GB Voting Intention (Week 43 2022)

In a new poll commissioned by GB News, we find a 31pt lead to Labour. The full tables are available here.

If there were to be a general election tomorrow, which party would you vote for?

Vote share (%)
Latest
Oct 26
Previous
Oct 20
Labour 51 53
Conservative 20 14
Lib Dem 9 11
Reform UK 7 5
SNP 5 5
Green 5 6
Other party 3 5
Plaid Cymru 1 0
Population sampled: All adults (18+) in Great Britain.
Sample sizes: 1185 (latest) and 1237 (previous).

To what extent, if at all, do you have a favourable or unfavourable opinion of Rishi Sunak?

Unweighted Weighted Very favourable Somewhat favourable Somewhat unfavourable Very unfavourable Don’t know Prefer not to say Total
Overall
National 1185 1185 6% 24% 19% 21% 21% 9% 100%
Gender
Female 621 613 5% 20% 19% 21% 24% 11% 100%
Male 564 572 8% 27% 20% 21% 17% 7% 100%
Age
18-24 118 125 3% 12% 17% 33% 18% 17% 100%
25-49 508 488 5% 18% 22% 22% 23% 11% 100%
50-64 304 291 7% 25% 19% 19% 22% 7% 100%
65+ 255 280 11% 36% 16% 17% 16% 4% 100%
SEG
AB 275 279 7% 26% 21% 18% 19% 10% 100%
C1 375 365 6% 23% 21% 25% 18% 7% 100%
C2 241 244 7% 24% 19% 19% 25% 7% 100%
DE 294 296 7% 22% 16% 21% 23% 12% 100%
Region
London 134 167 8% 23% 22% 24% 16% 7% 100%
Midlands/Wales 365 318 7% 21% 24% 20% 19% 9% 100%
North 303 322 7% 23% 15% 22% 21% 12% 100%
Rest of South 284 276 7% 26% 17% 17% 25% 8% 100%
Scotland 99 101 2% 27% 19% 26% 20% 5% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 348 350 12% 41% 14% 10% 18% 5% 100%
Labour Party 270 265 1% 13% 25% 40% 14% 7% 100%
Liberal Democrats 89 91 8% 32% 21% 15% 19% 5% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 453 452 8% 30% 18% 19% 19% 7% 100%
Remain 417 417 4% 23% 24% 26% 17% 6% 100%

Which of the following would be best to manage the British economy in the years ahead?

Unweighted Weighted A Conservative government with Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister A Labour government with Keir Starmer as Prime Minister Don’t know Prefer not to say Total
Overall
National 1185 1185 19% 32% 38% 12% 100%
Gender
Female 621 613 14% 33% 41% 12% 100%
Male 564 572 23% 31% 35% 11% 100%
Age
18-24 118 125 9% 41% 33% 17% 100%
25-49 508 488 10% 37% 41% 11% 100%
50-64 304 291 22% 28% 40% 10% 100%
65+ 255 280 34% 22% 33% 11% 100%
SEG
AB 275 279 20% 37% 33% 9% 100%
C1 375 365 17% 36% 37% 9% 100%
C2 241 244 23% 20% 44% 13% 100%
DE 294 296 15% 31% 39% 15% 100%
Region
London 134 167 21% 34% 34% 10% 100%
Midlands/Wales 365 318 18% 34% 36% 12% 100%
North 303 322 14% 33% 40% 13% 100%
Rest of South 284 276 24% 27% 39% 10% 100%
Scotland 99 101 14% 31% 42% 12% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 348 350 46% 9% 37% 9% 100%
Labour Party 270 265 2% 67% 21% 9% 100%
Liberal Democrats 89 91 14% 46% 38% 3% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 453 452 30% 18% 42% 10% 100%
Remain 417 417 11% 51% 30% 7% 100%

Which of the following would be best to manage immigration in the years ahead?

