Opinion polling for the 1955 United Kingdom general election

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. Audickas, Lukas; Cracknell, Richard; Loft, Philip (2020). UK Election Statistics: 1918-2019: A Century of Elections (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 12.