GB Voting Intention (Week 8 2023)

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
Feb 22
Previous
Feb 15
Labour 46 48
Conservative 20 21
Reform UK 9 7
Green 8 8
Lib Dem 7 8
SNP 5 5
Other party 4 3
Plaid Cymru 2 1
Population sampled: All adults (18+) in Great Britain.
Sample sizes: 1192 (latest) and 1148 (previous).

To what extent, if at all, do you support the UK continuing to provide military aid to Ukraine?

Unweighted Weighted Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1192 1192 31% 35% 4% 4% 9% 16% 100%
Gender
Female 620 619 23% 35% 5% 4% 11% 22% 100%
Male 572 573 41% 35% 3% 5% 7% 9% 100%
Age
18-24 103 126 22% 31% 5% 2% 17% 23% 100%
25-49 518 491 23% 37% 5% 6% 8% 21% 100%
50-64 299 293 30% 39% 5% 5% 9% 13% 100%
65+ 272 282 52% 29% 2% 2% 6% 8% 100%
SEG
AB 284 291 38% 31% 4% 5% 9% 12% 100%
C1 367 363 35% 37% 5% 3% 6% 14% 100%
C2 246 245 31% 36% 3% 4% 11% 16% 100%
DE 295 293 21% 36% 5% 5% 10% 22% 100%
Region
London 133 168 40% 25% 8% 6% 8% 14% 100%
Midlands/Wales 374 320 31% 38% 3% 4% 9% 15% 100%
North 302 324 30% 35% 4% 4% 10% 16% 100%
Rest of South 286 277 29% 37% 3% 4% 8% 18% 100%
Scotland 97 102 29% 34% 5% 5% 9% 17% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 344 341 44% 33% 4% 3% 7% 10% 100%
Labour Party 276 271 31% 36% 5% 5% 8% 15% 100%
Liberal Democrats 94 94 41% 46% 4% 4% 1% 3% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 441 437 39% 34% 6% 6% 6% 9% 100%
Remain 437 439 36% 41% 3% 3% 5% 12% 100%

Which of the following politicians do you trust to manage the ongoing Brexit negotiations regarding Northern Ireland?

Unweighted Weighted Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer None of the above Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1192 1192 12% 16% 36% 10% 26% 100%
Gender
Female 620 619 8% 15% 35% 12% 31% 100%
Male 572 573 17% 17% 37% 8% 22% 100%
Age
18-24 103 126 5% 14% 37% 15% 28% 100%
25-49 518 491 9% 17% 39% 9% 26% 100%
50-64 299 293 12% 17% 35% 12% 24% 100%
65+ 272 282 23% 12% 31% 6% 28% 100%
SEG
AB 284 291 15% 18% 34% 10% 23% 100%
C1 367 363 11% 19% 35% 8% 27% 100%
C2 246 245 12% 14% 37% 12% 25% 100%
DE 295 293 11% 12% 37% 9% 31% 100%
Region
London 133 168 11% 25% 35% 6% 23% 100%
Midlands/Wales 374 320 14% 14% 32% 10% 30% 100%
North 302 324 15% 14% 36% 11% 25% 100%
Rest of South 286 277 11% 15% 37% 10% 26% 100%
Scotland 97 102 5% 14% 46% 10% 25% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 344 341 29% 4% 31% 7% 29% 100%
Labour Party 276 271 2% 39% 29% 10% 20% 100%
Liberal Democrats 94 94 12% 28% 34% 2% 24% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 441 437 21% 9% 38% 8% 24% 100%
Remain 437 439 9% 28% 34% 6% 23% 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 1192 1192 18% 32% 12% 38% 100%
Gender
Female 620 619 12% 33% 12% 42% 100%
Male 572 573 24% 31% 11% 34% 100%
Age
18-24 103 126 9% 34% 16% 41% 100%
25-49 518 491 10% 40% 11% 39% 100%
50-64 299 293 18% 28% 12% 42% 100%
65+ 272 282 35% 22% 10% 32% 100%
SEG
AB 284 291 22% 37% 13% 29% 100%
C1 367 363 18% 39% 11% 32% 100%
C2 246 245 12% 27% 13% 49% 100%
DE 295 293 19% 24% 11% 46% 100%
Region
London 133 168 19% 40% 9% 32% 100%
Midlands/Wales 374 320 19% 27% 12% 42% 100%
North 302 324 19% 32% 14% 34% 100%
Rest of South 286 277 19% 32% 10% 39% 100%
Scotland 97 102 8% 34% 14% 44% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 344 341 45% 8% 9% 38% 100%
Labour Party 276 271 1% 69% 9% 21% 100%
Liberal Democrats 94 94 13% 50% 7% 30% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 441 437 31% 17% 11% 41% 100%
Remain 437 439 12% 53% 8% 27% 100%

The rate of corporation tax will rise from 19% to 25% from 1 April. To what extent, if at all, do you support this?

Unweighted Weighted Strongly support Tend to support Tend to oppose Strongly oppose Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1192 1192 18% 20% 8% 12% 8% 33% 100%
Gender
Female 620 619 14% 16% 6% 12% 9% 43% 100%
Male 572 573 23% 25% 10% 13% 7% 23% 100%
Age
18-24 103 126 18% 15% 4% 11% 14% 38% 100%
25-49 518 491 19% 18% 8% 11% 8% 35% 100%
50-64 299 293 19% 20% 7% 11% 9% 34% 100%
65+ 272 282 16% 26% 9% 16% 5% 27% 100%
SEG
AB 284 291 25% 23% 9% 11% 8% 24% 100%
C1 367 363 18% 24% 9% 11% 5% 32% 100%
C2 246 245 15% 19% 6% 14% 11% 35% 100%
DE 295 293 15% 13% 7% 13% 9% 42% 100%
Region
London 133 168 15% 25% 11% 14% 7% 28% 100%
Midlands/Wales 374 320 19% 16% 9% 12% 8% 35% 100%
North 302 324 19% 20% 6% 15% 9% 30% 100%
Rest of South 286 277 15% 23% 7% 10% 6% 38% 100%
Scotland 97 102 27% 16% 4% 10% 10% 34% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 344 341 13% 23% 10% 19% 6% 30% 100%
Labour Party 276 271 27% 27% 6% 7% 7% 27% 100%
Liberal Democrats 94 94 21% 34% 14% 6% 1% 24% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 441 437 15% 21% 10% 18% 7% 30% 100%
Remain 437 439 27% 26% 8% 8% 4% 27% 100%

Details

  • Client: GB News
  • Fieldwork Period: February 22, 2023
  • Sampling Method: Online
  • Population Sampled: All adults (18+) in Great Britain
  • Sample Size: 1,192
  • 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.