Strength of Support for Preferred Political Party

Published:10 March 2005

Fieldwork:1992 - 2005

Theme:Politicians & Parties

Sub-Theme:Other Political Trends

Keywords:1992 British general election, 1997 British general election, 2001 British general election, 2005 British general election, Political engagement, Political parties

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All giving a voting intention

Q How strongly do you support the …party? Do you support them very strongly, fairly strongly, not very strongly or not strongly at all?

	Very strongly	Fairly strongly	Not very strongly	Not at all strongly	Don't know	Strongly	Not strongly
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
11-12 Mar 1992	33	43	18	4	1	76	22
16 Mar 1992	31	44	18	6	1	75	24
1 Apr 1997	25	45	22	7	2	70	29
8 Apr 1997	23	49	23	4	1	72	27
15 Apr 1997	28	46	20	5	1	74	25
22 Apr 1997	31	44	19	4	2	75	23
8 May 2001	21	51	23	4	*	72	27
15 May 2001	23	49	24	4	1	72	28
22 May 2001	23	49	23	5	1	72	28
29 May 2001	20	50	23	7	*	70	30
10-14 Sep 2004	14	47	31	7	1	61	38
17-21 Feb 2005	16	52	26	5	1	68	31

Base: c. 750-1,500 GB adults aged 18+ and expressing a voting intention

Analysed by party support

Q (To all intending to vote Conservative) How strongly do you support the Conservative Party? Do you support them very strongly, fairly strongly, not very strongly or not strongly at all?

	Very strongly	Fairly strongly	Not very strongly	Not at all strongly	Don't know	Strongly	Not strongly
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
11-12 Mar 1992	31	47	17	4	*	78	21
16 Mar 1992	34	42	18	5	2	76	23
1 Apr 1997	21	41	28	9	1	62	37
8 Apr 1997	21	50	23	5	1	71	28
15 Apr 1997	26	44	21	8	1	72	29
22 Apr 1997	27	46	21	4	3	73	25
8 May 2001	18	55	21	6	1	73	27
15 May 2001	23	46	27	4	1	69	31
22 May 2001	25	44	25	6	0	69	31
29 May 2001	23	50	21	7	0	73	28

Q (To all intending to vote Labour) How strongly do you support the Labour Party? Do you support them very strongly, fairly strongly, not very strongly or not strongly at all?

	Very strongly	Fairly strongly	Not very strongly	Not at all strongly	Don't know	Strongly	Not strongly
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
11-12 Mar 1992	37	43	17	2	1	80	19
16 Mar 1992	35	43	15	6	1	78	21
1 Apr 1997	29	45	19	5	2	74	24
8 Apr 1997	27	47	22	4	0	74	26
15 Apr 1997	33	45	17	4	1	78	21
22 Apr 1997	37	43	15	4	1	80	19
8 May 2001	24	48	24	3	1	72	27
15 May 2001	25	51	20	4	1	76	24
22 May 2001	23	51	21	4	1	74	25
29 May 2001	23	50	22	5	*	73	27

Q (To all intending to vote Liberal Democrat) How strongly do you support the Liberal Democrat party? Do you support them very strongly, fairly strongly, not very strongly or not strongly at all?

	Very strongly	Fairly strongly	Not very strongly	Not at all strongly	Don't know	Strongly	Not strongly
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
11-12 Mar 1992	24	36	26	10	3	60	36
16 Mar 1992	11	52	26	10	1	63	36
1 Apr 1997	8	55	28	8	1	63	36
8 Apr 1997	14	55	24	6	1	69	32
15 Apr 1997	17	49	26	7	2	66	33
22 Apr 1997	17	46	29	7	1	63	36
8 May 2001	8	56	29	7	0	64	36
15 May 2001	11	45	33	9	1	56	42
22 May 2001	16	49	27	6	1	65	33
29 May 2001	11	47	30	12	1	58	42

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