# Opinion polling for the 1950 United Kingdom general election

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In the run-up to the 1950 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 general election.

## Polling results

All data is from PollBase

### 1950

| Date(s) conducted/ published | Pollster | Client | Lab | Con | Lib | Lead |
| 23 Feb | 1950 general election | 1950 general election | 46.1% | 43.4% | 9.1% | 2.7% |
| 17–23 Feb | Daily Express | Daily Express | 44% | 45% | 10% | 1% |
| 17–22 Feb | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45% | 43.5% | 10.5% | 1.5% |
| 5–15 Feb | Daily Mail | News Chronicle | 42.5% | 45.5% | 12% | 3% |
| 20 Feb | Daily Express | Daily Express | 44.5% | 46% | 9% | 1.5% |
| 17 Feb | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45% | 42.5% | 12% | 2.5% |
| 13 Feb | Daily Express | Daily Express | 45% | 45% | 9.5% | Tie |
| 10 Feb | Gallup | News Chronicle | 44.5% | 43% | 12% | 1.5% |
| 6 Feb | Daily Express | Daily Express | 44% | 45% | 10% | 1% |
| 30 Jan | Daily Express | Daily Express | 42.5% | 47.5% | 8.5% | 5% |
| 30 Jan | Gallup | News Chronicle | 45.5% | 44% | 10% | 1.5% |
| 23 Jan | Daily Express | Daily Express | 42% | 48% | 9% | 6% |
| 20 Jan | Gallup | News Chronicle | 41.5% | 44% | 12.5% | 2.5% |

### 1949

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

### 1948

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

### 1947

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

### 1946

| Date Published | Pollster | Client | Lab | Con | Lib | Lead |
| May | Gallup | News Chronicle | 43.5% | 40% | 13% | 3.5% |
| Jan | Gallup | News Chronicle | 52.5% | 32% | 11% | 20.5% |
| July 1945 | 1945 general election | 1945 general election | 48.0% | 39.6% | 9% | 8.4% |