 2011

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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.

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45 Responses to “Conservatives polling ahead of Labour for the first time since 2011”

  1. robertcp

    Quite right. Politics is usually about choosing the least bad option rather than whining because perfection does not exist.

  2. ForeignRedTory

    Perhaps the time has come to put the NHS in a European perspective.
    http://www.healthpowerhouse.com/index.php?Itemid=55

    See the yellow on the left of the Map? That’s Britain – in the same league as Greece.

    Under the inspired leadership of David Cameron, the NHS now performs on par with Greece, Estonia, and Portugal – such a remarkable peformance, and I am sure that David will be PROUD to be in that position.

  3. Leon Wolfeson

    So people should endorse austerity and neoliberalism, and vote for attacking the poor still further? No.

    That’s called lacking morals.

  4. Guest

    “Well then it seems a lot of Labour supporters from left to right then must be Tory.”

    They are, in fact, in the place where the Tories were not so very long ago on policy.
    That’s why Labour are set at this trend to lose the election.

    Your blaming Labour leadership when the issue is Labour policy is an obvious ploy.

  5. Leon Wolfeson

    And your conclusion for action is?

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