Opinion polling for the 1979 United Kingdom general election

In the run-up to the 1979 United Kingdom general election, various organisations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention. Results of such polls are displayed in this article.

The date range for these opinion polls are from the October 1974 general election until 3 May 1979.

Graphical summaries

The chart below depicts opinion polls conducted for the 1979 United Kingdom general election using a 15-poll moving average.

  Conservatives

  Labour

  Liberals

National Poll Results

All data is from UK Polling Report.[1]

1979

Survey End Date	Polling Organisation/Client	Con	Lab	Lib	Lead
3 May	General election results	43.9%	36.9%	13.8%	7%
2 May	Gallup/Telegraph	49%	38.5%	9%	10.5%
2 May	NOP/Daily Mail	46%	39%	12.5%	7%
2 May	Gallup/Telegraph	43%	41%	13.5%	2%
2 May	MORI/Evening Standard	45%	37%	15%	8%
1 May	MORI/Express	44.4%	38.8%	13.5%	5.6%
1 May	Marplan/Sun	45%	38.5%	9%	6.5%
30 Apr	NOP/Daily Mail	42.4%	43.1%	12.2%	0.7%
26 Apr	MORI/Express	44%	41%	12%	3%
25 Apr	Gallup/Sunday Telegraph	48%	40%	10.5%	8%
25 Apr	Research Srv/Observer	49.5%	38%	10%	11.5%
25 Apr	Marplan/Sun	48%	40%	10%	8%
23 Apr	MORI/Express	46%	40%	11%	6%
21 Apr	Gallup/Telegraph	46.5%	41.5%	10%	5%
19 Apr	Marplan/Sun	50%	40%	9%	10%
18 Apr	Gallup/Sunday Telegraph	47.5%	42%	9%	5.5%
18 Apr	Marplan/Sun	51%	41%	6%	10%
18 Apr	Research Srv/Observer	54%	34%	9.5%	20%
17 Apr	MORI/Express	50%	38%	10%	12%
14 Apr	NOP/Daily Mail	48%	42%	8%	6%
11 Apr	Research Srv/Observer	53%	37%	8%	16%
9 Apr	Gallup/Telegraph	50%	40%	8%	10%
9 Apr	MORI/Express	49%	39%	10%	10%
4 Apr	Research Srv/Observer	54.5%	33.5%	9%	21%
3 Apr	NOP/Daily Mail	48%	42%	8%	6%
2 Apr	MORI/Express	51%	38%	10%	13%
29 Mar	MORI/Thames	51%	42%	5%	9%
28 Mar	Gallup/Telegraph	47.5%	40.5%	9%	7%
12 Mar	Gallup/Telegraph	51.5%	37%	8.5%	14.5%
5 Mar	MORI	52%	39%	7%	13%
12 Feb	Gallup/Telegraph	53%	33%	11%	20%
8 Feb	NOP	49%	40.7%	7.4%	8.3%
1 Feb	MORI	55%	36%	6%	19%
15 Jan	Gallup/Telegraph	49%	41.5%	6%	7.5%
4 Jan	NOP	42.5%	49.1%	5.7%	6.6%

1978

Survey End Date	Polling Organisation/Client	Con	Lab	Lib	Lead
11 Dec	Gallup/Telegraph	48%	42.5%	6%	5.5%
7 Dec	NOP	44.7%	47.9%	4.6%	3.2%
13 Nov	Gallup/Telegraph	43%	48%	6.5%	5%
9 Nov	NOP	44.8%	46.8%	6.2%	2%
8 Nov	MORI	47%	46%	5%	1%
23 Oct	Gallup/Telegraph	42%	47.5%	7.5%	5.5%
12 Oct	NOP	44.2%	48.5%	4.7%	4.3%

1977

1976

1975

1974

References

1. "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-16.