Best Party On Key Issues - Law and Order

Wednesday 09 April 2008

Q I am going to read out a list of problems facing Britain today. I would like you to tell me whether you think the Conservative party, the Labour party or the Liberal Democrats has the best policies on each problem.

Crime / Law and Order

 ConLabLib DemNone / Don't knowLab Lead
Base: All mentioning issue as important%%%%%
21-24 July 1995 25 33 4 38 +8
22-25 March 1996 31 34 7 27 +3
23-28 July 1996 32 28 4 36 -4
21-24 February 1997 33 32 6 29 -1
08 April 1997 32 30 6 32 -2
21-24 May 1998 22 41 5 31 +19
23-26 July 1999 28 33 6 31 +5
20-25 January 2000 26 33 5 34 +7
20-24 July 2000 38 24 5 32 -14
15-20 February 2001 32 32 4 31 0
11-16 September 2003 31 22 7 39 -9
10 - 14 September 2004 35 22 6 34 -13
17-21 February 2005 40 22 6 31 -18
7-11 April 2005* 38 26 5 29 -12
31 Aug - 6 September 2006** 28 21 10 +40 -7
 
Change Apr 05 - Sept 06 -10 -5 5 11 +5

* Asked to half sample

** This was asked as Crime / Anti-Social Behaviour

 ConLabLib DemNone / Don't knowLab Lead
Base: All%%%%%
25-26 Oct 1977 40 24 2 33 -16
Apr 1978 41 21 2 31 -20
4-6 Apr 1979 49 19 2 30 -30
17-19 Apr 1979 52 22 2 24 -30
24-26 Apr 1979 54 22 3 21 -32
4-6 May 1979 58 19 3 20 -39
10-17 Apr 1980 53 19 2 26 -34
Apr 1981 32 18 2 45 -14
Aug 1982 45 14 6 35 -31
21-25 Apr 1983 47 14 8 32 -33
17-18 May 1983 50 16 8 26 -34
24-25 May 1983 49 18 9 24 -31
1-3 Jun 1983 50 19 11 20 -31
Jun 1983 41 17 11 29 -24
28 Oct 1985 45 19 9 27 -26
3-4 Nov 1986 47 21 7 25 -26
12-14 May 1987 45 18 11 26 -27
20-21 May 1987 42 22 12 23 -20
27-28 May 1987 43 25 15 17 -18
3-4 Jun 1987 43 25 15 17 -18
Sept 1987 50 14 4 32 -36
Mar 1988 50 15 4 31 -35
21-24 Jun 1991 42 17 6 35 -25
20-24 Sep 1991 37 24 8 29 -13
18-21 Oct 1991 36 23 5 36 -13
17-21 Jan 1992 39 19 6 35 -20
11-12 Mar 1992 40 24 6 30 -16
16 Mar 1992 40 24 5 31 -16
23 Mar 1992 36 22 7 34 -14
30 Mar 1992 40 26 8 26 -14
15-20 Sept 1993 23 21 11 45 -2
19-23 May 1994 26 31 11 31 +5
15-19 Sept 1994 15 25 5 53 +10
21-24 Jul 1995 23 29 4 42 +6
22-25 Mar 1996 28 30 6 35 +2
23-28 Jul 1996 29 25 5 41 -4
21-24 Feb 1997 30 28 5 35 -2
8 April 1997 28 29 5 36 +1
21-24 May 1998 18 37 4 41 +19
23-26 July 1999 22 34 6 36 +12
20-25 January 2000 22 31 5 40 +9
20-24 July 2000 31 25 5 38 -6
15-20 February 2001 26 30 5 38 +4
21-26 February 2002 24 31 8 37 +7
11-16 September 2003 25 23 7 44 -2
10 - 14 September 2004 25 22 6 44 -3
17-21 February 2005 40 22 6 22 -18
31 August - 6 September 2006 25 21 8 45 -4
20-26 September 2007 27 19 5 48 -8
15-17 August 2008 38 19 8 30 -19
Change Sept 07 Aug 2008 11 0 3 -18 -11