GB Voting Intention (Week 46 2022)

In a new poll commissioned by GB News, we find a 26pt lead to Labour. The full tables are available here.

Selected media coverage

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

Vote share (%)
Latest
Nov 18
Previous
Nov 9
Labour 47 42
Conservative 21 21
Lib Dem 10 9
Green 7 9
Reform UK 6 8
SNP 4 5
Other party 4 4
Plaid Cymru 1 2
Population sampled: All adults (18+) in Great Britain.
Sample sizes: 1331 (latest) and 1198 (previous).

In its Autumn Statement, the government has introduced significant spending cuts and tax rises. The threshold at which people pay the highest rate of tax (45%) has been reduced from £150,000 to £125,140. To what extent, if at all, do you support or oppose this plan?

Unweighted Weighted Strongly support Support Neither oppose nor support Oppose Strongly oppose Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1331 1331 24% 26% 13% 6% 7% 8% 16% 100%
Gender
Female 687 684 19% 23% 15% 6% 7% 9% 20% 100%
Male 644 647 29% 29% 11% 6% 7% 7% 11% 100%
Age
18-24 113 141 17% 19% 9% 4% 10% 19% 23% 100%
25-49 581 549 23% 25% 12% 5% 9% 8% 18% 100%
50-64 344 327 26% 29% 15% 8% 5% 7% 11% 100%
65+ 293 315 27% 29% 17% 5% 4% 5% 14% 100%
SEG
AB 312 317 30% 26% 11% 7% 7% 7% 12% 100%
C1 410 399 28% 31% 12% 5% 6% 7% 12% 100%
C2 276 279 17% 24% 17% 7% 8% 9% 18% 100%
DE 333 336 20% 23% 15% 4% 6% 9% 23% 100%
Region
London 154 188 23% 30% 15% 9% 4% 5% 13% 100%
Midlands/Wales 416 358 25% 24% 15% 5% 7% 8% 16% 100%
North 335 362 21% 31% 13% 5% 6% 10% 14% 100%
Rest of South 315 310 26% 20% 13% 4% 9% 8% 19% 100%
Scotland 111 114 23% 27% 9% 7% 7% 9% 17% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 387 382 30% 31% 15% 6% 4% 5% 11% 100%
Labour Party 298 295 29% 28% 12% 6% 7% 6% 12% 100%
Liberal Democrats 102 100 30% 37% 9% 7% 7% 2% 8% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 493 490 28% 27% 15% 6% 5% 6% 13% 100%
Remain 476 469 27% 31% 12% 7% 8% 5% 9% 100%

As part of the Autumn Statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that more than 600,000 people on Universal Credit will have to meet with a work coach to help them get back to work. To what extent, if at all, do you support or oppose this plan?

