Polling the Nolan principles. On behalf of @38_degrees we asked over 4000 members of the public to rate the Government, MPs, Boris Johnson and the Labour Party on Nolan's 7 ethical standards in public life, here's what we found:
Almost 6 in 10 (59%) people do not believe the Government upholds the Nolan principle of integrity, and 62% do not believe it upholds the principle of honesty.
55% of the public believe Boris Johnson as Prime Minister does not exhibit leadership. Only 1 in 3, (32%) says he does.
The Labour Party do not score well, however..
The Conservative Party is perceived worse on these measures:
More 2019 Conservative voters said that they believed the current Government does *not* act with openness, selflessness, honesty and integrity than those who said it did:
Polling showed that while the British public are disaffected with MPs in general:
The public believe their own MP is more likely to uphold the Nolan principles of public life:
The latest Survation national results of 3236 voting intentions, conducted with this poll, puts Labour and the Conservatives on level pegging - 37%, a change on the last round of Survation results published in October, where the Conservatives enjoyed a 4 point lead (39% to 35%).
Fieldwork between 11th-15th November 2021, 4,014 residents online 18+ in the UK.
Data tables & methodology are here: cdn.survation.com/wp-content/upl…
Full party breakdown was: CON 37% LAB 37% LD 10% SNP 5% GRE 4% REFUK 2% Others 5%
Survation gave evidence to an APPG meeting in September on research we conducted in “Left Behind” neighbourhoods for Local Trust. @appgleftbehind
Residents in these areas are more at-risk for feeling the impacts of climate change with around a quarter of these areas being coastal communities, yet our research showed most residents are concerned and think that their councils are not doing enough.
We found projects to improve housing, air quality, access to green spaces and jobs are overwhelmingly popular with residents and will have co-benefits to climate action. Local Trust released a report yesterday outlining our research findings and the content of the APPG meeting.
As working out the effect of potential tactical voting is causing some interest today, here's another example to understand the phenomenon.
In 2017, Survation polled the constituency of Bath, on behalf of the local Labour party.
Asked simply: If the General Election was tomorrow, which party would you vote for in your Bath constituency? Headline results were:
CON 32%
LAB 17%
LD 46%
AP 5%
However when we asked:
Now please imagine that at the next General Election the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats all have an equal chance of winning in your Bath constituency. Which party would you vote for in that situation? We found: