GB Voting Intention (Week 51 2022)

In a new poll commissioned by GB News, we find a 24pt 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
Dec 21
Previous
Dec 14
Labour 46 45
Conservative 22 24
Lib Dem 8 7
Reform UK 8 7
Green 6 6
SNP 5 5
Other party 3 4
Plaid Cymru 1 1
Population sampled: All adults (18+) in Great Britain.
Sample sizes: 1148 (latest) and 1151 (previous).

This week, the High Court concluded that it is lawful for the government to make arrangements for relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda and for their asylum claims to be determined in Rwanda rather than in the United Kingdom. To what extent, if at all, do you support the government to make arrangements for relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda rather than Britain?

Unweighted Weighted Strongly support Support Neither oppose nor support Oppose Strongly oppose Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1148 1148 27% 13% 12% 8% 21% 6% 12% 100%
Gender
Female 607 599 20% 12% 13% 9% 21% 8% 17% 100%
Male 541 549 35% 14% 11% 8% 21% 4% 6% 100%
Age
18-24 124 122 11% 6% 10% 15% 25% 16% 17% 100%
25-49 500 473 17% 9% 13% 9% 28% 7% 17% 100%
50-64 294 282 34% 17% 13% 9% 14% 6% 7% 100%
65+ 230 271 47% 19% 9% 3% 16% 1% 5% 100%
SEG
AB 281 278 18% 11% 10% 11% 34% 5% 12% 100%
C1 351 344 25% 15% 11% 10% 24% 6% 10% 100%
C2 230 239 39% 15% 16% 4% 7% 7% 12% 100%
DE 286 286 30% 12% 13% 6% 18% 7% 14% 100%
Region
London 134 162 20% 11% 11% 10% 32% 4% 12% 100%
Midlands/Wales 348 308 32% 13% 12% 8% 15% 7% 12% 100%
North 287 312 29% 17% 12% 9% 17% 6% 10% 100%
Rest of South 285 267 24% 13% 12% 6% 24% 6% 14% 100%
Scotland 94 98 26% 9% 10% 7% 30% 8% 10% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 338 337 52% 21% 12% 3% 3% 3% 6% 100%
Labour Party 270 248 10% 7% 11% 12% 48% 4% 8% 100%
Liberal Democrats 100 89 8% 14% 11% 14% 42% 1% 9% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 423 430 49% 17% 13% 4% 6% 4% 7% 100%
Remain 437 398 10% 10% 12% 13% 43% 3% 9% 100%

Please indicate if you agree or disagree with the following statement: “Nothing in Britain works anymore.”

Unweighted Weighted Completely agree Somewhat agree Neither agree nor disagree Somewhat disagree Completely disagree Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1148 1148 18% 39% 14% 14% 5% 5% 5% 100%
Gender
Female 607 599 18% 40% 13% 13% 3% 7% 6% 100%
Male 541 549 18% 38% 15% 15% 7% 4% 4% 100%
Age
18-24 124 122 16% 35% 13% 9% 2% 14% 10% 100%
25-49 500 473 17% 41% 12% 12% 3% 7% 8% 100%
50-64 294 282 19% 42% 13% 17% 4% 3% 2% 100%
65+ 230 271 20% 35% 17% 17% 8% 1% 1% 100%
SEG
AB 281 278 15% 41% 15% 16% 6% 4% 4% 100%
C1 351 344 18% 34% 14% 19% 5% 5% 4% 100%
C2 230 239 19% 39% 14% 10% 4% 7% 7% 100%
DE 286 286 19% 45% 12% 10% 3% 5% 6% 100%
Region
London 134 162 14% 40% 18% 16% 4% 2% 6% 100%
Midlands/Wales 348 308 19% 35% 15% 14% 6% 6% 5% 100%
North 287 312 18% 43% 11% 14% 4% 6% 4% 100%
Rest of South 285 267 18% 43% 12% 13% 4% 5% 5% 100%
Scotland 94 98 21% 31% 15% 15% 6% 6% 6% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 338 337 13% 37% 19% 18% 9% 2% 3% 100%
Labour Party 270 248 24% 43% 11% 14% 3% 2% 2% 100%
Liberal Democrats 100 89 11% 54% 10% 17% 3% 4% 1% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 423 430 19% 39% 16% 14% 5% 4% 3% 100%
Remain 437 398 18% 42% 12% 17% 5% 3% 3% 100%

Which of the following do you think would best manage the strikes as Prime Minister?

