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Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election

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Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election is being carried out continually by various organisations to gauge voting intention. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. Most of the polling companies listed are members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abide by its disclosure rules.[1] The dates of these opinion polls range from the previous general election on 4 July 2024 to the present.

The next general election must be held no later than 15 August 2029 under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022. The Act mandates that any Parliament automatically dissolves five years after it first met – unless it is dissolved earlier at the request of the prime minister – and polling day occurs no more than 25 working days later.

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Graphical summary

The chart below shows opinion polls conducted since the 2024 general election. The trend lines are local regressions (LOESS). The bar on the left represents the previous election, and the bar on the right represents the latest possible date of the next election.

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National poll results

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Most opinion polls do not cover Northern Ireland, which has different major political parties from the rest of the United Kingdom. This distinction is made in the tables below in the area column, where "GB" means Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and "UK" means the entire United Kingdom. Plaid Cymru only stand candidates in Wales and the Scottish National Party only stand candidates in Scotland. Due to rounding, total figures might not add up to 100%.

2025

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2024

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Seat projections

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326 seats needed for a majority.

MRP polls

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POLARIS projections

Political Analysis through Regional and Local Insights System (POLARIS) is a novel model created by J.L. Partners, using council by-elections to predict election outcomes.[241] All models from January onwards are combined with a representative survey data, with the data used shifted to reflect the pollsters' most recent national polling.

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Sub-national poll results

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Northern Ireland

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Scotland

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Graph of opinion polls conducted in Scotland
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Wales

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100 most rural constituencies

In November 2024, Survation conducted a survey of the 100 "most rural" constituencies.

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Northern England and the Midlands

In April 2025, Survation conducted a survey of Northern England and the Midlands.

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London

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Hypothetical scenarios

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Different Conservative Party leaders: Voting intention and seat projection

For the 2024 Conservative Party leadership election, Electoral Calculus conducted a multilevel regression with poststratification (MRP) opinion poll on behalf of Jack Lewy of the Robert Jenrick campaign, asking the general public how they would vote if respectively Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick were elected leader of the Conservatives.

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Tactical voting scenarios

In February 2025, YouGov conducted polling on scenarios wherein only two parties appear to have a chance of winning a constituency.[274]

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Including 16-17 year-olds

In July 2025, the Government announced their intention to reduce the voting age to 16.[275] Following this, some pollsters conducted polling including 16 and 17 year-olds, although the voting age has not yet been reduced.

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Some pollsters also conducted polling solely among 16 and 17 year olds, or broke out an oversample of this group.

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With Your Party

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana have stated their intention to found a new political party, provisionally referred to as "Your Party" pending the adoption of a permanent name.[278] Prior to that announcement, polling was carried out about the idea for a hypothetical new party. Since the announcement, more polling has been carried out.

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YouGov also conducted a poll asking respondents which parties respondents would consider voting for, which found 18% would consider voting for a new Corbyn-led party.[282]

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Notes

  1. Pollster is not a member of the British Polling Council.
  2. Polling was of GB adults only, but 18 seats were assigned to Northern Irish parties in the reporting of the outcome.
  3. Framed as "Your Party (provisional name for new party led by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana)"
  4. Framed as "A new populist left-wing party... with Zarah Sultana MP and Jeremy Corbyn MP as co-leaders"
  5. Framed as "a new populist left-wing party ... with Jeremy Corbyn as leader."
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