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 [...]

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

The Greens will pick [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

1992 General Election Coverage – BBC

Given the increasing likelihood of a Hung Parliament, we have put together a YouTube video player with the full Election Night programme from 1992, the last time that a Hung Parliament was [...]

Can Brown still hold a March 25th Election?

The simple answer is, yes. Here is the timetable from the official Commons’ Briefing Paper, together with the relevant dates.

Proclamation summoning new Parliament/dissolution of old Parliament/issue of writ
Day 0
Monday
March 1st

Receipt of writ
Day 1
Tuesday
March 2nd

Last day for publication of notice of election (4pm)
Day 3
Thursday
March 4th

Last day for delivery of nomination papers/withdrawals of candidature/ appointment of election agents [...]

Latest Forecast – 15th December 2009

As we approach the General Election Forecast UK will be stepping up its predictions leading to, we hope, a daily forecast during the election itself.

Our latest forecast uses data from the past few weeks. In line with figures seen in recent opinion polls in the past month, we are seeing a slow reduction in support for [...]