Unweighted Weighted Strongly support Support Neither oppose nor support Oppose Strongly oppose Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1331 1331 31% 26% 14% 7% 5% 7% 11% 100%
Gender
Female 687 684 28% 28% 13% 5% 5% 8% 14% 100%
Male 644 647 34% 24% 15% 8% 5% 6% 7% 100%
Age
18-24 113 141 19% 25% 10% 4% 3% 16% 22% 100%
25-49 581 549 29% 22% 14% 8% 7% 8% 12% 100%
50-64 344 327 30% 30% 14% 9% 6% 6% 5% 100%
65+ 293 315 39% 29% 15% 4% 2% 3% 8% 100%
SEG
AB 312 317 36% 27% 12% 7% 5% 5% 9% 100%
C1 410 399 32% 28% 17% 7% 4% 6% 6% 100%
C2 276 279 29% 27% 14% 6% 6% 8% 11% 100%
DE 333 336 26% 21% 14% 7% 7% 9% 17% 100%
Region
London 154 188 30% 29% 15% 7% 5% 5% 9% 100%
Midlands/Wales 416 358 32% 26% 15% 6% 4% 6% 11% 100%
North 335 362 31% 24% 13% 7% 7% 8% 10% 100%
Rest of South 315 310 31% 26% 15% 6% 4% 7% 11% 100%
Scotland 111 114 26% 27% 11% 10% 4% 11% 11% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 387 382 54% 24% 8% 2% 2% 4% 7% 100%
Labour Party 298 295 17% 27% 20% 14% 10% 5% 8% 100%
Liberal Democrats 102 100 33% 32% 19% 9% 1% 6% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 493 490 43% 26% 12% 4% 3% 5% 7% 100%
Remain 476 469 25% 29% 18% 10% 6% 5% 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 Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1331 1331 17% 30% 12% 42% 100%
Gender
Female 687 684 13% 27% 12% 47% 100%
Male 644 647 20% 33% 11% 36% 100%
Age
18-24 113 141 9% 35% 16% 39% 100%
25-49 581 549 9% 34% 12% 46% 100%
50-64 344 327 18% 27% 12% 43% 100%
65+ 293 315 32% 23% 9% 36% 100%
SEG
AB 312 317 18% 33% 10% 39% 100%
C1 410 399 18% 32% 10% 40% 100%
C2 276 279 15% 24% 15% 47% 100%
DE 333 336 15% 30% 12% 43% 100%
Region
London 154 188 22% 37% 8% 32% 100%
Midlands/Wales 416 358 16% 26% 11% 46% 100%
North 335 362 14% 32% 15% 39% 100%
Rest of South 315 310 18% 25% 10% 47% 100%
Scotland 111 114 13% 37% 12% 39% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 387 382 43% 8% 9% 39% 100%
Labour Party 298 295 2% 68% 7% 23% 100%
Liberal Democrats 102 100 10% 44% 4% 42% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 493 490 29% 19% 10% 42% 100%
Remain 476 469 11% 48% 8% 33% 100%

Who do you blame the most for the current economic turmoil in the UK?

Unweighted Weighted Global events such as the war in Ukraine Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government Liz Truss’s Conservative government Previous Labour governments The legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic Energy companies None of the above Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1331 1331 21% 6% 21% 2% 14% 9% 6% 8% 14% 100%
Gender
Female 687 684 15% 5% 19% 2% 16% 9% 6% 9% 19% 100%
Male 644 647 26% 6% 24% 2% 12% 8% 7% 6% 8% 100%
Age
18-24 113 141 10% 7% 25% 2% 10% 8% 4% 15% 19% 100%
25-49 581 549 13% 6% 21% 2% 14% 8% 9% 9% 17% 100%
50-64 344 327 23% 6% 21% 3% 15% 10% 4% 6% 11% 100%
65+ 293 315 35% 5% 20% 2% 13% 8% 4% 5% 8% 100%
SEG
AB 312 317 24% 5% 28% 2% 13% 5% 7% 7% 9% 100%
C1 410 399 21% 6% 23% 2% 17% 7% 5% 7% 12% 100%
C2 276 279 19% 6% 17% 3% 14% 13% 6% 9% 13% 100%
DE 333 336 19% 6% 17% 3% 11% 10% 6% 7% 21% 100%
Region
London 154 188 16% 5% 28% 6% 15% 8% 6% 6% 12% 100%
Midlands/Wales 416 358 24% 4% 19% 2% 16% 8% 8% 8% 12% 100%
North 335 362 19% 6% 22% 2% 12% 10% 6% 8% 15% 100%
Rest of South 315 310 23% 6% 19% 2% 14% 8% 5% 9% 15% 100%
Scotland 111 114 16% 10% 25% 1% 13% 8% 6% 6% 15% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 387 382 36% 3% 9% 5% 22% 10% 3% 4% 8% 100%
Labour Party 298 295 11% 10% 44% 0% 8% 7% 7% 4% 9% 100%
Liberal Democrats 102 100 21% 4% 37% 1% 10% 2% 10% 3% 12% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 493 490 29% 4% 13% 4% 17% 12% 5% 6% 11% 100%
Remain 476 469 17% 8% 35% 1% 12% 5% 8% 5% 9% 100%

Details

  • Client: GB News
  • Fieldwork Period: November 18, 2022
  • Sampling Method: Online
  • Population Sampled: All adults (18+) in Great Britain
  • Sample Size: 1,331
  • 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.