The Week in Polls

How Keir Starmer's polling encourages both change and paralysis

Welcome to the 198th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which this week takes a look at how Keir Starmer’s polling compares with that for the Labour…

Feb 8

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The latest Scottish and Welsh election polling

Welcome to the 197th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), and a particularly warm hello to a double wave of new readers driven by last week’s edition…

Feb 1

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January 2026

Andy Burnham vs Keir Starmer: how their polling compares

Welcome to the 196th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which takes a look at how the polling for Prime Minister Keir Starmer compares with that of…

Jan 25

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Is the fall in Reform's poll ratings a mirage?

Welcome to the 195th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which dives into the data to see if it is true that the apparent fall in Reform’s support in…

Jan 18

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In which I fail to debunk a polling story

Welcome to the 195th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which took an unexpected twist while it was being written as it turned out that the details of…

Jan 11

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What council by-elections tell us about the changing political system

Welcome to the 194th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which takes a look at trends from the last half-year of council by-elections.

Jan 4

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December 2025

What to look out for in 2026

Welcome to the 193rd edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), the final edition of 2025 and so a good time to take a look at what to watch out for in the…

Dec 28, 2025

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Do the Lib Dems win more seats by winning more votes?

Welcome to the 192nd edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which takes a look at the relationship between seats and votes for the Liberal Democrats.

Dec 21, 2025

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Has Reform hit a ceiling, or could its support go higher?

Welcome to the 191st edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which takes a swerve from my previous piece about how Reform’s vote is slipping in the polls…

Dec 14, 2025

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What people think of their area

Welcome to the 190th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which dusts off some polling from the summer that is relevant to one of the government’s…

Dec 7, 2025

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November 2025

Reform is sliding backwards in the polls

Welcome to the 189th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which you might expect to be all about polling on the Budget.

Nov 30, 2025

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Questions for both The Times and Department of Health over resident doctors poll

Welcome to the 188th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which returns to the curious story about a poll of resident doctors that ran in The Times…

Nov 23, 2025

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