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24/02/2009
Conservatives Hold Lead
The Tory Party has held it's 12-point lead over the government in the latest national opinion poll, it has been revealed.
Current support would give David Cameron's party a working majority in Parliament, if popular opinion was replicated at the ballot box.
Today's IMC report, published on the Guardian website, gives the Conservatives a 42% approval rating, compared to the Labour Party's 30%.
There has been no shift in popular support since last month, meaning the Tories have retained their 12-point lead.
The latest figures, however, are slightly better than earlier reports of a 20-point lag felt by Gordon Brown's party.
But the Prime Minister can take little solace in today's findings, which have suggested the government would receive greater support if he left office.
Around 63% of those surveyed said they would expect the government to yield better public empathy if it was to be headed up by a different leader.
Mr Brown only gained a 28% vote of confidence in the IMC report.
The Prime Minister must call an elected within the next 16 months.
He has seen a steady stream of ailing support since the 'Brown Bounce' of September last year, when he headed-off a potential Labour rebellion.
Since then the PM has had to tackle an historic financial fall-out, which resulted from the global slowdown, the so-called 'credit crunch' and ultimately the UK economic recession.
ICM interviewed 1,004 adults by telephone between February 20 and 22.
(PR/JM)
Current support would give David Cameron's party a working majority in Parliament, if popular opinion was replicated at the ballot box.
Today's IMC report, published on the Guardian website, gives the Conservatives a 42% approval rating, compared to the Labour Party's 30%.
There has been no shift in popular support since last month, meaning the Tories have retained their 12-point lead.
The latest figures, however, are slightly better than earlier reports of a 20-point lag felt by Gordon Brown's party.
But the Prime Minister can take little solace in today's findings, which have suggested the government would receive greater support if he left office.
Around 63% of those surveyed said they would expect the government to yield better public empathy if it was to be headed up by a different leader.
Mr Brown only gained a 28% vote of confidence in the IMC report.
The Prime Minister must call an elected within the next 16 months.
He has seen a steady stream of ailing support since the 'Brown Bounce' of September last year, when he headed-off a potential Labour rebellion.
Since then the PM has had to tackle an historic financial fall-out, which resulted from the global slowdown, the so-called 'credit crunch' and ultimately the UK economic recession.
ICM interviewed 1,004 adults by telephone between February 20 and 22.
(PR/JM)
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