New(ish) Ipsos Mori Poll – Conservative Lead Slashed to 6%
There is a newly reported poll from Ipsos Mori in tomorrow’s Observer which shows a dramatically cut Conservative lead of just 6%:
Conservative 37% (down 6%)
Labour 31% (up 5%)
Lib Dem 17% (down 2%)
This is a boost for Labour but there are several significant caveats. MORI has often been very erratic and found big swings from month to month, which is why I have always taken it far less seriously than YouGov or ICM. Secondly, this is now an “old” poll. Fieldwork was completed last Sunday, in the immediate aftermath of Labour’s by-election win in Glasgow and for some reason it has been held back for a week.
For those reasons I would take this poll with a big bag of salt, unless its findings are confirmed by other more reliable pollsters with more recent findings.
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Richard is a Conservative Councillor on Reading Borough Council representing Peppard ward since 2007, having been re-elected in May 2011. He previously represented Thames ward from 2001 to 2004. He is currently the Conservative Shadow Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Transport on Reading Borough Council. 
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This is indeed a very suspect poll.
what ever their motives it is not going to have the desired effect.
This is a rogue poll by any definition.
Well, it cheered me up, and we had twice the number of door knockers out on Sunday afternoon than the week before. 58 rather than 28. And the weather was worse.