Sentences with phrase «cent of voters»

Seven per cent of voters say they still intend to vote for the party, broadly in line with other polls over the past month.

53 per cent of voters believe the Conservative party is more interested in helping its own supporters, rather than people generally, compared to 41 per cent for Labour.

Fifty - four per cent of voters now expect the government will not last into 2015, according to today's poll.

This poll predicted increased turnout, with 67 per cent of voters expected to take part, up three points.

They make up around ten per cent of all voters nationally.

Some 54 per cent of voters polled said they were hoping for change in the next term, with just 21 per cent wanting Labour to remain in government.

Just 27 per cent of voters now regard themselves as long - term Labour supporters.

Thirty - three per cent of voters would accept the use of the little - known law while 54 % would oppose it.

Polls in the province show 80 per cent of voters in favour of legalized midwifery, and legalization of the practice in Ontario has turned up the heat to the point where Quebec Health Minister Marc - Yvan Cote warned doctors that if they continue with their obstructionist tactics, he will skip pilot projects and go directly to legalization.

And as John Rentoul, from his eagle - eyed perch, summarised at the weekend, forty per cent of voters think likely Cameron will return as Prime Minister, forty three per cent believe him to be better at managing the economy, thirty six per cent prefer him to handle immigration and forty two per cent believe he has «the qualities needed in a leader».

But when asked to put aside party preferences, 34 per cent of voters said Mr Cameron would make a better prime minister after the election, compared to 29 per cent for Gordon Brown.

A ComRes poll for The Independent today finds 55 per cent of voters favour public spending cuts to reduce Britain's debts, against 38 per cent who want taxes to be increased.

In that same month, our poll for the Independent on Sunday found that, while 39 per cent of voters agreed that «The NHS would be safer under Labour than the Conservatives», 47 per cent disagreed.

A YouGov poll commissioned by the SNP found more than two - thirds of voters do not trust the Tories while only 16 per cent of voters trust them to represent their voice in Holyrood.

Tory MP Zac Goldsmith is seen by 47 per cent of voters as likely to win on May 5, ahead of the 34 per cent who tip Labour's Sadiq Khan, the former shadow justice secretary

While 81 per cent of voters do not think it matters if Mr Cameron smoked cannabis at school or university and 85 per cent think he should not have to answer «detailed questions about whether he tried drugs in his youth» the picture changes when more serious drugs are involved.

A low turnout of just 34 per cent of voters cast ballots in district one — Vancouver — where six candidates were re-elected and four elected for the first time.

When you factor in the low turnout, less than 10 per cent of voters actually gave the party their support.

Nearly two thirds of these Lib Dem - Labour switchers think the coalition is «instinctively hostile to public services» and using the deficit as an excuse for cuts, compared to only 47 per cent of voters overall.

William Hills are offering even money that less than 30 per cent of voters turn out for the European elections.

The poll showed 16 per cent of voters intend to back minor parties, such as Ukip, the Greens, the BNP and the Scottish and Welsh nationalists.

Research by YouGov for the Scottish Sun suggested 46 per cent of voters north of the border could back Nicola Sturgeon's party in the May 7 election, with 29 per cent planning on voting Labour.

Fifty - five per cent of voters oppose the Ecuadorian decision to grant Assange asylum, compared to 25 % who support it.

Many jurisdictions require 25 % of voter turnout in the last election, which is frequently less than the ten per cent of all voters required under the proposed UK law.

Furthermore, the recall requires that ten per cent of voters sign a petition to recall the MP within eight weeks time.

One YouGov poll on the eve of conference found a pitiful six per cent of voters still willing to back the party.

In a survey of more than 2,000 adults, 79 per cent of Labour supporters said they wanted the policy scrapped, while 65 per cent of voters planning to support the Liberal Democrats in 2015 wanted it to be dropped.

And apart from the narrowing of the polls, there was some bad news for the Tory leader, as 62 per cent of voters described him as a lightweight politician, compared to 57 per cent a year ago.

«Over 80 per cent of voters between 18 and 29 favor a legal weed.

Apparently, this «35 per cent strategy» involves securing the 29 per cent of voters who supported Labour at the last election, with a further 6 percentage points carved off the Lib Dems — and they think it should be enough for victory.

Both constituencies have been Labour seats since their inception, and in both over 60 per cent of voters wanted to leave the EU.

Voter turnout was poor, with only 9.1 per cent of voters accredited cast their vote.

Poll shows carbon tax fear easing It found 38 per cent of voters felt they were worse off under the tax, a drop of 13 points since the last poll was taken a month ago.

Dr Scott was a driver of the 1967 referendum, a momentous turning point in Australian history where more than 90 per cent of voters chose to delete discriminatory references to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution.

The proposal was voted down with 23.1 per cent of the voters in favour and 76.9 per cent against.

A YouGov poll in today's Sunday Times found that 62 per cent of voters believe Brown should have accepted defeat on Friday with just 28 per cent saying he was right to hang on, writes Channel 4 News.

Some 41 per cent of voters think Ed Miliband is «weird», compared to only 27 per cent who thought the same of David Cameron

The bill itself may also prove to be a true test of how in control the prime minister is of his own party given the level of opposition among backbench MPs and his weakened position in the latest ICM poll, published yesterday, in which 63 per cent of voters said Labour would be better off with a new leader.

September 11th 1997 Scotland goes to the polls for the referendum and 44.87 per cent of voters agree that there should be a Scottish parliament.

According to an Ipsos Mori poll carried out for the Daily Mirror on December 16th 41 per cent of voters trust the prime minister to lead the country out of the current economic crisis, 12 per cent more than Mr Cameron.

More worrying for the party, 45 % per cent of voters now believe it would be a «bad thing» for the Greens to be part of a coalition government with 29 % disagreeing.

While Mr Cameron will be pleased with his polling, George Osborne, the shadow chancellor is only rated by 15 per cent of voters as the man who would make the best Chancellor - the same as Alistair Darling.

The ICM poll finds that 47 per cent of voters do not think Mr Blair should face war crimes charges over Iraq, while 38 per cent think he should.

Perhaps unsurprisingly then, the Conservative Party is seen as particularly good for big business, with 34 per cent of voters favouring their approach over Labour's.

Forty per cent of voters expect the Tories to win the next election, although just under half believe it will be in coalition.

Further predictions of doom and gloom for the Tories in London has stemmed on the back of «bombshell» research from Lord Ashcroft which found that only 18 per cent of voters in blue boroughs thought its council delivered on claims of lower bills and better - quality services.

Qualitative research shows about 60 per cent of voters have consistently believed he is «intelligent» and «hard - working», but over the past 24 months there's been a slight rise in voters describing him as «erratic» and «superficial».

Between 51 and 53 per cent of voters would back No, according to one unpublished poll seen by the Financial Times.

Iceland's government was willing to give in as the price necessary to obtain EU membership, but recent polls show that 70 per cent of voters have lost interest in joining.