Unweighted Weighted Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer None of them Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1148 1148 14% 22% 40% 6% 18% 100%
Gender
Female 607 599 11% 20% 39% 7% 23% 100%
Male 541 549 16% 25% 41% 5% 13% 100%
Age
18-24 124 122 5% 31% 36% 13% 15% 100%
25-49 500 473 10% 24% 38% 7% 22% 100%
50-64 294 282 16% 20% 42% 5% 18% 100%
65+ 230 271 22% 20% 44% 2% 13% 100%
SEG
AB 281 278 13% 29% 36% 5% 17% 100%
C1 351 344 14% 23% 43% 5% 15% 100%
C2 230 239 17% 15% 40% 7% 20% 100%
DE 286 286 11% 21% 41% 6% 21% 100%
Region
London 134 162 14% 27% 38% 5% 16% 100%
Midlands/Wales 348 308 16% 19% 39% 6% 20% 100%
North 287 312 14% 23% 37% 6% 20% 100%
Rest of South 285 267 13% 25% 43% 5% 15% 100%
Scotland 94 98 7% 16% 51% 8% 19% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 338 337 35% 5% 43% 4% 13% 100%
Labour Party 270 248 2% 50% 32% 3% 14% 100%
Liberal Democrats 100 89 4% 35% 38% 5% 18% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 423 430 23% 14% 46% 3% 14% 100%
Remain 437 398 9% 36% 36% 5% 15% 100%

There have been three prime ministers in the United Kingdom in 2022. On the list below, who do you think have been the most and least competent Prime Minister? Most competent

Unweighted Weighted Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1148 1148 32% 3% 29% 11% 25% 100%
Gender
Female 607 599 29% 3% 28% 13% 27% 100%
Male 541 549 35% 3% 29% 9% 23% 100%
Age
18-24 124 122 24% 2% 32% 12% 30% 100%
25-49 500 473 24% 3% 27% 16% 30% 100%
50-64 294 282 36% 2% 28% 9% 26% 100%
65+ 230 271 45% 4% 31% 6% 14% 100%
SEG
AB 281 278 26% 4% 32% 10% 28% 100%
C1 351 344 30% 2% 32% 9% 28% 100%
C2 230 239 40% 4% 25% 15% 17% 100%
DE 286 286 33% 3% 25% 13% 26% 100%
Region
London 134 162 24% 3% 34% 9% 30% 100%
Midlands/Wales 348 308 34% 3% 28% 11% 24% 100%
North 287 312 33% 1% 31% 11% 22% 100%
Rest of South 285 267 36% 5% 23% 10% 26% 100%
Scotland 94 98 20% 4% 29% 21% 26% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 338 337 62% 4% 22% 3% 9% 100%
Labour Party 270 248 17% 2% 37% 12% 32% 100%
Liberal Democrats 100 89 10% 2% 45% 13% 30% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 423 430 53% 3% 21% 8% 16% 100%
Remain 437 398 16% 2% 38% 12% 32% 100%

There have been three prime ministers in the United Kingdom in 2022. On the list below, who do you think have been the most and least competent Prime Minister? Least competent

Unweighted Weighted Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1148 1148 14% 63% 6% 6% 11% 100%
Gender
Female 607 599 16% 61% 4% 6% 13% 100%
Male 541 549 12% 65% 8% 6% 9% 100%
Age
18-24 124 122 19% 50% 4% 13% 13% 100%
25-49 500 473 18% 55% 4% 7% 16% 100%
50-64 294 282 9% 70% 10% 7% 4% 100%
65+ 230 271 10% 74% 6% 1% 8% 100%
SEG
AB 281 278 18% 62% 6% 5% 10% 100%
C1 351 344 16% 65% 5% 5% 8% 100%
C2 230 239 12% 61% 7% 6% 14% 100%
DE 286 286 10% 63% 6% 9% 13% 100%
Region
London 134 162 16% 63% 8% 6% 7% 100%
Midlands/Wales 348 308 15% 62% 5% 8% 10% 100%
North 287 312 11% 66% 8% 5% 11% 100%
Rest of South 285 267 16% 62% 5% 5% 12% 100%
Scotland 94 98 14% 56% 7% 6% 17% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 338 337 4% 77% 10% 2% 7% 100%
Labour Party 270 248 25% 61% 3% 5% 6% 100%
Liberal Democrats 100 89 22% 69% 3% 2% 5% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 423 430 8% 70% 9% 4% 9% 100%
Remain 437 398 24% 63% 2% 4% 8% 100%

Details

  • Client: GB News
  • Fieldwork Period: December 21, 2022
  • Sampling Method: Online
  • Population Sampled: All adults (18+) in Great Britain
  • Sample Size: 1,148
  • 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.