Opinion polling for the 1950 United Kingdom general election

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Opinion polls

In the run-up to the 1950 general election, various organisations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention. Results of such polls are displayed in this article.

The date range for these opinion polls are from the 1945 general election until the general election.

UK opinion polling for the election
  Conservative
  Labour
  Liberal

Polling results

All data is from PollBase[1]

1950

Date(s)
conducted/
published 		Pollster Client Lab Con Lib Lead
23 Feb 1950 general election[2] 46.1% 43.4% 9.1% 2.7%
17–23 Feb Daily Express 44% 45% 10% 1%
17–22 Feb Gallup News Chronicle 45% 43.5% 10.5% 1.5%
5–15 Feb Daily Mail News Chronicle 42.5% 45.5% 12% 3%
20 Feb Daily Express 44.5% 46% 9% 1.5%
17 Feb Gallup News Chronicle 45% 42.5% 12% 2.5%
13 Feb Daily Express 45% 45% 9.5% Tie
10 Feb Gallup News Chronicle 44.5% 43% 12% 1.5%
6 Feb Daily Express 44% 45% 10% 1%
30 Jan Daily Express 42.5% 47.5% 8.5% 5%
30 Jan Gallup News Chronicle 45.5% 44% 10% 1.5%
23 Jan Daily Express 42% 48% 9% 6%
20 Jan Gallup News Chronicle 41.5% 44% 12.5% 2.5%

1949

Date
Published 		Pollster Client Lab Con Lib Lead
Dec Gallup News Chronicle 41% 45% 12.5% 4%
Nov Gallup News Chronicle 38% 48% 11% 10%
Nov Gallup News Chronicle 40% 43.5% 14% 3.5%
Nov 1950 General Election book 39% 50% 8% 11%
Oct Gallup News Chronicle 39.5% 45.5% 12.5% 6%
Sep Gallup News Chronicle 40% 46% 12% 6%
Aug Gallup News Chronicle 40.5% 46.5% 11.5% 6%
Jul Gallup News Chronicle 40.5% 44.5% 12.5% 4%
Jun Gallup News Chronicle 41.5% 46% 10% 5.5%
May Gallup News Chronicle 40% 46% 11% 6%
Apr Gallup News Chronicle 43.5% 42% 13% 1.5%
Mar Gallup News Chronicle 43% 41.5% 13% 1%
Feb Gallup News Chronicle 43.5% 44.5% 9.5% 1%
Jan Gallup News Chronicle 40.5% 44% 13% 3.5%

1948

Date
Published 		Pollster Client Lab Con Lib Lead
Nov Gallup News Chronicle 43% 46% 8.5% 3%
Oct Gallup News Chronicle 41.5% 46.5% 9.5% 5%
Sep Gallup News Chronicle 41.5% 47.5% 10% 6%
Aug Gallup News Chronicle 41% 48% 8.5% 7%
Jul Gallup News Chronicle 39.5% 48% 9% 8.5%
May Gallup News Chronicle 41.5% 45% 11% 3.5%
Apr Gallup News Chronicle 41% 42.5% 10.5% 1.5%
Mar Gallup News Chronicle 43% 46% 8.5% 3%
Feb Gallup News Chronicle 42% 46% 8.5% 4%
Jan Gallup News Chronicle 43.5% 44.5% 10.5% 1%

1947

Date
Published 		Pollster Client Lab Con Lib Lead
Nov Gallup News Chronicle 45% 45% 12% Tie
Sep Gallup News Chronicle 39.5% 44.5% 11.5% 5%
Aug Gallup News Chronicle 41% 44.5% 11% 3.5%
Jul Gallup News Chronicle 42.5% 42.5% 12.5% Tie
June Gallup News Chronicle 42.5% 42.5% 12.5% Tie
Mar Gallup News Chronicle 43.5% 43.5% 10.5% Tie
Jan Gallup News Chronicle 44.5% 41% 12% 3.5%

1946

Date
Published 		Pollster Client Lab Con Lib Lead
May Gallup News Chronicle 43.5% 40% 13% 3.5%
Jan Gallup News Chronicle 52.5% 32% 11% 20.5%
July 1945 1945 general election[2] 48.0% 39.6% 9% 8.4%

References

  1. ^ "PollBase: British voting intention opinion polls since 1943". Mark Pack. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b Audickas, Lukas; Cracknell, Richard; Loft, Philip (2020). UK Election Statistics: 1918-2019: A Century of Elections (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 12.