The polls: Conservatives ahead before last debate
By politics.co.uk staff
The Conservatives lead in three new opinion polls, but projections continue to leave them short of an overall majority.
The party gains one in a daily YouGov/Sun tracker to reach 34% but the Liberal Democrats pick up three points to go to 31% and Labour drop two to 27%.
The Conservatives’ best poll is by ComRes for the Independent and ITV, where the Tories pick up three point to gain 36% support, five points ahead of Labour, steady at 29%, with the Lib Dems losing three points at 26%.
The race is tighter in a Harris poll for Metro. The Tories still lead but at 32% – gaining a point – they are only two up on the Lib Dems, who hold at 30%. Labour lose one to touch at 25%.
It has yet to be seen how Gordon Brown’s difficulties in Rochdale yesterday will affect the opinion polls.
