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In the run–up to the 1955 general election, various polling organisations conducted opinion polling to gauge voting intention amongst the general public. Such polls, dating from the previous election in 1955 to polling day on 26 May 1955, are listed in this article.

Graphical summaries

UK opinion polling for the 1955 election
  Conservative
  Labour
  Liberal

Polling results

In the run–up to the 1955 United Kingdom general elections, 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 1951 general election until the 1955 general election.

All polling data is from PollBase[1]

1955

Date(s)
Conducted 		Pollster Client Lab Con Lib Lead
26 May 1955 general election[2] 46.4% 49.7% 2.7% 3.3%
21–24 May Daily Express 47.2% 50.2% 2.2% 3%
21–24 May Gallup News Chronicle 47.5% 51% 1.5% 4.5%
17–20 May Gallup News Chronicle 47% 51% 2% 4%
15–17 May Gallup News Chronicle 47% 50.5% 2.5% 3.5%
8–10 May Gallup News Chronicle 47% 49.5% 3% 2.5%
1–3 May Gallup News Chronicle 47.5% 48.5% 3% 1%
Apr Gallup News Chronicle 47% 47.5% 5% 0.5%
Apr Gallup News Chronicle 44% 48% 7% 4%
Mar Gallup News Chronicle 44.5% 46.5% 8% 2%
Feb Gallup News Chronicle 44.5% 46.5% 8% 2%
Jan Gallup News Chronicle 45.5% 46.5% 7% 1%

1954

Date(s)
Conducted 		Pollster Client Lab Con Lib Lead
Nov Gallup News Chronicle 47% 46% 6% 1%
Oct Gallup News Chronicle 45.5% 45% 8% 0.5%
Sep Gallup News Chronicle 48% 43% 8% 5%
Aug Gallup News Chronicle 48.5% 42.5% 8% 6%
Jun Gallup News Chronicle 47.5% 45% 7% 2.5%
May Gallup News Chronicle 47.5% 45.5% 6.5% 2%
16–27 Apr Gallup News Chronicle 46% 46.5% 7% 0.5%
31 Mar Gallup News Chronicle 45.5% 46% 7% 0.5%
20–21 Mar Gallup News Chronicle 45.5% 46.5% 7% 1%
26 Feb Gallup News Chronicle 45.5% 47% 7% 1.5%
18–28 Feb Gallup News Chronicle 44.5% 45% 9% 0.5%
21–31 Jan Gallup News Chronicle 46.5% 45.5% 7% 1%

1953

Date(s)
Conducted 		Pollster Client Lab Con Lib Lead
Dec Gallup News Chronicle 47% 45% 7% 2%
Oct Gallup News Chronicle 47.5% 45% 7% 2.5%
Sep Gallup News Chronicle 47.5% 44.5% 8% 3%
Aug Gallup News Chronicle 46% 45% 8% 1%
Jun Gallup News Chronicle 46% 46% 7% Tie
May Gallup News Chronicle 45% 47% 7.5% 2%
Apr Gallup News Chronicle 45% 47% 7.5% 2%
Mar Gallup News Chronicle 44.5% 46.5% 8% 2%
Feb Gallup News Chronicle 46% 42.5% 10% 3.5%
Jan Gallup News Chronicle 46% 42.5% 10% 3.5%

1952

Date(s)
Conducted 		Pollster Client Lab Con Lib Lead
Dec Gallup News Chronicle 45.5% 44% 9.5% 1.5%
Nov Gallup News Chronicle 46.5% 43.5% 9% 3%
Oct Gallup News Chronicle 48% 41.5% 9% 6.5%
Sep Gallup News Chronicle 48.5% 41% 9% 7.5%
Aug Gallup News Chronicle 48% 40% 10.5% 8%
July Gallup News Chronicle 50% 40% 8.5% 10%
Jun Gallup News Chronicle 49% 40.5% 9.5% 8.5%
May Gallup News Chronicle 49% 43.5% 7% 5.5%
Apr Gallup News Chronicle 49% 43.5% – 5.5%
Mar Gallup News Chronicle 48% 41.5% 9.5% 6.5%
Feb Gallup News Chronicle 47% 41% 10.5% 6%
Jan Gallup News Chronicle 48% 44.5% 6% 3.5%

1951

Date(s)
Conducted 		Pollster Client Lab Con Lib Lead
Dec Gallup News Chronicle 47% 45% 6.5% 2%
25 Oct 1951 general election[2] 48.8% 48% 2.5% 0.8%

References

  1. ^ "PollBase: Opinion polls database from 1943-today". Mark Pack. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b Audickas, Lukas; Cracknell, Richard; Loft, Philip (2020). UK Election Statistics: 1918-2019: A Century of Elections (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 12.
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