Opinion polling for the 1950 United Kingdom general election

In the run-up to the 1950 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 1945 general election until the 1950 general election.

UK opinion polling for the 1950 election

  Conservative

  Labour

  Liberal

Polling results

All data is from PollBase[1]

1950

Date Published	Polling Organisation / Client	Con	Lab	Lib	Lead
23 Feb 1950	General election results	43.4%	46.1%	9.1%	2.7%
17–23 Feb 1950	DE Polling	45%	44%	10%	1%
17–22 Feb 1950	Gallup/News Chronicle	43.5%	45%	10.5%	1.5%
Feb 1950	Daily Mail	45.5%	42.5%	12%	3%
20 Feb 1950	DE Polling	46%	44.5%	9%	1.5%
17 Feb 1950	Gallup/News Chronicle	42.5%	45%	12%	2.5%
13 Feb 1950	DE Polling	45%	45%	9.5%	Tie
10 Feb 1950	Gallup/News Chronicle	43%	44.5%	12%	1.5%
6 Feb 1950	DE Polling	45%	44%	10%	1%
30 Jan 1950	DE Polling	47.5%	42.5%	8.5%	5%
30 Jan 1950	Gallup/News Chronicle	44%	45.5%	10%	1.5%
23 Jan 1950	DE Polling	48%	42%	9%	6%
20 Jan 1950	Gallup/News Chronicle	44%	41.5%	12.5%	2.5%

1949

Date Published	Polling Organisation / Client	Con	Lab	Lib	Lead
Dec 1949	Gallup/News Chronicle	45%	41%	12.5%	4%
Nov 1949	Gallup/News Chronicle	48%	38%	11%	10%
Nov 1949	Gallup/News Chronicle	43.5%	40%	14%	3.5%
Nov 1949	1950 General Election book	50%	39%	8%	11%
Oct 1949	Gallup/News Chronicle	45.5%	39.5%	12.5%	6%
Sep 1949	Gallup/News Chronicle	46%	40%	12%	6%
Aug 1949	Gallup/News Chronicle	46.5%	40.5%	11.5%	6%
Jul 1949	Gallup/News Chronicle	44.5%	40.5%	12.5%	4%
Jun 1949	Gallup/News Chronicle	46%	41.5%	10%	5.5%
May 1949	Gallup/News Chronicle	46%	40%	11%	6%
Apr 1949	Gallup/News Chronicle	42%	43.5%	13%	1.5%
Mar 1949	Gallup/News Chronicle	41.5%	43%	13%	1%
Feb 1949	Gallup/News Chronicle	44.5%	43.5%	9.5%	1%
Jan 1949	Gallup/News Chronicle	44%	40.5%	13%	3.5%

1948

Date Published	Polling Organisation / Client	Con	Lab	Lib	Lead
Nov 1948	Gallup/News Chronicle	46%	43%	8.5%	3%
Oct 1948	Gallup/News Chronicle	46.5%	41.5%	9.5%	5%
Sep 1948	Gallup/News Chronicle	47.5%	41.5%	10%	6%
Aug 1948	Gallup/News Chronicle	48%	41%	8.5%	7%
Jul 1948	Gallup/News Chronicle	48%	39.5%	9%	8.5%
May 1948	Gallup/News Chronicle	45%	41.5%	11%	3.5%
Apr 1948	Gallup/News Chronicle	42.5%	41%	10.5%	1.5%
Mar 1948	Gallup/News Chronicle	46%	43%	8.5%	3%
Feb 1948	Gallup/News Chronicle	46%	42%	8.5%	4%
Jan 1948	Gallup/News Chronicle	44.5%	43.5%	10.5%	1%

1947

Date Published	Polling Organisation / Client	Con	Lab	Lib	Lead
Nov 1947	Gallup/News Chronicle	45%	45%	12%	Tie
Sep 1947	Gallup/News Chronicle	44.5%	39.5%	11.5%	5%
Aug 1947	Gallup/News Chronicle	44.5%	41%	11%	3.5%
Jul 1947	Gallup/News Chronicle	42.5%	42.5%	12.5%	Tie
June 1947	Gallup/News Chronicle	42.5%	42.5%	12.5%	Tie
Mar 1947	Gallup/News Chronicle	43.5	43.5%	10.5%	Tie
Jan 1947	Gallup/News Chronicle	41%	44.5%	12%	3.5%

1946

Date Published	Polling Organisation / Client	Con	Lab	Lib	Lead
May 1946	Gallup/News Chronicle	40%	43.5%	13%	3.5%
Jan 1946	Gallup/News Chronicle	32%	52.5%	11%	20.5%

References

1. "PollBase: British voting intention opinion polls since 1943". Mark Pack. Retrieved 2018-08-18.