Opinion polling for the 1979 United Kingdom general election

In the run-up to the 1979 United Kingdom general election, various organisations carried 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%
7 Apr	The 47th Parliament is dissolved and campaigning officially begins
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	The vote of no confidence in the Callaghan ministry passes
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%
14 Feb	The Winter of Discontent ends following negotiations with the TUC
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
14 Dec	The Callaghan ministry survives a vote of no confidence
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%
11 Sep	Gallup/Telegraph	49.5%	42.5%	6%	7%
11 Sep	MORI	48%	42%	8%	6%
7 Sep	The Lib-Lab pact ends
5 Sep	NOP	48%	45.8%	4.8%	2.2%
4 Sep	MORI	47%	45%	5%	2%
14 Aug	Gallup/Telegraph	43.5%	47.5%	6%	4%
14 Aug	MORI	47%	44%	6%	3%
9 Aug	NOP	42.4%	48.5%	6.3%	6.1%
17 Jul	Gallup/Telegraph	45%	43%	8.5%	2%
11 Jul	MORI	49%	41%	6%	8%
5 Jul	NOP	46.5%	44.4%	6.3%	2.1%
30 Jun	MORI	48%	42%	6%	6%
14 Jun	NOP	49.1%	42.3%	6.3%	6.8%
13 Jun	MORI	46%	45%	6%	1%
12 Jun	Gallup/Telegraph	45.5%	45.5%	6%	Tie
31 May	By-election in Hamilton
24 May	MORI	45%	46%	6%	1%
15 May	Gallup/Telegraph	43.5%	43.5%	8.5%	Tie
9 May	NOP	43.1%	48%	7%	4.9%
17 Apr	Gallup/Telegraph	45.5%	43.5%	7.5%	2%
13 Apr	MORI	46%	44%	7%	2%
12 Apr	NOP	46.2%	44.5%	6.6%	1.7%
20 Mar	Gallup/Telegraph	48%	41%	8%	7%
8 Mar	NOP	44.6%	45.6%	7.3%	1%
15 Feb	NOP	45.3%	44.6%	7.1%	0.7%
13 Feb	Gallup/Telegraph	48%	39%	9%	9%
18 Jan	NOP	44%	45.5%	7.5%	1.5%
16 Jan	Gallup/Telegraph	43.5%	43.5%	8.5%	Tie

References

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