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”
Leon Wolfeson
Opinion? No, the effect of austerity is well documented.
Leon Wolfeson
Of course they *could*
And the chance they’ll do that, if they have a fragile majority is…mm…let’s be polite and say slim.
Leon Wolfeson
I don’t give a flying fish who’s in the leader’s seat.
I care about policy.
They haven’t delivered on policy.
Cole
Nonsense. The challenge since 2008 is how do to deal with the crisis. Gordon Brown actually handled it pretty well; the coalition have not.
Cole
I probably agree. But the Tories have clearly made things much worse since 2010, using the crisis to shrink the state and privatise what’s left – for ideological reasons and to benefit their donors.