Unweighted Weighted A Conservative government with Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister A Labour government with Keir Starmer as Prime Minister Don’t know Prefer not to say Total
Overall
National 1185 1185 18% 29% 42% 11% 100%
Gender
Female 621 613 14% 30% 45% 11% 100%
Male 564 572 23% 29% 38% 10% 100%
Age
18-24 118 125 8% 39% 38% 15% 100%
25-49 508 488 13% 34% 41% 11% 100%
50-64 304 291 18% 24% 47% 10% 100%
65+ 255 280 30% 22% 40% 8% 100%
SEG
AB 275 279 21% 36% 35% 9% 100%
C1 375 365 17% 35% 39% 8% 100%
C2 241 244 20% 17% 51% 13% 100%
DE 294 296 15% 27% 44% 13% 100%
Region
London 134 167 19% 36% 39% 7% 100%
Midlands/Wales 365 318 19% 30% 39% 12% 100%
North 303 322 16% 30% 41% 13% 100%
Rest of South 284 276 20% 25% 45% 10% 100%
Scotland 99 101 14% 26% 51% 8% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 348 350 43% 6% 43% 8% 100%
Labour Party 270 265 4% 65% 23% 8% 100%
Liberal Democrats 89 91 14% 51% 33% 3% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 453 452 28% 15% 47% 10% 100%
Remain 417 417 13% 49% 32% 6% 100%

Please indicate if you agree or disagree with the following statement: “Conservative MPs have betrayed Conservative Party members and voters by appointing Rishi Sunak as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister”

Unweighted Weighted Completely agree Somewhat agree Neither agree nor disagree Somewhat disagree Completely disagree Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1185 1185 16% 11% 19% 9% 15% 9% 21% 100%
Gender
Female 621 613 13% 12% 18% 9% 11% 11% 26% 100%
Male 564 572 19% 10% 20% 9% 19% 7% 16% 100%
Age
18-24 118 125 20% 13% 17% 7% 9% 15% 20% 100%
25-49 508 488 12% 11% 20% 7% 12% 11% 27% 100%
50-64 304 291 18% 13% 17% 10% 17% 6% 20% 100%
65+ 255 280 20% 9% 21% 11% 21% 6% 13% 100%
SEG
AB 275 279 14% 12% 17% 12% 18% 11% 17% 100%
C1 375 365 16% 10% 24% 8% 16% 6% 20% 100%
C2 241 244 18% 12% 17% 10% 12% 8% 22% 100%
DE 294 296 16% 11% 17% 6% 13% 10% 27% 100%
Region
London 134 167 15% 13% 21% 10% 13% 8% 21% 100%
Midlands/Wales 365 318 16% 13% 20% 8% 16% 8% 19% 100%
North 303 322 15% 9% 21% 9% 11% 11% 23% 100%
Rest of South 284 276 14% 11% 16% 10% 18% 9% 22% 100%
Scotland 99 101 24% 11% 15% 5% 17% 6% 22% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 348 350 13% 12% 20% 13% 25% 5% 13% 100%
Labour Party 270 265 22% 11% 23% 8% 11% 7% 19% 100%
Liberal Democrats 89 91 13% 11% 19% 8% 22% 7% 20% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 453 452 19% 13% 19% 9% 18% 6% 17% 100%
Remain 417 417 15% 10% 21% 11% 17% 7% 19% 100%

Details

  • Client: GB News
  • Fieldwork Period: October 26, 2022
  • Sampling Method: Online
  • Population Sampled: All adults (18+) in Great Britain
  • Sample Size: 1,185
  • Data Collection: The data is acquired from a panel provider offering participants the chance to win money. The sampling relies on an online quota approach. Specifically, participants are sampled to meet Office of National Statistics quotas for gender, age, region, socio-economic group, vote in the 2019 general election, and vote in the 2016 Brexit referendum. No criteria are used to over- or undersample respondents. To ensure the polling is representative of the target population, we use official and reliable data sources to match the sample to demographic population targets.
  • Weighting: The sample has been weighted to be representative of the population on the following variables: gender, age, socio-economic group, region, vote in the 2019 General Elections and 2016 Brexit referendum vote.
  • Turnout Weighting for Voting Intention: To gauge the likelihood of a respondent voting in the General Elections, the poll used an 11-point scale to measure the certainty that the respondent would vote if there was an election tomorrow. The voting intention answers are then weighted by the likelihood to vote (by the numerical answer to the question divided by 10, e.g., a respondent providing a likelihood to vote of 8 out of 10 will have a weight of 0.8).
  • Margin of Error: All polls are subject to a wide range of potential sources of error. On the basis of the historical record of the polls at recent general elections, there is a 9 in 10 chance that the true value of a party’s support lies within 4 points of the estimates provided by this poll, and a 2 in 3 chance that they lie within 2 points.