Latest Forecast - 3rd September 2010

This is our first forecast of the new parliament and reflects opinion polls in the UK over the past month.

Please note – percentage changes are from 2010 GB results.

Summary

Party
%
Since 2010

Conservative
40.1%
+4.2%

Labour
36.7%
+7.0%

Lib Dem
14.1%
-8.5%

The main change since the General Election is the collapse in support for the Lib Dems. Whether this would continue at the present rate were another [...]

How did we do?

Here’s a quick summary as to how the major polling organisations did in predicting the share of the vote, compared with Forecast UK.

Actual
ICM
Populus
Harris
ComRes
Opinium
Forecast UK
YouGov
TNS
Angus Reid

Con
36.9
36
35
35
37
35
36.2
35
33
36

Lab
29.7
28
27
29
28
27
26.9
28
27
24

LDm
23.6
26
26
27
28
26
27.6
28
29
29

Error

5
5.2
6
6.2
7
7.5

8

12

12

In terms of forecasting the share of the vote, we came in the middle of the predictions of the main polling firms. Of course, everyone was surprised by the collapse [...]

Final Forecast - 6th May 2010

This is our final forecast for the General Election.

Final Update – 14:45 BST

Our forecast shows a hung parliament with the Conservatives as the largest party. The combined total of the Labour and Liberal Democrat seats is 304 and this is not enough to form an absolute majority.

Summary

Party
%
Since 2005

Conservative
36.2%
+3.0%

Labour
26.9%
-9.2%

Lib Dem
27.6%
+5.2%

Other Key Predictions

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Latest Forecast - 3rd May 2010

This is our penultimate forecast before the General Election proper. We will be providing a full forecast once the final opinion polls have been released, published either on Wednesday evening or Thursday morning.

This forecast assumes a General Election held tomorrow (Tuesday 4th May). For the first time in a fortnight we have the Liberal Democrats predicted [...]

Latest Forecast - 28th April

Since our last forecast the position in the polls has stabilised slightly. If an election was held tomorrow, we believe that the Liberal Democrats would still be in second position, but not with as large a lead over Labour as some recent opinion polls have indicated.

Unlike other organisations that simply apply a uniform swing to the [...]

Latest Forecast - 20th April 2010

A dramatic week in the polls has prompted us to release an interim forecast to reflect the current parties’ standings.

Unlike other organisations that simply apply a uniform swing to the poll results of the past few days, we have analysed the regional fluctuations, tactical voting possibilities and trends to give a far greater accurate picture of [...]

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Latest Forecast - 16th April 2010

Forecast UK Tracker

Our second forecast of the official campaign sees a hung parliament with the Conservatives as the largest party. Their lead over Labour has been slashed, but both parties are losing significant ground to the Liberal Democrats.

Please note – percentage changes have been adapted to reflect 2005 GB results, and not 2005 UK results [...]

Daily Poll Tracker

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Date
Con
Lab
LDm

18th April
34.5
28.8
25.3

19th April
33.5
27.4
27.7

20th April
32.5
26.1
30.1

21st April
32.2
25.3
31.4

22nd April
32.3
25.6
31.0

23rd April
32.6
26.0
30.4

24th April
33.0
26.1
30.3

25th April
34.0
26.6
29.1

26th April
33.9
26.8
29.5

27th April
33.6
26.8
29.1

28th April
34.0
27.2
28.7

29th April
34.1
26.5
29.0

30th April
33.9
25.7
29.0

1st May
34.0
25.7
29.3

2nd May
35.1
25.7
28.8

3rd May
34.7
25.8
28.5

4th May
34.2
26.7
28.2

5th May
34.9
27.4
26.7

Please note – the tracker may change through the day as we receive updated [...]

Introducing the Daily Poll Tracker

Daily Poll Tracker

As the General Election Campaign gets underway, Forecast UK is unveiling its daily poll tracker. This is a quick way for you to see where the polls are moving on a day to day basis.

Too often it can be confusing to try and compare one poll with another. Different polling firms use different [...]