April 10, 2015
The candidate total: what we already know
Nominations closed yesterday for the general election. The full list of candidates will take a little while to become publicly known, but it’s safe to say a record number of…
Month: April 2015
April 09, 2015
One thing missing from the campaign so far
We’ve had the battlebuses, the party political broadcasts, even the photo opportunities with cuddly animals. But we’ve now had well over a week of electioneering and I’ve yet to hear…
April 08, 2015
How the poll of polls has changed
I’ve now been running a poll of polls on the blog for over a month, based on a seven-day rolling average of all the latest nationwide polls. Here’s how the ratings…
April 07, 2015
One month to go
Time for my latest prediction of the election result – and it’s almost a dead heat: Here’s how that breaks down by party:
April 06, 2015
Declaration times: a first look
The Press Association has published its list of estimated declaration times for the general election. It’s only an approximate timetable, and in some cases the timings from 2010 have been…
April 05, 2015
The poll trends are shifting, but there’s still no surging
Here’s a line graph showing the results of every nationwide poll that has been published since the beginning of last month: The performance of the two main parties is clear. They…
April 04, 2015
Leaders’ campaign visits: the totals so far
The election campaign is a week old. How are the main party leaders getting on in notching up those all-important visits to key constituencies and marginal seats? First, the prime…
April 03, 2015
Latest by-election results: two polls, two surprises
Just a couple of council by-elections this week. One of them, which took place on Wednesday instead of the traditional Thursday, saw the Liberal Democrats gain a seat from the…
April 02, 2015
Is support for the two main parties back on the rise?
Just before Christmas I wrote of how support for Labour and the Tories had reached an all-time low, with their combined share in opinion polls averaging around 64%. I added…
April 01, 2015
March poll round-up: Labour avoids crossover by a whisker
Having been marginally behind the Conservatives halfway through the month, Labour managed to end March back in front. But only just: The gap is too narrow to see on the…
